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Therapist proposes public 'wind phone' in St. Helens to support grief processing
Summary
A local mental health therapist presented a proposal to install a symbolic, disconnected 'wind phone' on public land to offer a free space for people to express grief and access resource information; commissioners encouraged collaboration and asked the presenter to return with site and design plans.
Bailey Feekin, a mental health therapist at Columbia Health Services, proposed installing a public "wind phone" in Columbia County to create a private, symbolic space for people to process grief. Feekin described wind phones as disconnected rotary telephones placed in a dedicated spot where people can speak aloud to a lost loved one. She said the idea originated in Japan…
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