This Chief People Officer Just Became The Ad Industry’s Therapist

Media.Monks' James Kinney is fully funding his free mental health platform

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When a toxic Wall Street workplace left James Kinney with debilitating anxiety and agoraphobia, he could only access mental health treatment if he continued to accept the environment that triggered his condition.

“I was essentially trapped in my apartment in Brooklyn and terrified to catch the subway,” said Kinney, who is the global chief people officer at Media.Monks. “15 years later now that I have the tools to cope, I don’t want anyone else to have the experience that I had.” 

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