Episode 12 - Psychologist to Founder of a digital mental health company
05/16/21 • 29 min
Silja Litvin, is a Psychologist, CEO and founder of a digital mental health company called PsycApps. Her company uses gamification and psychology to help people help themselves. She launched an emotional fitness application called eQuoo, which is the only game only game that boosts mental and emotional health on the NHS Apps Library Silja has multiple articles published in peer-reviewed journals and two evidence-based mobile mental health applications making her one of the UK’s leaders in mobile mental health.
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We discussed:
1. What led her to Psychology as a career path.
2. How the idea of eQuoo, the emotional fitness application game, came about.
3. What makes the App unique and stand out from the crowd.
4. Costs associated with developing an app.
5. The team structure required to develop an app.
6. Points to be aware of when monetising mental health apps.
7. How working in partnership with other organisations contributed to the success of the app.
8. Difficult moments she faced with whilst running her company ?
9. Plans to scale.
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Connect with Silja :
Website: https://www.equoogame.com/
Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silja-litvin/
Follow me at these places below and say hi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellrestorer/
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/fisiwe-guga-muvirimi-26572436/
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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Silja Litvin, is a Psychologist, CEO and founder of a digital mental health company called PsycApps. Her company uses gamification and psychology to help people help themselves. She launched an emotional fitness application called eQuoo, which is the only game only game that boosts mental and emotional health on the NHS Apps Library Silja has multiple articles published in peer-reviewed journals and two evidence-based mobile mental health applications making her one of the UK’s leaders in mobile mental health.
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We discussed:
1. What led her to Psychology as a career path.
2. How the idea of eQuoo, the emotional fitness application game, came about.
3. What makes the App unique and stand out from the crowd.
4. Costs associated with developing an app.
5. The team structure required to develop an app.
6. Points to be aware of when monetising mental health apps.
7. How working in partnership with other organisations contributed to the success of the app.
8. Difficult moments she faced with whilst running her company ?
9. Plans to scale.
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Connect with Silja :
Website: https://www.equoogame.com/
Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silja-litvin/
Follow me at these places below and say hi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellrestorer/
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/fisiwe-guga-muvirimi-26572436/
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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Previous Episode
Episode 11 - Nurse and founder of a company delivering health and wellness programs
Abigail Morakinyo is a Registered Nurse and Specialist in Public Health . She is also the founder of Health in Check, a company that delivers health and wellbeing programs.
In this episode we discussed:
How she came up with the concept for the company.
Channels she uses to market her services and finds her clients.
The transferrable skills that have added value to her business.
The ways she adds value to people.
How she copes with the pressures of managing a business.
The most fulfilling aspect of her current role.
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Connect with Abigail:
Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnurse_abi/
Clubhouse: @wellnessabi
Website : www.healthincheck.co.uk
Email; [email protected]
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Follow me at these places below and say hi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellrestorer/
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/fisiwe-guga-muvirimi-26572436/
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Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Next Episode
Episode 13 - Physiotherapist to Public Health and Epidemiologist
Mitchel Chatukuta is Physiotherapist by background, currently working as an Epidemiologist, Occasional Editor and Board Member at Disability and Society (Journal).
We discussed;
1. What led him to purse Public Health and Epidemiology.
2. The additional qualifications he attained following his Physiotherapy degree .
3. The work he does as an Epidemiologist and what he finds most fulfilling .
4. Skills he has transferred from Physiotherapy to an Epidemiology.
5. Life lessons learnt on reflection and his next career path.
Connect with Mitchel :
Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchel-chatukuta-phd-032472b/
Follow me at these places below and say hi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellrestorer/
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/fisiwe-guga-muvirimi-26572436/
Music: Basic Implosion by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3420-basic-implosion/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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