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Founder & Director Roger Mehta is an accredited addiction counsellor & psychotherapist (APCP).

Roger’s family has been tragically affected by dual diagnosis, with the untimely loss of both his parents at a young age to the disorder. Additionally, his younger brother succumbed to the condition in 2009. In 1998, Roger embarked on his own path to recovery from dual diagnosis. His experiences have granted him a profound understanding of coping with and managing the effects of poor mental health and its associated substance misuse disorder.

Since the year 2000, he has undertaken voluntary work within the community, providing assistance to individuals and families and collaborating with the HSE (Health Service Executive of Ireland), specifically the South Tipperary Substance Misuse Team.

Throughout this time frame, he has served as an educator on drug and alcohol-related matters in multiple secondary schools sanctioned by the Department of Education. Additionally, he has offered support to inpatients at St Michael’s Psychiatric Hospital, Co. Tipperary. His role also involved acting as a community drug and alcohol facilitator with The Mid Tipperary Drug Initiative (MTDI).

Education & Training

B.A. degree (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy, Irish College of Humanities & Applied Sciences (ICHAS), Limerick (2019)
B.A. degree in Counselling & Addiction Studies, ICHAS, Limerick (2018)
Diploma in Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Limerick (2010)
Certificate in Drug Intervention and Counseling Skills, Merchants Quay Ireland/UCD (2009)
Advanced Certificate in Motivational Interviewing for Changing Addictive Behaviours, HSE (2013)
Certificates in Community Addiction Studies, Waterford Institute of Technology (2009)
Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist, National Acupuncture Detox Association – Ireland (2010)
Suicide Intervention Certificate, Applied Suicide Intervention and Skills Training (ASIST) (2008)

The Harmony Workshops have been a component of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Programme (TARP) within the medical wing of Mountjoy Prison Dublin since 2014, in collaboration with Merchant Quay and the Ana Liffey Drug Project. These workshops were showcased in the four-part documentary ‘The Joy’ on Mountjoy Prison by TV3.

Since its establishment in 2009, The Harmony Workshops has provided psychoeducation and prevention workshops across the country to post-primary schools and youth organizations such as Foróige, Youthreach, Community Training Centres (CTC), Garda Youth Diversion Projects, and rehabilitation workshops to residential drug rehabilitation treatment centers, including Aislinn in Co. Kilkenny, The Matt Talbot Services in Co. Cork, and Merchant Quay Ireland High Park in Drumcondra, Dublin.

Over the past forty years, he has worked as a musician, singer, song writer, DJ & radio broadcaster:

MEHTA – We Cannot Fail (A Song for Ukraine) in aid of the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal 2022.
Supporting artist: Damien Rice, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Aslan & Roesy.
Founder & facilitator of the music therapy programme, Crossroads: HSE, The National Council for the Blind, RehabCare, Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Dementia Ireland, Senior Citizens.
Radio broadcaster: Centre radio 101 FM, WLR FM & Tipp FM.
Live DJ: London, Dublin, Cork.
Music and technology tutor: Private, student groups, Createschool, Co. Wicklow.

He is a 2007 graduate from I.A.D.T, Dun Laoghaire-The National Film School of Ireland, where he studied radio, media and journalism.