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Solicitor’s start-up aims to tackle the big issue
A Queensland solicitor has co-founded a new start-up that presents a compassionate offering to other legal professionals.
Emma Musgrave
David Chung, together with an accredited medical doctor, has launched health tech start-up Lysn (pronounced listen), an online platform for legal professionals to have video consultations with Australian psychologists.
For the majority of his career, Mr Chung has practised as a corporate, commercial and property lawyer until he shifted his focus into coming up with an aid for those suffering from mental health issues, which he noted is rife throughout the legal profession.
“Mental illness is prominent in the legal profession, although I believe that much of it goes unreported and untreated,” Mr Chung said.
“Depression, anxiety and stress-related health problems are key areas of concern for lawyers who have high-stress jobs involving long work hours.
“I personally know a very large number of lawyers who have had to quit their jobs in order to avoid complete physical and mental collapse.”
Mr Chung said he believes his start-up can allow lawyers to obtain the help and support which they need by making it easier for them to access psychology services from home after hours.
“I am sure most lawyers would say that privacy would be one of their biggest concerns when seeking such services, and being able to speak with a psychologist from home goes a long way to addressing this concern,” he said.
Mr Chung said he and his business partner share the same passion of trying to combat the high rate of mental health issues within their respective professions, noting that not doing so can lead to devastating consequences.
“My business partner is a medical doctor and his profession, as we have seen recently with the suicide of Dr Andrew Bryant, is also similarly affected,” Mr Chung said.
“We are currently speaking with universities across Australia to see if we can address the issue at an earlier stage, when students are studying to become lawyers and doctors.
“We are also working with non-profits in the health sector to assist their stakeholders and increase awareness for services like ours.”
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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