Former Everton fan favourite Richarlison insists that therapy “saved my life” and has encouraged others with mental health issues to do the same.
A brace on his first return to Goodison Park last month was part of a purple patch for the 26-year-old as he netted nine goals in eight Premier League games. However, after just four goals in 40 matches for Tottenham Hotspur after his £60million transfer from Everton in 2022 and then a period sidelined earlier this season after having groin surgery, Richarlison stated that he was going to seek psychological help in September after being pictured in tears having been substituted in Brazil’s 5-1 World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia.
Back on international duty ahead of his country’s high-profile friendly against England at Wembley on Saturday, Sky Sports quote Richarlison, who struck 53 times in 152 appearances for the Blues, as saying: “My words were very important, also for the people here in the national team. When I got there, the psychologist was already there.
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“I don’t think there’s ever been that here before. So it was important.
“And also the affection I received from people because we know the prejudice that arises when people say they are looking for help. I myself had this prejudice, but thank God, I no longer have it.
“As a national team player who has such an active voice, I want to tell people to seek help and I can particularly say that, because it saved my life like that. I even talked to Joao [the psychologist] there the day he came to the house, so he
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