Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian

Highly regarded speaker and trainer in the field of Suicide Prevention with 20 years of experience as a writer for The Tonight Show

Frank King is a conference keynote speaker on Suicide Prevention and a former writer for The Tonight Show. He has lived through a challenging journey with Depression and Chronic Suicidality, which he has turned into powerful TEDx Talks. Frank uses his personal experiences to encourage discussions about depression and suicide and does so by openly sharing his story and adding humor to it.

Frank strongly believes that humor and laughter can bring hope and save lives. He uses his life lessons to start the conversation, giving people permission to express their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide. He believes that the right person, with the right information, can make a difference in someone’s life at the right time.

Frank’s approach to discussing such a serious topic with humor has been successful in bringing awareness and starting meaningful conversations. He has become a source of inspiration for many and continues to spread hope and encourage people to reach out for help. He is a testament to the idea that even in the darkest moments, there is always hope and the power to heal and overcome.

Programs By Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian

Suicide Prevention as a Workplace Health and Safety Issue

I’m guessing you’re here because you’ve been tasked with selecting just the right Suicide Prevention Speaker and Trainer for your next event and perhaps to provide your attendees with CE credits in a way that won’t bore them to tears? Is it your job to find the speaker and trainer who is captivating, entertaining, and inspiring with a bold, fresh, contemporary, and compelling style, delivering ah-ha’s as well as a few ha-ha’s, and winning over your audience? There are literally dozens of speakers and CE programs to choose from, and everyone expects that you’ll know just which presenter to select, to be the highlight of your event. No pressure there!

Suicide Prevention Speaker and Trainer
The good news is, Frank King’s approach to Mental Health Education and Training is undoubtedly ideal for your group.

You can make a difference, you can save a life, and often you can do it by starting a conversation. Book Frank to come to your event and do just that.

Working Remotely and Staying Sane, Don't Worry So Much About Your Mentally Ill Friends

Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian and Suicide Prevention Speaker, works with teams to develop effective social
isolation on strategies for their teams. Participants learn how to recognize warning signs associated with isolation and
understand how to start a conversation on reducing physical distance while staying connected. By participatng in this
course, you have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of both team members and their families.
As a former writer for The Tonight Show, Frank knows how to infuse humor into his content and uses personal experience
to highlight the importance of suicide prevention. Frank illustrates how suicide prevention practices reduce harm as well as
facilitate a healthier, more productive, and more profitable office. Participants will gain a holistic understanding of mental
health challenges in the workplace and learn how to reduce workplace stress, improve industry culture, and promote both
worker and crew well-being.

Clean Corporate Comedy

Frank King was a quarter-finalist on Star Search…he lost to a puppet. He’s also appeared on A&E’s An Evening at the Improv, Showtime’s Comedy Club Network, and CNN’s Business Unusual. In addition to telling jokes, he’s been busy selling jokes. He’s written nationally for Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, and Dennis Miller.

They’ve called him the best thing to happen to after-dinner since dessert.

He’s opened up for Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Jeff Foxworthy, and Ron White. Most recently was himself opened up, by a crack team of cardiac surgeons, at the Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute…who performed an aortic valve replacement, his second, and tossed in a double bypass, his first…so he truly is, Funny at Heart.

As a Certified Laugh Coach, Stress Reduction Specialist, and Professional Comedian since 1985 who has totaled one marriage, two heart valves, and three cars, and turned a million dollar real estate portfolio, amassed by age 52, into, thanks to the recession and a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing, a $125,000 real estate portfolio by age 53, I offer time-tested tools for using humor to turn pain into punchlines, losses into laughs, and messes and stresses into successes.

Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian Speaking Video

TEDx Talk: Born Funny; Making a Living and a Difference

Comedy Video Demo: Deer Hunting

What Clients Say About Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian

Let’s face it: we take better care of our cars than we do our brains. But regular maintenance, skilled mechanics, and emergency roadside assistance can keep our brains working like high-performance vehicles. Rev up your resilience with these stories and exercises designed to keep your mental machine purring.This is Volume Three of Guts, Grit & The Grind, a book series akin to Chicken Soup for the Man’s Soul. Here you will find stories of the mental health challenges of men, written by men, for men in similar circumstances. These are inspiring stories of resilience, recovery and transformation.It’s also a workbook similar to an automobile owner’s manual, using car metaphors many men can relate to like preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and check engine. With a dash of humor and mental health science, tools, and exercises, our goal is to help men help themselves, overcome hardship and build a life worth living. https://youtu.be/qPfi3NISILU

Frank used comedy to talk about a difficult subject with grace and handled it with care, comfort, and transparency. I would highly recommend him to any group. His presentation was truly poignant and phenomenal.

Guts, Grit & The Grind: A MENtal Mechanics MANual: Basic Mechanics

This is volume one of “Guts, Grit & The Grind," a book series akin to a “Chicken Soup for the Man’s Soul.” Here you will find stories of mental health challenges of men, written by men, for men in similar circumstances - inspiring stories of resilience, recovery and transformation. The resource is also a workbook, similar to an automobile owners manual, using car metaphors many men can relate to like "preventative maintenance," "troubleshooting," and "check engine." With a dash of humor and mental health science, tools, and exercises, our goal is to help men help themselves, to overcome hardship and build and maintain a life worth living.