Public invited to offical launch party for LARKR, a SLT company

A South Lake Tahoe company with big plans to help people around the county will hold their official launch party on Thursday, November 2 at South Lake Brewing Company from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

LARKR is the first nationwide on-demand video therapy network, seeking to help the U.S. overcome its mental health crisis by making talk therapy digitally available wherever and whenever it is needed. They are poised to revolutionize mental health care in America by eliminating the barriers that keep approximately 60 percent of Americans from receiving the help they need. LARKR provides on-demand talk therapy with licensed practitioners through an easy-to-use mobile video platform, widening the reach of mental health care. Through LARKR, patients can also arrange multi-user conferences to accommodate group therapy sessions.

The event will include a live demonstration of the product, brief remarks from the company’s founders on LARKR’s mission, complimentary food and beverages, and attendance by local dignitaries and community leaders.

He and his wife, co-founder Chris Kearnes, a licensed marriage and family therapist, were at Tuesday's Economic Summit in Incline village. Shawn was part of the entrepreneurship panel, educating attending area policymakers and lawmakers on how to cultivate a successful environment for young companies.

"We are very excited to introduce the Lake Tahoe community to LARKR and celebrate our national launch, but we also want to use our experience to help create a local environment that will enable others to succeed and thrive," said LARKR in a press release.

They'd like to know who is coming, so registration for the free event is on Facebook.

Following Thursday's launch party will be the Tahoe Mountain Lab Start Up Weekend November 3-5, and Kernes will be on hand to help judge and mentor.