Spring Ahead to Wellness
Date: Sundays, March 7, 14 & 21 @ 1:00pm via Zoom. This fun wellness series is for families with children ages 4-8. Enjoy interactive activities that are good for your body and mind at any age!
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Cabin Fever Series
Multiple dates & times. A winter series of virtual group programs offering opportunities to share life’s current stressors and challenges, and gain strategies for boosting your mental and emotional well-being.
Be Mindful about Staying Well
By Susan Kurlander, M.Ed. I recently saw a commercial for a protein drink that repeatedly used the phrase “Live Well” to sell its product. Of course, the implication was that living well was a sure thing for anyone who bought and used …
Dealing with Loss at the Holidays
By Donna Kane, MA Loss and grief touch everyone. It is an inevitable part of being human. Most people have some understanding of loss and grief, but how people experience grief can be as unique and individual as each and every person. …
Food and Stress: What’s Eating You?
By Debra K. Waranch, LCSW-C Does this ever happen to you? You’re running late, you feel rushed, frustrated, and generally unprepared for your day. The last thing on your mind is what you are going to eat that day. But when the …
A Painful Puzzle
By Debra K. Waranch, LCSW-C Every time a new mass shooting takes place…it gets people thinking. Recently some news organizations tallied up that there were 74 incidents in this country since the devastation at Sandy Hook. A recent one that caught our …
When Someone Close to You Has a Mental Illness
By Michael Slevin, LCSW-C Severe mental illness may have upended your family. The diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia came out of nowhere, it seemed, and suddenly your family is in crisis. The terrain is unfamiliar; the signposts in a foreign language. …
What I Have Learned from Leading Bereavement Groups
By Donna Kane, MA For people mourning the death of a loved one, Jewish Community Services and its partners offer bereavement groups several times a year. Our upcoming eight-week series, cosponsored by Sol Levinson & Bros, Inc., begins May 15th. Group facilitator …
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Caring For Yourself As A Parent
By Julie Morton, LCSW-C Daily life typically requires each of us to function in multiple roles such as parent, spouse, employee, family member, and friend. In order to satisfy these roles and associated obligations, you may resort to placing your personal needs …
It Is “All in Your Head”
By Mairi MacRae, LCSW-C Recently, articles have been appearing in medical journals describing interesting new research in brain imaging. These findings challenge our understanding of mental illness, and may point to new ways of treating it. And with one in four Americans …