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Mindfulness encourages you to disengage from the media and take in the sights and sounds of the moment while relaxing while clearing your mind from thinking, stress and worries. Horses have an acute ability to be in the moment that allows them to pick up on our subtle body language cues and emotions. When combining mindfulness and horses the horses helps us to become more in touch with our emotions and help us heal from our past traumas. Jennifer Cohen Harper talks about this mindfulness practice and its development during pandemic lockdown as a way for people to reconnect with nature. |
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This workshop is for caregivers who want to feel more comfortable, confident and competent in helping to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. Over one million caregivers have participated in this two-day, highly interactive, practical and practiceoriented workshop. The Behavioral Health Department has utilized ASIST training for suicide intervention for over 20 years. Now available monthly to our schools and our community members, ASIST contributes to a suicide safer community. Join us and learn more. |
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Week of May 15 Sometimes people in our community suffer serious mental health symptoms that are disrupting their lives. They need a safe harbor, a port in the storm, to stay safe and avert a potentially dangerous mental health crisis. Casa Serena provides that safe harbor, providing supportive elements of in-patient services for those who are having a mental health crisis before the crisis escalates. Join us as Deputy Director, Maria Ruiz, talks more in depth about this new program. |
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Week of May 22 Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides clients with a new set of skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in relationships. This therapy focuses on four areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT is an evidenced-based treatment program incorporating individual therapy, group therapy, and a therapist consultat on team. This comprehensive approach is a new addition to the stable of evidence based practices embraced by Behavioral Health, join us to hear more. |
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Best S.T.E.P. Forward is an organization that is rapidly growing throughout Imperial Valley from Calipatria in the north to Calexico in the south. Best S.T.E.P. Forward hosts programs for children of all abilities. The acronym S.T.E.P. stands for Sports, Theatre, Expression, and Perseverance. They believe in "having fun while learning the fundamentals and structure of the organization." Join us as we speak with Jacqueline Riddell as she shares her personal experience and what she's learned from parenting children who are differently abled, to the birth and growth of a non-profit to support those children and youth. |
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