The clinicians conduct a speaker series
on grief and bereavement at the Rocky River Senior Center. They have started a 6-week series, talking about various issues surrounding the senior
society.
They are also undertaking some
major initiatives in helping out young children in overcoming substance abuse
issues.
The clinicians are also actively participating
in health fairs and school fairs to enable people to avail themselves of our services.
They aim to work with Courts
and Police Stations to work actively with people needing mental counseling. They have also been making many presentations to Probation officers to explore more possibilities
for collaboration of services and ventures.
Identify common losses and transitions that impact our personal lives and work-related roles.
Explain anticipatory grief, the five stages of grief, and the common phases experience with loss.
Describe fears experienced by those facing difficult life transitions.
Identify practical ways to help those who are adjusting to a changed life in the workplace.
Explore the relation between grief and relapse in the effort to prevent these relapses.
Discover strategies that can be shareed with the chemically-dependent client (in both individual and
group settings) in dealing with the change that is inevitable in treatment and recovery.
For more information contact Rochelle Keith, email lachell2@aol.com
or phone 216-371-8909.
Meeting location: CWA Local 4340
1400 E. Schaaf Road
Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131
216-635-4340
9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Networking
9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Meeting / Program
Admission for non-members is $15
Personal Mythology
An Examination of who you've been
Discovering who you really are
A 4-session exploration:
This group is open to female clients who primarily indentify as lesbian or bisexual.
You are expected to attend all sessions,
Tuesday evenings 6:30-8 p.m.
Sliding fee scale, $15 per session
All sessions will be held at the LGBT Community Center at 6600 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102
We are working with most local court systems including Rocky River, Berea, Cuyahoga
Municipal, Parma and more, and attorneys in assisting with their clients by involving them in the following
groups that we offer.
Anger Management Group
Goals:
Attendees:
will understand that anger is a normal emotion and that everyone experiences it.
will be able to explain the 4 roots of anger, and how to properly control it.
will, through the use of an anger journal, be able to recognize how often they become angry and how
they deal with their anger.
Objectives:
Attendees:
will be able to state and explain the four components of anger.
will be able to identify the difference between rational and irrational anger.
will be able to identify the 7 styles of displaying anger.
will be able to recognize how the use of alcohol and drugs effects anger.
will be able to recognize the 10 different areas in their life that angers can effect.
will be able to state and explain the cognitive, behavioral and verbal approaches to controlling their
anger.
Domestic Violence Group
Goals:
Attendees:
will be able to explain what actions are considered to be a form of domestic violence.
will know how to prevent domestic violence from occurring.
will understand the importance of developing a partnership with their significant others
Objectives:.
Attendees:
will be able to define the terms "abuse" and "battering."
will be able to identify the four main types of abuse and be able to give examples of each.
will be able to explain how to achieve nonviolence in a relationship.
will be able to define what the continuum of controlling behaviors is.
will be able to identify how they might be intimidating their partners with or without physical violence.
will be able to explain the difference between time out and walking away.
will be able to identify what is involved in creating a trusting relationship.
will learn what having respect is for another person and how to show it.
will recognize the importance of taking accountability for their actions and what the difference is
between intrinsic and extrinsic accountability.
will learn the three main defense mechanisms that we use to keep ourselves from accepting full accountability
for our actions.
will recognize the importance of maintaining a positive sexual relationship with their partners, and
how not to use it as a way of controlling their partners.
will be able to identify the components of good cooperation and why this is important in a relationship.
will be able to explain what reflective listening, and the three main types of communication are.
will be able to identify and explain how domestic violence effects children.
Chronic Illness Group
Attendees:
find commonality of problem in relation to health care community and provide support to each other.
list resources with which they can network to get some answers and make arrangements to attend and
share what they have learned with the group. Record keeper is chosen.
will meet with a panel of professionals who provides information about illness and answers questions.
share networking results and give names, phone numbers and addresses to record keepers.
list local, state, federal, and politicians that will provide help in dealing with specific issues
that are common problems.
will discuss how to approach professionals and political groups as a broker, and discuss where to
get knowledge
will meet with person with other disease and try to understand features and common problems.
will formulate questions to present to social workers, physicians, and financial programs and contact
these programs during the week.
will participate in a discussion of answers received and finding sources of new knowledge.
will review a summary of what was learned about helping each other, knowing where to get help, knowing
how to present ideas to professionals.
Eligibility for Group
Be on Medicare or self-pay ($25).
Provide own individual transportation.
Meet 11:00 a.m. on Mondays or 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Be willing to attend other support groups, self-educational groups.
We're participating in various meetings with court personnel, probation officers,
judges and administrative staff introducing our programs and clinicians.
We're looking for people passionate about
recovery in eating disorders/chemical dependency who would like to start a support
group at our site.
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