Mental Health Week, an educational collaboration between the Somerset Hills YMCA’s Healthy Outcomes Partnership (HOP) and the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ), will run Monday, May 9, through Friday, May 13, and will include presentations and workshops by a variety of noted experts in behavioral health, parenting, special needs and public health and education. All members of the community are invited to attend these free (unless otherwise noted) events; a complete schedule can be viewed at www.somersethillsymca.org under Latest News.
DR. MONICA INDART:
“Complicated Grief & Bereavement: Living with the Pain of Loss”
Kicking off the week is Monica Indart, PsyD, an internationally recognized thought leader with more than 25 years of experience working in crisis intervention, trauma, grief and loss in both private practice and around tragic global events including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the southeast Asian tsunami of 2004 and the genocides in Uganda and Rwanda. Dr. Indart, a licensed clinical psychologist, has developed a widely-used disaster crisis counselor certification program, has provided consultation to the United Nations and has traveled around the world working toward recovery and peace building with survivors of torture and other traumatic events. Dr. Indart’s talk during Mental Health Week, “Complicated Grief & Bereavement: Living with the Pain of Loss,” will weave together her vast international experience and observations with practical counsel for individuals and families dealing with trauma and grief.
Monday, May 9: 9:00 am – 10:30 am, Multi-Purpose Room, Main Level, Somerset Hills YMCA
DR. MICHAEL OSIT:
“Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything”
Psychologist, educator and parenting expert Michael M. Osit, EdD, the author of Generation Text: Raising Well-Adjusted Kids in an Age of Instant Everything (Amacom, 2008), will address the concerns of parents the world over regarding the potential negative effects of various forms of digital communication and provide insights on how parents can help their children learn to make intelligent choices. Dr. Osit has worked with young people for more than 30 years and has assisted families who have been challenged by the new order of access and excess – and the temptations and other dangers that go with it. He is a frequent presenter on a wide variety of topics for professionals, parents and schools and has been interviewed by prominent national and local print and broadcast media. He currently writes the “Mind to Mind” column in WarrenConnection and is in private practice in Warren , NJ
Wednesday, May 11: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Multi-Purpose Room, Main Level, Somerset
BRYAN V. GIBB:
“Mental Health First Aid for the Somerset Hills”
You may know CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. But would you know how to help if faced with a friend, loved one or stranger’s mental health crisis? Bryan Gibb, a nationally known-speaker and trainer will introduce an innovative community education program – Mental Health First Aid – which trains individuals to understand, recognize and provide help to those experiencing the symptoms of mental distress until appropriate professional or other help can be engaged. This ground-breaking program is currently taught in 15 countries, and in the United States
Mr. Gibb will describe the human costs associated with mental illness, its prevalence in our society and the documented success of Mental Health First Aid in reducing the stigma that frequently prevents people from seeking help. As Director of Public Education for the National Council on Community Behavioral Healthcare, Mr. Gibb travels across the country to run 5-day instructor certification courses required for those who will teach Mental Health First Aid. He worked closely with the city of Tucson
Wednesday, May 11: 2:00 – 3:30pm, Multi-Purpose Room, Main Level, Somerset Hills YMCA
LESLIE BECKER-PHELPS, PHD:
“Compassionate Self-Awareness: An Approach to Making Real Change”
There are many self-help books that tell people what they need to do to change -- to lose weight, find love, get rich, be happy, stop smoking -- just to name a few. And sometimes, that advice happens to fit with how people think and function, and it works. But, according to Dr. Leslie Becker-Phelps, a clinical psychologist and regular columnist and blogger on WebMD.com and Psychology Today.com, all too often, people blindly follow the advice without feeling that it truly applies to them -- and inevitably, their efforts fail. Dr. Becker-Phelps will explain how we can be controlled by unconscious processes that act as “invisible puppeteers”, as well as how we can cut those strings using “compassionate self-awareness” -- a balance of self-compassion and self-awareness – to make lasting change.
In addition to her role as relationships expert on WebMD’s Relationships and Coping Community, blogger, lecturer and psychologist in private practice in Basking Ridge, Dr. Becker-Phelps is on the medical staff at Somerset Medical Center, where she previously served as chief of psychology and director of Women’s Psychological Services.
Monday, May 9: 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Multi-Purpose Room, Main Level, Somerset Hills YMCA
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