Committee on Mental Health

As our mission statements call for us to do, we offer educational programs that can be accessed by parishes and organizations within the Diocese. The educational programs include:

Depression and Bipolar Disorders Workshop

The Diocesan Mental Health Committee is developing a series of workshop templates to enable clergy and other church leaders to initiate conversations among their parishioners about mental illness. The goals of this program are to:

Provide comprehensive information about specific mental illnesses and conditions in an easy to use and approachable format for individuals with no formal or professional training in mental health issues.
Help church leaders familiarize their parishes with accurate information about mental illness, especially those conditions that are frequently represented in the general population using language relating to everyday activities, not clinical jargon.
Enable participants to reflect upon their beliefs and views about mental illness, and enhance their understanding of mental illness as physiological or medical conditions that often require clinical and professional treatment.
Foster an environment for continued straightforward and open conversations about mental illness.

We are pleased to provide you with the first workshop template in the series - Depression and Bipolar Disorders.

Click here to go to the workshop materials

Seminars:

The Committee on mental health also provides seminars focused on the needs or your parish, including the topics of:

Grief and Loss
Depression
Anxiety
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Domestic Violence
Bi-Polar Disorder
Child Abuse
ADHD
Divorce
Talking to your children about sexual issues
Helping children manage change
Including Prayer in mental health treatment

To schedule a program OR if you have an educational program you would like to offer to the Diocese, please contact our Co-Chairs:

Claire Williams clairejack@attglobal.net
Barbara Ambrose cats4cats@comcast.net

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NATIONAL LEVEL

Pathways to Promise

National Alliance for Mentally Ill

Episcopal Mental Illness Network

Children and Adults with ADD

Kidsource
for parent of children with ADD/HD

National Institute on Mental Health

National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDA for Teens

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association

Adult Children of Alcoholics

STATE LEVEL

NAMI - Virigina

LOCAL LEVEL

NAMI - Northern Va.

Time to Fly
(superior quality FREE local workshop with childcare provided, for formerly abused women to regain self-esteem)