Building Recovery of Individual Dreams and Goals through Education and Support
BRIDGES is a series of 10 classes designed and written for people diagnosed with mental illness. It is taught by mental health consumers who have been trained as BRIDGES teachers. The course balances basic education and skill training with hope, emotional support, and empowerment. It is based on the belief that everyone is capable of making positive changes in life, and that people can recover (discover) full and meaningful lives. Important topics covered in the course are:
Basic information about psychiatric diagnoses and medications
Information about how to get what we need from mental health services
Tools for Recovery: building a support system, communication, assertiveness, problem-solving skills, wellness
Healthy spirituality
Advocacy: how we can make the system work for us
BRIDGES IS FREE, FUN, AND INCLUDES FOOD
BRIDGES enables people with mental illness to learn together, to support each other, and to take charge of their Recovery.
BRIDGES classes ae held three times a year in three different locations: Salem, Lisbon, and East Liverpool.
If you are interested in BRIDGES, please contact:
Nila McKinley at Shining Reflections
330-385-7000 and request an application
After you return your application, one of the BRIDGES teachers will contact you to enroll you in the course.
BRIDGES is sponsored by the
Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board