Integrated & holistic mental health care is a comprehensive approach focused on addressing the many and diverse factors that influence mental well-being.

Integrative mental health support includes nutritional counseling, supplementation, stress management, & lifestyle counseling for well-being.

About Integrated & Holistic Mental Health Care

• combines traditional treatments with complementary practices
  • For example, integrating MBCT and medications with acupressure, nutrition, and mindful movement to support health.
• emphasizes collaboration & a person-centered approach
• considers physical, emotional, social, & spiritual dimensions of health (spiritual does not refer to religious practice)
• helps support sustainable improvement in mental health outcomes
• values prevention & early intervention
• focuses on empowering individuals to build resilience & cultivate balance in their lives
• recognizes that mental health is deeply interconnected with overall well-being
• embraces a multi-dimensional strategy to foster healing, wellness, & growth

Mindfulness is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and experimenting with these adjustments can help you create a practice that feels natural, sustainable, and uniquely yours.

Ways we can help explore individualized modifications of mindfulness exercises & programs

• ADHD & ASD friendly modifications
• Options beyond silence & stillness practices
• Adjusting duration of practices
• Incorporating movement
• Guided sessions
• Focusing on intuitive senses
• Practicing in different environments 
• Combining mindfulness with everyday activities
• Adapting breathing techniques
• Flexible timing & practice
• Customizing postures

1 in 5 Americans deals with a mental health challenge.

Yet, while we may know how to recognize and respond to someone having a physical health challenge like a heart attack–perhaps approaching to ask if they’re okay, delivering CPR, or calling 911–can we also recognize and respond to someone having a mental health challenge like a panic attack, depressive symptoms, or substance use crisis?

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) delivers culturally sensitive, evidence-based skills training informed by relevant lived experiences of individuals, that teaches how to recognize, understand, and respond to the signs that someone may be having a mental health challenge or crisis. These skills are crucial in helping folks in our lives, communities, and institutions connect with appropriate help and support. Your intervention may aid in survival and sooner recovery from, and help reduce stigma against mental health challenges.

Become a Mental Health First Aider and bring this training to your workplace, community, social groups, and neighbors to help reduce mental health stigma, increase awareness of mental health challenges, and strengthen your community’s mental health supports for healthier, kinder, and safer communities across the US. #BeTheDifference

How:

• 8-hour Blended Virtual Training: 2 hours of self-paced preparatory study before the live training & then 6 hours of live, group instruction.
• Participants are supported through registration, self-paced study, instruction, & post-instruction.
• Flexible Offerings: two 3-hour sessions of live instruction or three 2-hour sessions of live instruction; please note, it is recommended that successive training sessions occur within 1 week of each other to support retention of information.
• Suggested # of participants in a group training: 5-25
• Mental Health First Aid Certification lasts for 3 years, and recertification is quick & affordable.

Standardized Costs:

• Total costs include: the cost of official materials, access to online portal, & live instruction
• Participant materials from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing: $25 per person
• Standard cost of instruction with 50% discount for local, public institutions (e.g., public libraries, community organizations, etc.)
• Grant funds, community funds, & local government funding are accepted. Payment plans available.