The Academy for Community Behavioral Health

We partner with social service providers to build more equitable and effective behavioral health care in NYC | 🤝 @CUNYSPS, @NYCOpportunity + @MentalHealthNYC

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Apply by tomorrow, 9/27 for Compassion-Based Resilience Training (CBRT), an 8-week course that shares contemplative healing tools from Tibet and India to help you develop a personal meditation practice that works for you. https://t.co/0TFxM01n3H

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Join us today at 1pm for an information session on Connecting Through Art & Creative Expression: Tools to Support Children and Youth Impacted by Violence. Applications are due September 19 for this unique 5-week course. Learn more and register here: https://t.co/ww1qZauVhM

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Applications are now open for our multi-session courses on Connecting Through Art and Creative Expression and Understanding Grief and Loss. Learn more about the courses, upcoming info sessions, and how to apply:
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Congratulations to the Academy’s first cohort of A Call to Action, led by Julia Bennett, LAc. Across 4 weeks, 11 learners explored holistic and ancestral forms of self-care and healing to nourish themselves and their communities. Thank you all for your dedication and commitment!

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Congratulations to the Academy’s latest cohort of Principles of Grief Support! Over the last 7 weeks, led by Nicole Alston, MSW and Bevin Campbell, PsyD, 15 learners completed this advanced course and strengthened skills to support those who are grieving. Amazing work from all!

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Join Bryan Kutner, PhD, MPH this month and learn key MI skills that you can immediately apply as a helping professional. Register now for one of the following sessions: https://t.co/daHCbLLByf

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Tomorrow! Join the Academy's Innovation Resident Anna Ortega Williams (@ortegawilliams_) as she offers space for connection and shared learning for mutual aid and social service providers considering how best to support people seeking asylum in NYC: https://t.co/XBc6ESZPgw

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One week to go! Join us on May 23 for a special dialogue offering a space for connection and shared learning among NYC mutual aid providers, CBOs, and other providers who are considering how best to support people seeking asylum in the city. Register now: https://t.co/yfsDUMlyX1

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CUNY School of Professional Studies (@CUNYSPS) spoke with the Academy's Associate Director Vanessa Nisperos, LMSW about strategies for finding balance during times of increased stress and traumatic events. Read more:
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#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

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Find out more about our upcoming courses, free for NYC non-profit social service providers: https://t.co/nng8gzmx48

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Congratulations to our first Motivational Interviewing Train the Trainer class! These 11 learners completed over 75 hours' training, including a workshop at @CUNYSPS in April. We're so happy to celebrate their hard work, creativity, joy, and commitment to sharing MI with others

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Often, organizations are uncertain how to support their employees and clients when a death has a system-wide impact. Learn more about the importance of transparency, creating psychological safety, and communication, and flexibility within organizations: https://t.co/5FYhMRlzq2

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Join us tomorrow, April 19 from 1-3pm or Friday April 26 from 10am-12pm for Seeding Change: Interconnected Healing for Complex Trauma.

Register now: https://t.co/42c3u5LjQD

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Traumatic and sudden losses can be particularly difficult losses to bear. Join Bevin Campbell, PsyD (@DrBevinCampbell) and Nicole Alston, MSW (@Ok2Grieve) this Thursday as they explore tools and strategies for providing care and support to survivors: https://t.co/8ncVlqDs4t

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Congratulations to the latest cohort of Understanding Grief and Loss, a 6-week course led by Nicole Alston, MSW and Bevin Campbell, PsyD. 24 learners gained skills to support bereaved people in their communities. Thank you to all participants for your hard work and curiosity!

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New dates!

Join us on Friday, April 19 from 1-3pm or Friday April 26 from 10am-12pm for Seeding Change: Interconnected Healing for Complex Trauma.

Register now: https://t.co/zj3usEo9l3

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Tomorrow! Feelings of anxiety and depression are very common during times of adversity and uncertainty. Join Adam Brown, PhD, to learn how journaling can support wellbeing and turn distressing emotions into powerful stories: https://t.co/VNc26vCNWe

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Find out more about our upcoming courses, free for NYC non-profit social service providers: https://t.co/nng8gzmx48……

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How do we support people who are considering or working toward behavior changes? Compassionate Conversations, led by Deborah Rice, ATR-BC, LMHC, LCAT, aims to answer this question through the use of practical skills and personal reflections. Learn more: https://t.co/cLyiEX3IlK

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Grief can accompany all sorts of loss experiences, including loss of a job, health, or even the loss of a dream. Join @DrBevinCampbell and Nicole Alston, MSW (@Ok2Grieve) to explore how to care for ourselves and others after non-death losses: https://t.co/HMrp1HoH6z