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Senior Mental Health Services - Volunteers of America Minnesota and Wisconsin

Offers age-specific diagnostic and treatment options to address the specialized mental health service needs of older adults. Helps with a wide range of problems including depression, anxiety, changes in sleeping or eating habits, confusion thought disorders, and other issues that cause distress, put a person at risk, or reduce his or her ability to function in the community. Services include: - Comprehensive diagnostic assessment - Psychotherapy (individual, family, and group) - In-home psychotherapy - Educational training and workshops on geriatric mental health issues

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Group Counseling
Geriatric Counseling
Family Counseling
Depression
Workshops/Symposiums
Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Anxiety Disorders
Older Adults
Home Based Mental Health Services
Psychological Assessment
Mental Health Issues
Individual Counseling

Educational Services - Lakeland Mental Health Center

Clinicians are available to speak to community groups on specific mental health topics when requested

What's Here

Condition Specific Mental Health Information/Education
Mental Health Issues
Outreach Programs
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
General Mental Health Information/Education

Classes, Presentations, and Workshops on Mental Illness - NAMI Minnesota

Provides the following classes, presentations, and workshops: - Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: One-hour class for middle and high school students that talks about what anxiety and stress are and where they come from. Youth will practice coping strategies for stress as well as learn the difference between positive and negative coping strategies. Learn the warning signs of an anxiety disorder and where to go for help. - Breaking Down Barriers to Brain Health: This is a one-hour class for middle school students that discusses mental health, mental illnesses, suicide prevention, and how to break down the barriers people face to getting mental health care. Students will learn the warning signs of mental illness and suicide and what they can do to help themselves or a friend. This class is designed to be interactive and developmentally appropriate for middle school aged students. - Belonging, Why it Matters: Understand why belonging matters, and how it impacts both physical and mental health. Learn the role in fostering the culture of belonging. Understand the warning signs and resources for poor mental health. This class is for employees, supervisors, organizational leaders, owners, board members, and human resource professionals. - Dealing with Difficult Interactions: Learn the signs and symptoms of mental illnesses, along with tips and strategies that can be used in dealing with difficult interactions, to manage the situation and yourself. - Good Mental Health in the Workplace: Five Things You Can Do: Five things individuals can do to create a workplace that values good mental health. Participants will learn how to promote good mental health (including dealing with stress), the common symptoms of a mental illness, how attitudes and language impact people with mental illnesses, and accommodations for a mental illness. This class is for employees, supervisors, organizational leaders, owners, board members, and human resource professionals. - Introduction to Trauma and a Trauma-Informed Approach: One-hour overview of trauma, its impacts on the brain, and the guiding principles of a trauma-informed approach. Trauma has long been described as a unique and personal outcome of adverse events or experiences, but exposure is more widespread in the communities than ever before. For those living with a mental illness or substance use disorder, exposure is even more common. Communities and employers can build awareness and take action to create trauma-informed and responsive spaces where people feel safe and valued. - Minding Your Mental Health (EMPLOYER class only): Understand how and why current events have impacted people's mental health, learn how to manage expectations and stress to navigate changes to the workplace, learn the common symptoms of mental illness, and learn steps employees can take to promote good mental health. - Ending the Silence: This is a 50-minute class intended for high school students. To learn about mental illnesses and the signs and symptoms. Learn a personal story of a young adult who is doing well in recovery. Students receive resources to get help for themselves or for a friend and information on how to end the silence around mental illness in their school. - BACK TO SCHOOL ANXIETY: Learn about the signs that your child might be feeling anxious about going back to school, and what parents and caregivers can do before, during, and after school to help ease their child's back-to-school anxiety. Click here for currently scheduled public classes. - EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN YOUTH: Workshop designed to help parents, guardians, and foster parents learn early warning signs of mental illnesses and trauma, gain an understanding of the impact of mental Illnesses and trauma on children and youth, and learn strategies to support children who live with an illness. Suicide warning signs and resources are also covered. - HELPING KIDS COPE: Tips for Supporting Good Family Mental Health: One-hour class that talks about the developmental responses youth may have to stress. Discuss five mental health tips for families and resources in the community. Click here for currently scheduled public classes. - MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PLANNING FOR FAMILIES: Learn the symptoms that can lead to a crisis, steps to take, de-escalation techniques, and the role of county crisis teams. Develop a crisis plan for a child and family. This class is for parents or caregivers of children. - MENTAL ILLNESS AND POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS: Mental Illness and Post-Secondary Success is a two-hour class for parents, post-secondary institutions, students, and others supporting a person who is preparing for or engaged in academic life beyond high school. Learn about available supports, academic strategies, school and community resources, and helpful accommodations and modifications for qualifying students. ADA guidance for students with disabilities is also covered. - TRANSITIONS: Learn how to help teens or young adults access resources to succeed in school, employment, and independent living. Understand the rights young adults gain when they reach 18 and how to help guide them if they are not ready for total independence. This 1.5 hour class is for parents or caregivers of youth or young adults. - TRAUMA REACTIONS AND POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH: 1.5 hour presentation, learn how to identify traumatic experiences in a child's life, understand trauma reactions and foster healing and growth in children and youth who have experienced trauma. - OVERCOMING LONELINESS: Strategies for Helping People with Mental Illnesses: Professionals will learn about the impact of loneliness and how no one goes through a serious illness by themselves. Will also learn the importance of engaging family members, promoting connections to others, and identify strategies to meaningfully engage family members and friends in a person's life. This class is open to all mental health practitioners and professionals.

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Printed/Printable Materials
Mental Health Issues
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
General Mental Health Information/Education

Community Services - Damiano Center

Information, resources, and referral office to help people through difficult times. Staff provide an immediate assessment of emergency needs and offer resources to help deal with homelessness, chemical dependency, domestic abuse, unemployment, gambling addictions, mental health problems, and help with public assistance. Additional services offered at the center include: - 7 bus passes for the general public daily; usually gone by 9:10 am. Can be accessed twice per month and an intake form must be filled out. - Free telephone line, mailboxes for people who are homeless, hygiene items, and household goods - Safe Bay is located in the parking lot and offers individuals and families living in cars and vans a place to rest without fear of crime, harassment, or being moved along by law enforcement or private security guards. Individuals and families can access showers, breakfast and housing navigation services provided by Daminao Center. - Work related transportation: - Gas vouchers: MUST have valid driver's license, proof of insurance, and proof of employment. Can only be accessed once per year. - Bus pass: MUST have ID and proof of employment. The value of a bus pass is $25 and can only be accessed once per year.

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Domestic Violence Issues
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Mental Health Issues
Substance Use Disorder Issues
General Household Goods Provision
Homeless People
Bus Fare
Unemployed Individuals
Telephone Facilities
Gas Money
Specialized Information and Referral

Community Education - Annex Teen Clinic

Offers community education services to youth, parents, educators, and the public. The Annex provides two options, in person or virtual, for presentations to ensure everyone has access to vital sexual health education. Other topics include: - Birth control methods - Consent - Gender identity and sexual orientation - Healthy relationships and communication - Mental health 101 - Professional development trainings and workshops - Puberty and anatomy - Sexual decision making - Sexual exploitation - Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) prevention, and other presentations

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Young Adults
Workshops/Symposiums
Teen Pregnancy Issues
Sexual Assault Issues
AIDS/HIV Issues
Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Adolescents
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
Mental Health Issues
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Family Planning Issues

Child and Family Counseling - Parasol Wellness Collaborative

Holistic child and family counseling including - - In-home counseling - - Dog assisted therapy - - Play therapy - - Essential oils - - Parent coaching and classes - - Speaking and seminar engagements

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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Pet Assisted Therapy
Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities
Early Intervention for Mental Illness
Parenting Issues
Parent Child Interactive Therapy
Parenting Skills Classes
Mental Health Issues
Play Therapy
Home Based Mental Health Services
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Home Based Parenting Education
Child Guidance

Education and Workshops - Elder Network - Southeast Minnesota

Aging Mastery Program (AMP): Through the National Council on Aging; 8 weeks in study;each week is a different topic (financial, physical, mental health, etc.);review books and video materials in-person; aims to help older adults take key steps to improve their wellbeing, add stability to their lives, and strengthen their ties to communities; professionals visit as speakers to assist with sessions. Dementia Friends-sessions: Provides to community members of all ages. Healthcare specific educational session is available, as well as adaptations for particular workplaces, known as Dementia Friendly in the Workplace. These are one-day sessions that last from 60-80 minutes. Educational session available to community members who have attended a Dementia Friends session, to become Dementia Champions, so that they too, can provide Dementia Friends sessions. This is a one-day session. Powerful Tools for Caregiving (PTC): Educational program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or a friend. Focus is on those caring for someone who is 55 years or older. Six weeks of 1.5 hour workshops. Offered both virtually, and in-person, depending upon the time of registration. Call to register for this workshop. Caregiver Training Workshop: This workshop is approximately 2 hours long. Must pre-register and the workshop is provided in-person. The training walks through a workbook that allows the participant (caregiver) to develop a plan of how to care for their care receiver if something should happen to them and they are no longer able to care for that older adult-either temporarily or definitively. Fraud and Scam Prevention Trainings: Provides presentations relating to fraud and scam prevention to the communities of service-upon request. ?Programs are provided at a variety of locations, including Elder Network offices and others. Some programs are available virtually.

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Workshops/Symposiums
Caregiver Training
Mental Health Issues
Physical Activity/Fitness Issues
Older Adults
Personal Finances Issues

Behavioral Health Home Services - Accend Services

Improves health outcomes by coordination of care between physical and mental health care and other service providers for individuals who are not receiving case management services

What's Here

Mental Health Issues
Case/Care Management

Education and Workshops - Elder Network - Southeast Minnesota

Aging Mastery Program (AMP): Through the National Council on Aging; 8 weeks in study;each week is a different topic (financial, physical, mental health, etc.);review books and video materials in-person; aims to help older adults take key steps to improve their wellbeing, add stability to their lives, and strengthen their ties to communities; professionals visit as speakers to assist with sessions. Dementia Friends-sessions: Provides to community members of all ages. Healthcare specific educational session is available, as well as adaptations for particular workplaces, known as Dementia Friendly in the Workplace. These are one-day sessions that last from 60-80 minutes. Educational session available to community members who have attended a Dementia Friends session, to become Dementia Champions, so that they too, can provide Dementia Friends sessions. This is a one-day session. Powerful Tools for Caregiving (PTC): Educational program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or a friend. Focus is on those caring for someone who is 55 years or older. Six weeks of 1.5 hour workshops. Offered both virtually, and in-person, depending upon the time of registration. Call to register for this workshop. Caregiver Training Workshop: This workshop is approximately 2 hours long. Must pre-register and the workshop is provided in-person. The training walks through a workbook that allows the participant (caregiver) to develop a plan of how to care for their care receiver if something should happen to them and they are no longer able to care for that older adult-either temporarily or definitively. Fraud and Scam Prevention Trainings: Provides presentations relating to fraud and scam prevention to the communities of service-upon request. ?Programs are provided at a variety of locations, including Elder Network offices and others. Some programs are available virtually.

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Workshops/Symposiums
Caregiver Training
Mental Health Issues
Physical Activity/Fitness Issues
Older Adults
Personal Finances Issues

Mental Health Navigator - Mental Health Connect

Provides faith base navigation line to help individuals and families connect with mental health treatment, resources, support, and education. Services are available to people of all faiths.

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Mental Health Issues
Specialized Information and Referral

Legislative Mental Health Advocacy - NAMI Minnesota

Works to create changes at the legislature to improve the mental health system for children, youth and adults and their families. Weekly legislative update is sent by email (sign up through website), day on the hill, and legislative trainings.

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Mental Health Issues
System Advocacy

Community Support Program - CSP - Vikingland Community Support Program

Works one-on-one to assist persons with serious and persistent mental illness in maintaining an independent, high-quality daily life. The community support program includes client outreach, medication monitoring, employment skills, crisis assistance/prevention, and housing and benefits assistance.

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Psychiatric Medication Monitoring
Mental Health Self Management Programs
Outreach Programs
Mental Health Issues
Job Readiness
Community Mental Health Agencies
General Benefits and Services Assistance

National Helpline - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Free, confidential 24 hours/7 days a week referral and information service for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders Provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and a community-based organization. Callers can also order free publications and other information. Behavioral health treatment services locator for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States. NOTE: Does not provide counseling services. Specialists will answer calls and transfer calls to state services or other appropriate intake centers in their state.

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Substance Use Disorder Referrals
General Mental Health Information/Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Mental Health Issues

Drop-In Center - Urban Refuge Drop-In Center

Provides free groceries, case management, and community resources ranging from mental health, housing, employment assistance, and legal resources.

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Legal Issues
Mental Health Issues
Hunger/Food Issues
Case/Care Management
Food Pantries
Housing Issues
Employment Issues

Counseling Services - Healing Moments Counseling - Monticello

Provides individual, family, and couples counseling. Areas of specialty include: - Abuse and trauma - Anger management - Anxiety - Autism/spectrum disorders - Body image and self-esteem - Childhood/behavior issues - Conflict - Depression - Grief and loss - Grief over the loss of a child - Life coaching - Men's issues - Parenting - Pregnancy after a loss - Pregnancy loss - Postpartum depression - Postpartum mood disorders - Relationship issues - Self-harming behavior - Separation/divorce - Traumatic bereavement

What's Here

Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Anxiety Disorders
Life Coaching
Perinatal Depression
Postpartum Mothers
Depression
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Grief and Loss Issues
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Individual Counseling
Autism Therapy
Family Counseling
Conjoint Counseling
Self Injury
Mental Health Issues
Abuse Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment
Anger Management
Parent Counseling
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Parenting Issues
Parenting Skills Classes
Individuals/Families Affected by Divorce

Counseling Services - Healing Moments Counseling - Monticello

Provides individual, family, and couples counseling. Areas of specialty include: - Abuse and trauma - Anger management - Anxiety - Autism/spectrum disorders - Body image and self-esteem - Childhood/behavior issues - Conflict - Depression - Grief and loss - Grief over the loss of a child - Life coaching - Men's issues - Parenting - Pregnancy after a loss - Pregnancy loss - Postpartum depression - Postpartum mood disorders - Relationship issues - Self-harming behavior - Separation/divorce - Traumatic bereavement

What's Here

Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Anxiety Disorders
Life Coaching
Perinatal Depression
Postpartum Mothers
Depression
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Grief and Loss Issues
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Individual Counseling
Autism Therapy
Family Counseling
Conjoint Counseling
Self Injury
Mental Health Issues
Abuse Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment
Anger Management
Parent Counseling
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Parenting Issues
Parenting Skills Classes
Individuals/Families Affected by Divorce

Behavioral Health Home Services - Accend Services

Improves health outcomes by coordination of care between physical and mental health care and other service providers for individuals who are not receiving case management services

What's Here

Mental Health Issues
Case/Care Management

Educational Services - Lakeland Mental Health Center

Clinicians are available to speak to community groups on specific mental health topics when requested

What's Here

Condition Specific Mental Health Information/Education
Mental Health Issues
Outreach Programs
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
General Mental Health Information/Education

Consultation and Outreach - Relate Counseling Center

- Staff available for consultation with parents, schools, or other community groups/leaders - Speakers bureau for presentations on topics such as self-esteem, grief and loss, addiction, abuse, anger, stress, parenting, eating disorders, and more

What's Here

Substance Use Disorder Issues
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Domestic Violence Issues
Workshops/Symposiums
Child Abuse Issues
Parenting Issues
Youth Issues
Mental Health Issues

Prevention Programs and Workshops - Illusion Theatre's Prevention Program

Uses theater and performance to catalyze personal and social change through: - Consultation services to support schools and organizations in implementing prevention programs - Sexual abuse prevention education materials - Theatrical presentations on sexual abuse, interpersonal violence, sexual harassment prevention, mental health education, and smoking prevention - Workshops and training for children, adolescents, parents, educators, and professionals

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Organizational Training Services
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Workshops/Symposiums
Sexual Harassment Victims
Theater Performances
Sexual Assault Prevention
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Organizational Consultation/Technical Assistance
Mental Health Issues
General Abuse Prevention

LifeSkills Coaching and Training - HopeAllianz

Life enrichment and skill-building services, including: ?- Life skills training for individuals and groups - Personal coaching and individualized support, information, advice, and guided self-help, as well as practical tools and techniques for self-development and well-being - Wellness workshops with topics including mental health and caregiver issues

What's Here

Life Skills Education
Workshops/Symposiums
Mental Health Issues
Family Life Education
Social Skills Training
Life Coaching
Caregiver Issues

Consultation and Outreach - Relate Counseling Center

- Staff available for consultation with parents, schools, or other community groups/leaders - Speakers bureau for presentations on topics such as self-esteem, grief and loss, addiction, abuse, anger, stress, parenting, eating disorders, and more

What's Here

Substance Use Disorder Issues
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Domestic Violence Issues
Workshops/Symposiums
Child Abuse Issues
Parenting Issues
Youth Issues
Mental Health Issues

Mental Health Helpline - Mental Health Minnesota

Provides referrals to treatment and services, information about mental health, and tools and resources to help manage mental health. Services include: - Connects individuals to mental health services - Information and referral for information about mental health programs and services; available by phone or online chat - Tools and resources that support mental health recovery and wellness

What's Here

Patient to Patient Networking
Mental Health Issues
Specialized Information and Referral

Educational Services - Lakeland Mental Health Center

Clinicians are available to speak to community groups on specific mental health topics when requested

What's Here

Condition Specific Mental Health Information/Education
Mental Health Issues
Outreach Programs
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
General Mental Health Information/Education

Family Resource Center - Essentia Health - Amberwing

Free family support and information from experienced mental health professionals: - Collaboration with schools and other agencies - Education to the community offered through Friends and Family Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills groups - Workshops and classes??

What's Here

Families/Friends of Individuals with a Mental Illness
Workshops/Symposiums
Family Psychoeducation
Mental Health Issues

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