On Wednesday, March 23, Brush Center College college students participated in a day of psychological well being training. All through the morning, Morgan County professionals held periods about their specialties.
Representatives from Centennial Psychological Well being Heart started the day with a presentation about suicide prevention, instructing college students the potential warning indicators and what to do in the event that they or a pal wants assist. College students have been supplied with details about three psychological well being assets: The Trevor Undertaking, Colorado Disaster Providers and Safe2Tell.
The Trevor Undertaking is a nonprofit group centered on aiding LGBTQ+ youth in suicide prevention and disaster intervention. Textual content START to 678-678, name 1-866-488-7386 or go to thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ to speak with a counselor on-line.
Colorado Disaster Providers might be reached by texting TALK to 38255, calling 1-844-493-8255 or visiting an in-person location. Northeast Colorado’s location is in Greeley at 928 twelfth Road. All Colorado areas might be considered at coloradocrisisservices.org/#map.
By Safe2Tell, persons are capable of submit nameless studies for individuals they concern could also be a hazard to themselves. Safe2Tell’s aim is to assist save the lives of Colorado college students. Nameless suggestions might be submitted by calling 1-877-542-7233 or visiting safe2tell.org/submit-anonymous-tip-report. The Safe2Tell app can be downloaded on smartphones.
All three of the aforementioned assets are free, confidential and out there 24 hours a day, daily of the 12 months.
The opposite 5 periods of the day have been centered on practising yoga and studying about social media security, how one can enhance sleeping habits, how one can deal with stress and adverse ideas and how one can use tapping methods to deal with nervousness.
Megan Graefe, who teaches yoga remedy lessons on the Heart for Therapeutic Trauma and Attachment in Brush, led college students in a yoga session. She taught college students a number of yoga poses and helped them concentrate on their breath work.
Native counselor Cassie Potts led periods on tapping methods, which are sometimes used to deal with nervousness and different psychological issues. One particular tapping method she taught college students is named the butterfly hug, the place one’s arms are positioned throughout their chest. The particular person’s thumbs are overlapped within the heart of their chest and every hand represents one of many “butterfly’s” wings. Fingers alternate tapping on both facet of the chest, which stimulates either side of the mind, due to this fact lessening a few of the particular person’s inner struggles.
College students additionally attended a session about social media security from SARA Home’s Outreach Coordinator Sara Hergenreter and College Outreach Advocate Jeff Pope. They talked about the significance of utilizing social media for good like staying related to far-away family and friends, reasonably than utilizing it to bully others or put up about controversial opinions. College students discovered that many future employers take a look at potential hires’ social media pages, and in some circumstances, that may be the rationale an individual does or doesn’t get employed over one other candidate.
Mandy Brown led a session in regards to the significance of making good sleeping habits. She mentioned “sleep hygiene” and methods to enhance one’s sleep hygiene, akin to staying off of telephones and never watching TV at the least an hour earlier than bedtime. She confirmed college students a video from “Each Thoughts Issues,” earlier than encouraging them to try to take an influence nap for the final 5 or so minutes of the session.
Artwork therapist Jeanett Baker of Kidz Therapeutic Artz and social employee Suzanne Becker of LCSW psychological well being clinic additionally led a session. They centered on instructing college students some other ways to deal with stress and adverse ideas, significantly although artwork. Jeanett Baker, who additionally holds a free eight-week program the place she teaches individuals to make use of artwork to deal with grief, might be reached by cellphone at 970-467-7331. Extra details about Kidz Therapeutic Arts might be discovered on Fb @kidzhealingartz. Suzanne Becker might be reached by cellphone at 970-441-0026.
Although many alternative matters have been mentioned all through the day, there all got here again to a couple widespread themes: You aren’t alone. Don’t be afraid to ask for assist. And handle your self.
