Mental Health and Families: Working Together to Strengthen and Support Loved Ones

• By: Amy E. Schmelz, MS, NCC Shakima Hill, MPA Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• January 17th, 2023
• anxiety, family, healing, mental illness, recovery, stigma, support, Winter 2023 Issue
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Having a family member diagnosed with a mental illness can cause great stress and a deep sense of isolation. Mental health challenges are difficult to open up about because of the fear of judgment, believing that no one will understand. Relationships with family and friends can be difficult to...

Trauma-Informed Care: Children in Crisis

• By: Amy E. Schmelz, MS, NCC Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• July 2nd, 2021
• adverse childhood experiences, children, crisis, stress, Summer 2021 Issue, trauma, trauma-informed care
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We know that most if not all of the people we serve at the Institute for Community Living (ICL) have experienced multiple traumas in the course of their lives. This is true for every ICL program, whether in behavioral health clinics and crisis services or housing for people living with mental...