Wellness Support and Maintenance

A weekly wellness support and maintenance group is planned for people recovering from depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, or stress.

Cognitive-behavioral group therapy will include education on the subjects of changing thoughts and feelings, and group discussion process with members sharing experiences, strength, and hope with each other in a confidential therapeutic setting.

Studies have found that the most effective treatment for despression and other psychiatric conditions often a combination of medication and cognitive behavioral therapy.*

Discussion topics will include evidence-based information on complementary and alternative treatments that have also been shown to help lift and stabilize moods. Members who are on pychotropic medications will maintain prescription management with their own primary care doctors or medical specialists.

The group will be facilitated by a licensed mental health counselor with more than 25 years of experience.

Once a minimum number has expressed interest, the group will begin.

For more information, call Tom Rue at 845-513-5002 to schedule an individual assessment and to discuss details. Health insurances listed in the upper left column of this website is accepted.

Resources

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

National Institute of Mental Health

Research*

MB Keller, et al. (2000). A comparison of nefazodone, the cognitive behavioral-analysis system of psychotherapy, and their combination for the treatment of chronic depression, New England Journal of Medicine, 20(342):1462-1480.

ME Thase, et al (1997). Treatment of Major Depression With Psychotherapy or Psychotherapy-Pharmacotherapy Combinations, Arch Gen Psychiatry, 54(11):1009-1015.

Alcohol, Substance Abuse and Society

Presently, on Monday evenings, an educational group for people arrested for driving after drinking or using drugs is held weekly at the Choices MHC office in Monticello. The curriculum is based on A Design for Living - The Hazelden Substance Abuse Curriculum for DUI/DWI Offenders.

The program is designed to offer insight into the consequences of DWI and DWAI, and to provide information regarding the effects of alcohol and drugs on driving skills, the effects on others that alcohol and other drug abuse can carry and myths and misconceptions on addiction.