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Mental Health

People’s Place Overview

People’s Place - Psychosocial Rehabilitative Services focuses on your personal strengths and potential so that you can use these in your life experiences, particularly in the community.

Groups that promote a sense of importance, ownership, and empowerment are provided to offer you an opportunity for personal awareness and growth.

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Core Groups

All groups are provided in a group setting allowing individuals to share, assist, and encourage each other while gaining and practicing knowledge and skills in a safe and supportive environment.

Community Resources

Skills Training on available resources in the community, how to access resources, how the resources are used, basic information and availability.

Food Handling/Sanitation

Keeping well, Proper storage, Handling of foods, Handwashing, Hygiene, Etiquette, etc.

Independent Living Skills

Skills for Everyday Living in the Home

Lessons for Life

Skills for everyday life in and out of the community.

Symptoms Management

Keeping myself well, Medications, Health, Symptoms, Coping Skills, WRAP plan, etc.

Therapeutic Activities

  • Instructional Painting – Once a month, step-by-step instructions to create a wonderful work of art on canvas. The program allows for individuals to work towards their highest artistic potential, practice skills, and have their very own piece of art to take home. Paintings are at times displayed in the buildings at CBH for others to appreciate.
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Collages
  • Jewelry Making
  • Therapeutic Group Games
  • Superbowl Party/Activities
  • Picnics during the year
  • Mental Health Awareness Week
  • Wellness Challenge
  • Fitness Challenge
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Skills Training Opportunities

The Simple Eats Canteen- individuals train on the operation of a register, counting money, counting back, and making change, stocking, customer service, comparison shopping, time management, following a schedule, and sanitation skills. Individuals practice these skills by selling products in a small store type setting onsite to their peers in the program. All items are affordable and available for purchase during training opportunities.

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Food Handling/Sanitation Group

Offers individuals training opportunities to recognize basic cooking tools, kitchen appliances, as well as how to use them, how to read and follow a recipe, and use and practice appropriate handwashing and hygiene skills. The individuals practice cooking basic meals as the staff assists with demonstration and training to promote understanding and success.

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“The Art/Painting and projects that are available at the program has helped me with my overall mental illness. When I am involved in the activities it helps occupy my mind and allows me to be creative. I really enjoy it!”
People's Place Participant
“When I started People’s Place I was depressed and made me strike out at people. I stressed all the time. I have to take my medications which I did not do in the past. When not on medication I heard voices of people talking about me. Now that I am coming to People’s Place I talk to people. I am not stressed out or depressed and I don’t hit people. I also go to the doctor now. Thank you for what you do.”
People's Place Participant
“After a lifetime of abuse. People’s Place feels like adult therapy school. I didn’t get to experience access to a safe place to explore things I enjoy like art, exercise or learning helpful life skills when I was growing up. This place has allowed me to explore painting and I am excited about the creative writing exercise we are going to be doing in the Coping Skills Group. Things I always dreamed of doing but lacked the funds and resources. I’ve gone from having a social phobia, being a agoraphobe and recluse to being around people…. not even knowing I had these diagnoses. Thanks to all of the staff at People’s Place, therapists, peers, and programs like People’s Place. The world isn’t as horrifying as I once thought it was. Thank you (Heart)”
People's Place Participant