Adult Services: Community Wellness Program

CREATING HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIFE

A happier person is more likely to be more productive, efficient and healthier according to a CNN report.  Increasing happiness creates a stronger immune system, better emotional health, more energy and better self control and coping abilities.

We are offering an eight-hour class on creating health and happiness in your life.  This class will look at practices that have been found to increase health and happiness.  Happiness is a zero sum game: if you get it and give it away, you create more of it.

Intentions for the course:

• Learn practices, ways of being, thinking and acting that increase your health and happiness.
• Explore what it means to take 100% responsibility for your life.
• Learn the distinction between fact and story.
• Learn the difference between high energy and low energy and live more consistently in ways the create high energy.
• Discover the Secret–How to apply the Law of Attraction into your life.
• Learn the power of living your life fully in the Now.
• Live your life by creating happiness in your world each and every day.

This class is interactive and each participant will be asked to apply each of the distinctions they learned to their lives.  To make the class even more powerful, participants will be asked to share how the distinctions have worked for them; this serves as an inspiration for everyone to create a life that they love today.  We find that the class is more powerful if you take it with a friend who will support you on whatever journey you take on for yourself.

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Cost:	$80 per person for entire course (4 sessions total)
Instructor:	Ron Markovich, L.C.S.W.

Registration is required.  Call (303) 617-2331 for schedule and more information.

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SUPPORT GROUP FOR SINGLE PARENTS

Join other single parents for a fun, supportive and informative hour on parenting techniques and how to cope with the stressors of single parenthood.

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Instructors:	Chris Thompson, L.P.C., CAC II and Mary Parks, L.C.S.W.

Registration is required.  Contact either Chris at (303) 617-2328 or Mary at (303) 617-2469 for schedule, fees, and more information.

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TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR ANXIETY

Do you often feel tense and irritable?  Do you find it difficult to concentrate?  Does your life feel out of control?  Do you have persistent and irrational fears about certain situations or objects? 

Come to our wellness group on anxiety and learn:

• How to decrease or stop unwanted behavior
• How to change your reactions and thoughts to situations
• How to gain control and relief from your symptoms

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Instructor:	Christine Thompson, M.A., L.P.C., CAC II

Registration is required.  Call (303) 617-2331 for schedule, fees, and more information.

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WOMEN'S SELF-ESTEEM GROUP

Our level of self-esteem affects almost everything we think, say and do.  Furthermore, how we feel about ourselves impacts how others see us and interact with us.  Good self-esteem increases our ability to take care of ourselves, increases our chances of being successful in life and also helps us cope better with life’s disappointments.

This 5-session class with help us challenge long held notions about how we see ourselves that may or may not be valid.  It will also build positive beliefs and attitudes based upon the unique and special women we truly are.

Through activities and discussion, this skill-building group is designed to be fun, supportive, challenging, insightful and growth-oriented for ALL women who want to understand and improve the way they think and feel about themselves.

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Instructors:	Judith Bond, L.C.S.W. and Golee Abrishami, Intern

Registration is required. Contact either Judith at (303) 617-2317 for schedule, fees, and more information.

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BIPOLAR EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING CLASS

This class will educate you on how to effectively deal with your symptoms of Bipolar Disorder and how to stabilize your moods to prevent relapse.  The B.E.S.T. (Bipolar Education Skills Training) class is research-based and uses the most up-to-date information on how to manage this chronic mental illness.

The course will enable you to:

• Learn the characteristics of bipolar disorder and how they can be managed
• Identify early warning signs and how to prevent relapse
• Stabilize your lifestyle and daily routines to manage mood symptoms
• Moderate stress and change
• Learn problem solving and communication skills

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Instructor:	Jennifer Garfein, Psy.D.

Registration is required.  Contact your therapist to schedule a pre-group orientation meeting with Jennifer or call (303) 617-2331 for schedule, fees, and more information.

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POSITIVE BEGINNINGS

This structured 14-week program will transform your life by teaching ways to identify your strengths and how to create positive experiences in your every day life.

Intentions for the course:

• Learn about the Values In Action Model
• Discover the six virtues and 24 strengths
• Tap into your own particular strengths and virtues
• Find out how to enhance your greatest strengths

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Instructor:	Jonathan Blaine, Psy.D.

Registration is required. Contact Jonathan at (303) 617-2392 for schedule, fees, and more information.

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SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP

Social skills are important in order to succeed in life.  Being able to get along with others builds meaningful relationships at school, work, home, and in the community.  By creating positive relationships, you will increase your self-esteem and your confidence allowing you to be a healthy, productive, and fulfilled individual.  However, not everyone learns appropriate social skills growing up.  The good news is, social skills can be learned.

Intentions for the course:

• Learn and practice important social skills through the role play of challenging scenarios
• Learn active listening skills
• Identify different affects and emotions in social situations
• Make a good impression with others
• Learn to accept feedback and how to give your opinions
• Understand and engage in conversations to develop relationships
• Discover the best ways to apologize
• Learn how to compromise and negotiate

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Instructor:	Jonathan Blaine, Psy.D.

Registration is required. Contact Jonathan at (303) 617-2392 for schedule, fees, and more information.

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TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE: Make a powerful connection to life, yourself and others

Are you frequently miserable and depressed?

Do you feel that a happy and fulfilling life is for other people?

Do your relationships usually end badly?

Do you frequently feel like a victim of the circumstances of your life?

Do you feel like life is just not fair?

Do you feel that you are not good enough, smart enough, and attractive enough to have the benefits of the “good life”?

We become “creatures of habit” so that dysfunctional ways of operating become almost automatic, meaning our negative perceptions and attitudes run our lives.

This class will look at practices and ways of being that have been found to increase health and happiness, and create a more resilient and healthier self.  Increased happiness is a byproduct of incorporating the changes into your daily life one step at a time.

Each week you will:

• Discover new and proven principles and practices, which can be incorporated into your everyday life.
• Develop a more positive lifestyle by replacing dysfunctional patterns with more positive life affirming habits that increases your health and happiness.
• Reprogram your thoughts and actions to attract and create a more positive experience of life.

“Transform Your Life” will be an ongoing group experience with the focus of changing your life so that it works the way you want it to work.

Location:	Aurora Mental Health Center
	Viewpoint Plaza, 11059 E. Bethany Dr., Aurora, CO
Cost:	$10 per session (8 to 9 sessions total)
Instructor:	Ron Markovich, L.C.S.W.

Registration is required.  Call (303) 617-2331 for schedule and more information.