NH Community Behavioral Health Association
Representing community-based mental health centers across New Hampshire
Panel discussion with Rik Cornell, Chief Justice Broderick, and Dr. Will Torrey. 9-10am “Post Pandemic Mental Health in the Workplace” hosted by Greater Manchester Chamber, Dartmouth Hitchcock Manchester & MHCGM
As a country we strive for diversity, equity, and inclusion, yet disparities and discrimination continue to be experienced by many and remain at the top of the news cycle. The COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with an increase in hate crimes among Asian Americans, rising race relation conflict, and brought isolation to members of the LGBTQ […]
Mental Health Symposium with Dr. Katherine Shear, “Grief and adaptation to Loss” and Ed Mahoney, “Caregivers Grief; Finding Balance.” Virtual sessions held from 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Registration opens soon
PRESENTERS: Ed Mahoney is a New Hampshire licensed Pastoral Psychotherapist and a Clinical Fellow. He currently practices at Bedford Counseling Associates in Manchester, NH where he specializes in couple therapy and bereavement counseling. Dr. M. Katherine Shear is the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry and the founding Director of the Center for Complicated Grief […]
Join us to as we celebrate youth in middle and high school (grades 5 – 12) who submitted creative pieces to Magnify Voices reflecting their experiences with mental health in New Hampshire. We will announce the contest winners who were chosen by a panel of judges with varied expertise in the arts, education and behavioral health. All […]
ABOUT THE FILM The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop, a prisoner of her own mind, survived […]
NH Theater Project's Elephant-in-the-Room Series® / The Opioid Crisis Effect on Families: Playreading & Community Discussion Featuring A Wider Circle by Mary Ellen Hedrick Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 7:00-9:00 PM FREE | VIRTUAL WEBINAR NH Theater Project and Seacoast Mental Health Center will present a reading of the play A Wider Circle by Mary Ellen Hedrick, and […]
Mental Health Symposium Day 2 with Dr. Cassie Yackley; “Supporting Post- traumatic Growth in the Face of Grief and Loss.” Virtually 9:00 -11:30 am
Dr. Cassie Yackley is a master trainer and trauma-responsive practice content expert . She has extensive experience consulting with agencies to develop sys- tem-wide cultural shifts and to implement organizational change toward trauma- responsive policies and practices has become a state leader and well-known expert in building trauma responsive communities of care.
There was a time that no one talked about mental illness. Even the language that was used back in that time conjured up myths and made mental illness seem unimaginable and distant from our lives. Today, we know better. But sometimes it takes a staggering turn of events to bring the message home. You won't […]
Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month by learning the role the employer plays in your employee's mental wellness. Joining us for a discussion and Q & A will be Dennis Walker, Emergency Services Director, and Rebecca Throop, VP of Community Relations from Seacoast Mental Health Center.
This Is My Brave provides the leading national platform for individuals to share their stories of living successful lives despite a diagnosis of a mental health disorder through artistic expression. The 2021 New Hampshire Cast shares their stories through poetry, essay, and expressive arts. Due to COVID-19, our show this Spring will be taped before a small, masked […]