NH Community Behavioral Health Association
Representing community-based mental health centers across New Hampshire
Lakes Region Mental Health Center is hosting a free virtual screening and panel discussion of Tre Maison Dasan from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12. Tre Maison Dasan is an intimate portrait of three boys growing up, each with a parent in prison. Directly told through the child's perspective, the film is an exploration of relationships and separation, […]
ORCHESTRATING CHANGE is the documentary film that tells the inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them. Co-founded by Ronald Braunstein, once a world-renowned conductor whose career was shattered when his own diagnosis of bipolar disorder was made public, the […]
Saturday, May 15, 2021, 4:00PM*: A Conversation on the Exhibition and Art as Therapy with Anna West MA, LCMHC of West Central & Julie Puttgen MFA, MA, CHMC of Center for Integrative Health.
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.