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Fall Issue December 12, 2016
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After 36 Years Jan Elby Continues as One of the
MHANJ's NJ Mental Health Players Favorite Starlets
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(Left to right)
John Rogers, Director of the MHANJ's New Jersey Mental Health Players congratulates Jan Elby, a 36+ year volunteer actress for the program.
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If you want to be engaged in a performance before an actress even utters a sound - catch Jan Elby in
a presentation
of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey's New Jersey Mental Health Players. The ONLY, TRUE remaining charter member of this volunteer troupe from 1980, Jan's 36+ years of experience and additional theater background go far in making her an effective communicator about emotional issues. What makes her memorable is her own engagement in the process of acting, teaching and sharing to help break down the stigma of mental health.
"I always say I have learned much more from our audiences than they've learned from me. The fact that we can get them to look into themselves - question and share what they are feeling about a topic
- is amazing. As non-clinical people we can be even more effective than if we were psychologists, doctors or whatever," Jan explained
We paid Jan a visit to celebrate her 90-years-young birthday. We wanted to learn more about how her incredible drive and commitment as a volunteer evolved through her commitment as a Player.
Click here to read more.
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Tips for Managing Holiday Stress
and
Helpful Resources for When Negative Feelings Become Severe
We encourage New Jerseyans to utilize the following call lines if they have any questions or need help in a particular specialty area:
NJ Connect for Recovery, 855-652-3737 (TTY 877-294-4356), weekdays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., weekends 5 - 10 p.m.: This line is dedicated to providing counseling specifically to individuals and families coping with addiction to heroin and prescription painkillers.
(Messages received during off-hours are returned the next business day.)
8 a.m. - 8 p.m.:
This line offers behavioral counseling, information and referral services providing ongoing emotional support, case management, intervention and mental health screenings. (Messages received during off-hours are returned the next business day.)
For people who are having trouble getting a mental health appointment, there is a new Access to Mental Health Care component. Through this service, staff can: walk callers through the maze of insurance coverage, provide advocacy and support and assist in filing complaints about access to care issues.
New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearinghouse,
800-367-6274, (TTY 877-294-4356), weekdays
8 a.m. -- 8 p.m.:
This line provides information about all types of support groups dealing with addictions, mental or physical health, family issues, bereavement, parenting, disabilities and other topics.
(Messages received during off-hours are returned the next business day.)
Peer Recovery WarmLine, 877-202-5588 (TTY 877-294-4356) 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. weekdays, 5 - 10 p.m. weekends:
This line offers a peer counseling service, providing ongoing telephone support to behavioral health consumers as they work toward their recovery. (Messages received during off-hours are returned the next business day.)
The Call Lines are funded through grants from the New Jersey Division of MentalHealth and Addiction Services.
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Consumer Connections CORE
Training Participants Hold Graduation Ceremony
Congratulations are extended to the 26 graduates of the
MHANJ's Consumer Connections
Fall 2016 class. These individuals have been trained to work as peer mental health providers and are very excited about entering the workforce. They posed, above, at the graduation ceremony with Carolyn Beauchamp, MHANJ's President and CEO, Chrissy Schayer, Director of Consumer Connections, Kelly Uhland, Coordinator of Consumer Connections, and Kiyonna Thomas, Training Coordinator for the MHANJ's Mental Health First Aid program. Next stop - the MHANJ's Consumer Connections Job Fair.
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Congratulations are Extended to
Betty Jean, Coordinator of the MHANJ's
New Jersey MentalHealthCares Helpline
Ms. Betty Jean, Coordinator of the MHANJ's NJ MentalHealthCares Helpline, has been extremely active in the Haitian American community.
This past summer, she spent three months in Haiti training women in the area of trauma intervention.
Ms. Jean was honored to be among select Haitian-American women who were invited to a Briefing by
the White House Council on Women and Girls
for Haitian American Women Leaders on December 2.
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Attention Amazon Shoppers --
Here's an Easy Way to Support the MHANJ!
AmazonSmile is a website connected to Amazon.com, offering a simple and automatic way for you to support the MHANJ at no cost to you each time you shop. YOU get the same Amazon selection, while the MHANJ gets a charitable donation of .5% of your purchase of tens of millions of
eligible items.
Please Join Us!
Here are a few quick and easy steps that will enable you to join in:
2. Follow directions to set up an account. Please be sure that the
Mental Health Association in New Jersey (or the New Jersey Mental Health Association -- we may be listed as either)
is selected as your charity.
3. When you want to shop on Amazon, go to
smile.amazon.com, and make sure you are logged in before you make your purchases.
973-571-4100, ext. 118.
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