EHS Resources
At Mindfulness at EHS you can access practices and resources to support you in being more present in your life with awareness, kindness, and compassion. Mindfulness can help you to put your mind on the moment and stay with anything that challenges you in your life. By training your mind through mindfulness, you can grow kindness and compassion within yourself and share this kindness and compassion with others.
Mental Health Support and Resources
At Mental Health Support for EHS you can access local and national resources that are supportive of your mental health and well being.
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Local Resources
A letter from Northampton Area Pediatrics on their telehealth parent consultations
During this time of uncertainty and change, our Behavioral Health team appreciates the ability to continue supporting our NAP community through virtual visits. Helping families navigate the challenges associated with social distancing, at home learning, emerging family dynamics and the emotional effects of Coronavirus is a priority. We are expanding our behavioral health services at this time to offer families a one-time consultation focused on creating consistency and routine at home, decreasing power struggles and conflicts, helping parents find and restore life balance while promoting resiliency in children and families. This one time session will focus on providing parents with education, resources and tools to help navigate problems areas that are coming up in this unique time.
Using our virtual visit platform through MyChart, we are able to support your family in a number of different areas during this consultation time including:
How to create a daily routine at home.
Gain better balance between work and at home learning demands
Decrease conflicts over screen time
Support teens who are isolating more
Manage parental stress and find time for self care
How to avoid power struggles throughout the day
Find ways to support your child’s emotional needs
Our Integrated Behavioral Health team continues to work closely with your Provider to ensure continuity of care. We see this as an opportunity to help families channel their strengths to maintain and build skills for managing life during this pandemic. If you would like to schedule a one time consultation, please call our office at 413-584-8700 and let our staff know you are interested in a “Family Support Consultation Hour.”
Know that you are not alone, we are in this together.
Online COVID-19 Resources
Free Guide to Living with Worry and Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty
We're in this together. With the spread of COVID-19, behavioral health is more important than ever. To support our growing global community, MindWise is providing access to as much information and as many coping resources as possible.
https://www.mindwise.org/covid-19/
NAMI Basics is a 6-session education program for parents, caregivers and other family who provide care for youth (ages 22 and younger) who are experiencing mental health symptoms. This program is free to participants, 99% of whom say they would recommend the program to others. NAMI Basics is available online through NAMI Basics OnDemand.
https://nami.org/Support-Education/Mental-Health-Education/NAMI-Basics
This is a guide provided by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on how to navigate the information overload and stress that comes with COVID-19. https://www.nami.org/covid-19-guide
Updates and resources to promote good mental health hygiene during school closure, eventual return and recovery from COVID-19 from the school counseling and social emotional learning departments PK-12 of a number of Massachusetts School Districts. Please share widely! This page is updated regularly.
https://sites.google.com/arlington.k12.ma.us/mentalhealthandwellbeing/home?authuser=0
We all need help sometimes; lots of people are feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed right now. Talk to someone who can help. Call ‘211’ now or visit www.mass211.org, www.frcma.org, or massachusettsnetworkofcare.org for resources regarding parent/family support, clothing/household items, physical health, crisis lines/helplines, food/meals, mental health, substance abuse treatment, housing/utilities or domestic violence situations.