It’s simple. Be there for them. Treat them like a human being, look them in the eyes, and let them know that their disorders do not define them. Tell them that you love them. Make them a cup of coffee just the way they like it on the days they can’t remember how to work more »
Read MoreWe could not have predicted that the greatest global pandemic in a century would emerge in 2020, nor could we have predicted its impacts on our community as a whole and NAMI Columbia County as an organization. Our signature activities – Family Support Group, Family to Family, Legislative Advocacy, Education Programs, etc. support the caregivers more »
Read MoreBy Tresca Weinstein, Times Union, Nov. 18, 2020 Fifteen years ago, when Brian Belt was diagnosed with schizophrenia and substance abuse disorder, his mother reached out to the Columbia County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMICC) for support. The community and resources she found there gave her strength as she and her more »
Read MoreWe encourage you to read this article posted by newporthealthcare.com, on October 7, 2020. Whether you are a Practioner or a Caregiver Empathy is Essential.“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another,” wrote the Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler. Another sage of our more »
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