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WJCS Chief Psychologist & Director, Liane Nelson, Ph.D., Presents at NatCon23
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WJCS Chief Psychologist & Director, Liane Nelson, Ph.D., Presents at NatCon23

Miriam Arond2023-06-08T13:51:17-04:00June 8th, 2023|Categories: Mental Health, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: natcon, racial trauma, The National Council for Behavioral Health Conference, first responders, trauma survivors, vicarious trauma, mental health workers, trauma-informed supervision, Trauma, Mental Health, Covid-19|

WJCS Chief Psychologist & Director Presents at National Conference About Importance of Trauma-Informed Supervision to Respond to the Collective Traumas of COVID-19 and Racism The National Council for Behavioral Health Conference, typically referred to as NatCon, is the largest mental health and substance use conference in the world. Dr. Liane Nelson, Ph.D, Chief Psychologist at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) and Director of the WJCS Trager Lemp Center for Treating Trauma and Promoting Resilience, and Reverend Daphne Swinton, LMHC, MPA, gave a presentation on Implementing Trauma-Informed Supervision to Respond to the Collective Trauma of COVID-19 and Racism at ...

What the CDC Wants You to Know About Covid Vaccines
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What the CDC Wants You to Know About Covid Vaccines

Grace Oshin2021-04-16T16:57:41-04:00April 16th, 2021|Categories: Featured Homepage, General|Tags: Coronavirus, CDC, Center for Disease Control, Vaccine, Covid Vaccine, Covid 19 Vaccine, Moderna, Pfizer, COVID, Covid-19|

Age requirements have been lowered for the Covid vaccine in New York State and there are an increasing number of vaccination sites. Many people still have questions, though, about the vaccines. Here is what the Centers for Disease Control wants you to know: Covid vaccination is an important tool to help stop the Covid pandemic. COVID vaccination helps protect people from getting sick or severely ill with COVID-19 and might also help protect people around them. To receive the most protection, people should receive all recommended doses of a Covid vaccine. It typically takes two weeks after you are ...

WJCS AWARDED $4 MILLION SAMHSA GRANT
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WJCS AWARDED $4 MILLION SAMHSA GRANT

Grace Oshin2021-02-12T15:06:29-05:00February 12th, 2021|Categories: General|Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Health, COVID, Covid-19, Westchester, Substance Use, Depression, Anxiety|

WJCS was awarded a $4 million Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grant—$2 million a year for two years—from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The funding will be used to broaden and deepen WJCS substance abuse and mental health services in Peekskill and Mt.Vernon, two of Westchester's most under resourced communities. "The SAMHSA grant will provide integrated care, combining behavioral health, physical health, and substance use services, to low-income individuals who face major emotional and social challenges, including lack of employment, inadequate housing conditions, poor access to health services and substance use and opioid use prevention, ...