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e-Newsletter / October 22, 2020
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Thinking about taking the first step to see a clinician?
How to schedule an appointment (with or without insurance):
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Jim's Blog: Living, Breathing, Values
I hope you will get a chance to peruse our most recent annual report. (Stay tuned, it will be sent out next week!)
The Center's community relations team did a great job organizing the narrative around our foundational values. As I thought about those values as expressed in the report and on our web site I had a moment: these values are the reason I chose to join in the Center's work as an executive director. So much of who I am as a person in this world and my own values align directly with what this place is about..." READ MORE
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Annie Brandt, Bank of America Senior Vice President and Market Manager for Iowa
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Learn how Bank of America cares for their employees
The Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center recently partnered with Bank of America to provide wellness services to BOA employees
Annie Brandt, Bank of America Senior Vice President and Market Manager for Iowa shared this: "I was talking with my market president about ways we can connect with our team in this virtual world, and she reminded me of her often repeated mantra, 'Move your body, heal your mind.'
"I thought of the things Bank of America is offering teammates across the country like chair yoga and guided mindfulness meditation."
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Billie's Blog: The two faces of autumn
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Autumn and winter are often a time of increased stress, anxiety, and deeper depression, now complicated as our time with family friends, work, recreation, and travel became almost nonexistent seven months ago. The holiday season looms large, perhaps more so than in past years. Here are some ideas for getting through autumn and winter...
Read more of Billie's blogs HERE
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The Center's psychiatry team is accepting new patients.
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Thank you to our donors!
Thanks to our generous donors, 40 percent of our services are offered at a subsidized rate to children, teens, adults and families in our community who need high quality, low cost mental health services.
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Remember the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
in your will. Your legacy can support our mission for years to come
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Your support saves lives. Thank you.
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Lifting the Veil: Effective Employer/Employee Tools and Techniques to Navigate the Pandemic
 October 29th
12-1p.m.
The Center is a Sustaining Sponsor of these free, live, online events, continuing the conversation about mental health issues in the pandemic. These events will be dynamic, solution-oriented discussions that leave our attendees with practical tools for coping during challenging times. The events will be virtual talk-show style, with dsm guest contributor and Iowa business leader Deidre DeJear leading candid conversations with mental health leaders responding to questions from viewers. Click here to learn more and register for any or all events through November.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - Live online
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Allison Peet, Certified MBSR Instructor
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Evenings - Begins January 4, 2021
Evidence-based program:
- Increase Focus & Creativity
- Decrease Stress & Anxiety
- Regulate Emotion
Are you ready to live life as if it really matters, to release what no longer benefits you, and remember your own innate resources for strength and resilience? Space is limited. Register and learn more HERE.
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21-Day Equity Challenge - join us
The 21-Day Equity Challenge, Oct 5-Nov 2, is a powerful opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of how inequity and racism affect our lives and our community. Daily topics include Understanding Privilege, Housing & Redlining, Justice System Inequities, Allyship, and many more. The experience will deepen understanding, suggest ways to take action, and help launch what we hope will be a lifelong commitment to improving equity and inclusion in our community. Free to participate.
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Support group for survivors of suicide loss
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Survivor of Suicide Loss Group will be held live online until further notice. If you've lost a loved one to suicide and need support, please contact Andrea Severson at [email protected].
This support group is offered as a free community service, with thanks to generous supporters of the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center.
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The Center has convened an antiracism learning group. If you would like to participate in current or future opportunities, please send an email to [email protected]. Our next discussion series will start in September. We are reading together the young adult novel, "The Hate You Give" by Angie Thomas. |
Mission: We walk with people through counseling and education to find hope and healing, and live a fulfilling life.
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 Be well, Terri Mork Speirs, she/hers Director of Community Relations Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center 515-251-6670
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