PITTSFIELD â In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the National Alliance for Mental Illness Berkshire County, in partnership with Debora Cole-Duffy, a licensed social worker, and the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention, announces a free mental health phone service for adults 18+, called Tele-bridging Mental Health in the Berkshires.
Cole-Duffy, now retired, developed the program and was awarded a seed grant from the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention. She oversees mental health provider recruitment, training, phone interventions, and supervision needs, and NAMI coordinates the phone system and volunteer schedulers.
The experienced volunteer mental health providers, some retired and some in practice, offer mindfulness-based coping strategies and community resource information to people experiencing distress, especially during this challenging time.
PITTSFIELD â In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, the National Alliance for Mental Illness Berkshire County, in partnership with Debora Cole-Duffy, a licensed social worker, and the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention is offering a free mental health phone service for adults 18 and older, called Tele-bridging Mental Health in the Berkshires.
Cole-Duffy, now retired, developed the program and was awarded a seed grant from the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention. She oversees mental health provider recruitment, training, phone interventions and supervision needs, and NAMI coordinates the phone system and volunteer schedulers.
The experienced volunteer mental health providers, some retired and some in practice, offer mindfulness-based coping strategies and community resource information to people experiencing distress.