Experts: Mental health as important as physical health

Other therapists on the Healthy Minds team include Melinda Pollack, a registered marriage and family therapist and certified trauma professional; Mabel Paz, a bilingual Associate Clinical Social Worker; Dr. Jamilia Fields, Charlotte Santos, Marie Whelan and Aline Bales.

Monterrey also highlighted the center’s new free webinar program on “Mastering Self Care,” scheduled for Jan. 26 from 5-6:30 p.m. She said the program “will help patients learn the science behind self-care and how to better manage stress and decrease the tendency to burn out.”

Another area of expansion for Healthy Minds is massage therapy. “It’s a great way to treat anxiety, PTSD, and other problems that directly affect our body,” she said.

Monterrey also works closely with the Contra Costa County’s Family Justice Center program as well as the Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT).

The Contra Costa Health Services Department is launching A3 – a program that stands for: Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime – that will provide timely and appropriate emergency behavioral health support. The MCRT has supported the A3 team during the pilot phase and will now help expand services.

For more, see: https://healthymindscenter.com/

For more on A3: https://cchealth.org/a3/