https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Or-EjAG4E Sydney shares her experience of hearing voices and rediscovering themselves. Transcript: SYDNEY: I was in grad school and I began to have unusual thoughts. I thought people were trying to brainwash me. I also thought I...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTCJJIQoUas Kathy shares her experience as a parent navigating psychosis for her daughter. Transcript: KATHY: When we saw our daughter struggling, we were just so confused and scared because we were dealing with something we...
The Michigan Minds Team sat down with Keela, a Family Peer Partner who works at the NAVIGATE program at Integrated Services of Kalamazoo. Keela shares her personal and family experiences with psychosis to becoming a Family Peer Partner helping others.
Download this flyer to help us spread the word about coordinated specialty care in your community! Families, educators, health providers, and community spaces such as faith centers are often the first touchpoints for young people seeking support for mental health...
Check out some of our top book picks recommendedfrom our caregiver community:The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Psychosis: Manage Your Emotions, Reduce Symptoms, and Get Back to Your Life By Maggie Mullen, LCSW This workbook is based in Dialectical...
Join us on November 2nd, 2023 from 12:00pm - 3:00pm EST Limited seats. Register below. What is this training about? This training is about Psychosis Recovery by Enabling Adult Carers at Home (p-REACH) is a free online training that offers concrete, evidence-based...
Mindfulness practices can help us deal with the stress that understandably arises from trying to navigate psychosis with our loved one. NAVIGATE’s Mindfulness initiative is an 8-week class for families involved in coordinated specialty care programs, offering training...
Mental health challenges can lead to feeling isolated, or estranged from relationships. While these experiences are more common than we think, it can still be hard to put words to. Based on the understanding that social connectivity is an important driver of...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/QPOOP2XrT0I Michigan Minds Empowered is a resource hub for teens and young adults experiencing changes in thinking, emotions, and sensory perceptions such as hearing or seeing things that others don’t (also known as psychosis). Although...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Or-EjAG4E Sydney shares her experience of hearing voices and rediscovering themselves. Transcript: SYDNEY: I was in grad school and I began to have unusual thoughts. I thought people were trying to brainwash me. I also thought I...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTCJJIQoUas Kathy shares her experience as a parent navigating psychosis for her daughter. Transcript: KATHY: When we saw our daughter struggling, we were just so confused and scared because we were dealing with something we...
Welcome! We’re excited to launch a newly-designed website for Michigan Minds Empowered, which has served as an online resource for teens and young adults since 2017. We’ve added new learning content, a self check-in questionnaire, and personal narratives from young...