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Upcoming Community Events

Together, we can make a difference to remove the stigma surrounding mental health through mental health awareness and suicide prevention events. The Summit collaborates with other community organizations to provide mental health awareness programing and promote events throughout Greater North Atlanta.

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To learn more about scheduling a mental health awareness event for your community, contact Cathy Murphy at 678-893-5304 or cmurphy@summitcounseling.org.

North Fulton County Mental Health Collaborative

The North Fulton Mental Health Collaborative is normalizing the conversation surrounding mental health through engaging community leaders and families in an on-going dialogue to promote mental health awareness and suicide prevention in our faith communities, schools, businesses, and community at large.  Learn More

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training

Friday, June 10th, 2022
5:30 – 7:00PM
Virtual Event

Join us for a 1.5-hour virtual training that teaches how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to help.

The QPR mission is to reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. The signs of crisis are all around us. We believe that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know.

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Community Resiliency Model (CRM)

Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
1:00 – 3:00PM
Virtual Event

The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)’s goal is to help to create trauma-informed, resiliency-focused communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how resiliency can be restored or increased using this skills-based approach.

CRM trains community members to not only help themselves but to help others within their wider social network. The primary focus of this skills-based, stabilization program is to re-set the natural balance of the nervous system.

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Signs of Suicide – Trusted Adult Training

Friday, June 17th, 2022
4:00 – 5:30PM
Virtual Event

Aimed for adults to recognize warning signs of suicide, how to navigate those difficult conversations, and learn practical next steps with youth. By the end of the training, individuals will be considered a “trusted adult” for youth to share their struggles or get support. Great for parents, volunteers, teachers, counselors, health professionals, or coaches. Signs of Suicide is an evidenced-based program designed for middle and high school students that teaches youth to identify signs of depression and suicide in themselves and their friends. The Trusted Adult training was developed as a resource for anyone that interacts with adolescents.

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Connections Matter Training

This is a two-part training taking place across two days.

Part 1: Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 | 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Part 2: Wednesday, June 29th, 2022 |10:00AM – 12:00PM
Virtual Event

Please join us for a free virtual Connections Matter resilience training! As a two-part training taking place across two days, Connections Matter is designed to engage community members in building caring connections to improve resilience, prevent childhood trauma, and understand how our interactions with others can support those who have experienced trauma.

Everyday connections are more important than we ever believed. Science tells us that relationships have the power to shape our brains. Relationships help us learn better, work better, parent better. When we experience tough times, they help us heal. With each connection, we develop a healthier stronger community.

Connections Matter is a virtual training designed to engage community members in building caring connections to:

Improve resiliency,
Prevent childhood trauma, and
Understand how our interactions with others can support those who have experienced trauma.
The Connections Matter Georgia initiative is a collaboration between the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy and Prevent Child Abuse Georgia. This training will be facilitated by the Summit Counseling Center staff.

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NFMHC: Asian Mental Health and Quiet Trauma

Thursday, June 30th, 2022
10:00AM – 11:30AM
Virtual Event

According to Mental Health America, Asians make up 6.1% of the US population. Of those, 15% (2.9 million people) reported having a mental illness in 2019 and are expected to have risen since the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Asian Mental Health Month is during the month of May, we invite you to join us virtually on Zoom for June’s North Fulton Mental Health Collaborative meeting to continue discussing this important topic.

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Signs of Suicide – Trusted Adult Training

Friday, July 1st, 2022
1:00-2:30PM

Virtual Event

Aimed for adults to recognize warning signs of suicide, how to navigate those difficult conversations, and learn practical next steps with youth. By the end of the training, individuals will be considered a “trusted adult” for youth to share their struggles or get support. Great for parents, volunteers, teachers, counselors, health professionals, or coaches. Signs of Suicide is an evidenced-based program designed for middle and high school students that teaches youth to identify signs of depression and suicide in themselves and their friends. The Trusted Adult training was developed as a resource for anyone that interacts with adolescents.

REGISTER NOW

Community Resiliency Model (CRM)

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
3:00 – 5:00PM

Virtual Event

The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)’s goal is to help to create trauma-informed, resiliency-focused communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how resiliency can be restored or increased using this skills-based approach.

CRM trains community members to not only help themselves but to help others within their wider social network. The primary focus of this skills-based, stabilization program is to re-set the natural balance of the nervous system.

REGISTER NOW

Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training

Friday, July 15th, 2022
2:00 – 3:30PM
Virtual Event

Join us for a 1.5-hour virtual training that teaches how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to help.

The QPR mission is to reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. The signs of crisis are all around us. We believe that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know.

REGISTER NOW

Signs of Suicide – Trusted Adult Training

Thursday, July 21st, 2022
3:00-4:30PM

Virtual Event

Aimed for adults to recognize warning signs of suicide, how to navigate those difficult conversations, and learn practical next steps with youth. By the end of the training, individuals will be considered a “trusted adult” for youth to share their struggles or get support. Great for parents, volunteers, teachers, counselors, health professionals, or coaches. Signs of Suicide is an evidenced-based program designed for middle and high school students that teaches youth to identify signs of depression and suicide in themselves and their friends. The Trusted Adult training was developed as a resource for anyone that interacts with adolescents.

REGISTER NOW

Connections Matter Training

This is a two-part training taking place across two days.

Part 1: Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 | 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Part 2: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 |10:00AM – 12:00PM
Virtual Event

Please join us for a free virtual Connections Matter resilience training! As a two-part training taking place across two days, Connections Matter is designed to engage community members in building caring connections to improve resilience, prevent childhood trauma, and understand how our interactions with others can support those who have experienced trauma.

Everyday connections are more important than we ever believed. Science tells us that relationships have the power to shape our brains. Relationships help us learn better, work better, parent better. When we experience tough times, they help us heal. With each connection, we develop a healthier stronger community.

Connections Matter is a virtual training designed to engage community members in building caring connections to:

Improve resiliency,
Prevent childhood trauma, and
Understand how our interactions with others can support those who have experienced trauma.
The Connections Matter Georgia initiative is a collaboration between the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy and Prevent Child Abuse Georgia. This training will be facilitated by the Summit Counseling Center staff.

REGISTER NOW

NFMHC: Faith and Mental Health

Thursday, July 28th, 2022
10:00AM – 11:30AM
Virtual Event

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The Summit Counseling Center and City of Dunwoody present “Strategies for Coping: Helping middle school students and families.”

This Zoom presentation is open to ALL. It will focus on ways to help middle school students and families with the social and emotional impacts of COVID-19.

Thursday, March 11th @7pm

You can watch and submit questions through Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82149368659

The presentation will also stream live on the City of Dunwoody’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CityofDunwoody

Email questions in advance to communications@dunwoodyga.gov.