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Mother Bear: Families for Mental Health is a community of families dedicated to supporting each other through recovery education, family-led support communities, and access to recovery resources that enable all family members to thrive—emotionally, physically and socially.
With education and support, your whole family’s recovery is possible.
Recovery Stories
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Hope, Help and Hugs – Mother Bear: Families for Mental Health
by Kiesa Kay, WNC Woman, May, 2013
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Most mothers mend whatever they can...
“As a parent, you want to fix the things that break. If the car breaks, you fix it. If the dishwasher breaks, you fix it. If a leg is broken, you fix it,” said Lisbeth Riis Cooper, chairwoman of Mother Bear: Families for Mental Health. “But when a family member experiences emotional or mental distress, how do you “fix” that? And is it fixable?”
Lisbeth founded Mother Bear: Families for Mental Health here in Western North Carolina to help families learn to find meaning and coping skills when a family member experiences mental health challenges. One in four adults, or about 57.7 million Americans, experience mental health challenge in any given year.
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Lisbeth Riis Cooper. Photo by Matt Ros.
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Nurturing Hope
Nonprofit tends to people suffering from a loved one’s emotional illness
by Austine Little, Verve Magazine Article, September 2012
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Prolonged emotional distress can be devastatingly isolating for the sufferer, even when he or she is surrounded by friends and loved ones. And no matter how supportive they might be, those caught up in the vortex of chaos and despair often require just as much nurturing as the person they’re trying to help.
Mother Bear: Families for Mental Health, an outreach program and fund of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, believes that
“No family should face a mental-health challenge alone.”
The nonprofit takes a family-led approach to wellness, via education about the many paths to recovery and the incumbent resources, community discussions, and “Family Dens” — group meetings tailored to help those who live with and love the person in distress. Read More >> |
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Julie Huneycutt, Community and Development Director; Hendersonville artist Cindy Bock; and Jennifer Maurer, Managing Director of Mother Bear Community Action Network, with the “Hope Bear” in Hendersonville. |
| Mother Bear Post—Every month, we share news about our family recovery network’s education, support and recovery resources including where to find our Family Dens (local recovery groups) and how to start one in your community. |
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Miss our last few newsletters? Not to worry, we have them archived for you to read:
May 2013:
—Family Hope Line
—In the News
—Online Family Recovery Class
April 2013:
—Family Hope Line Announcement
March 2013:
—Family Hope Line
—Empathic Therapy Conference
—Healing with Heart
February 2013:
—Empathic Therapy Conference 2013 |
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January 2013:
—Welcoming New Staff
—Share the Love
—Family Warm Line
—Online Family Education
—Provider Resource Directory
December Update
—Response to Newtown Tradegy
December 2012:
—A Bridge to Hope
—Family Recovery Story
—Mourning in Connecticut
—Holiday Thriving Guide |
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November 2012:
—Mother Bear's Advisors
—Giving the Gift of Hope
—Helping Families in Crisis
—Defining Recovery
—Online Family Education
September 2012
—September is National Recovery Month! |
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