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Dance in the Rain
Whole Person Approach
A 501 C3 Public Charity
Peer to Peer Mental Health Center.
Created and built by people with mental health challenges for people with mental health challenges. Giving them strength and courage to begin rebuilding themselves by focusing on the full scope of their being.
Dance in the Rain believes that a strong personal support system and peer engagement are the greatest assets a person with mental health challenges can possess. We work hard to help individuals recognize who their supports are and to help them build strong support systems.
Whole Person Approach
A 501 C3 Public Charity
Peer to Peer Mental Health Center.
Created and built by people with mental health challenges for people with mental health challenges. Giving them strength and courage to begin rebuilding themselves by focusing on the full scope of their being.
Dance in the Rain believes that a strong personal support system and peer engagement are the greatest assets a person with mental health challenges can possess. We work hard to help individuals recognize who their supports are and to help them build strong support systems.
Dance in the Rain also believes that mental health challenges are community issues. To help solve the issues facing the existing fractured mental health system we believe that it will take all the different Cape & Island communities to come together in their own unique way. Many of our events are community oriented and designed to give the many different communities opportunities to participate.
(communities identified as: peer, mental health, art, professional, business, family, first responder, health, faith, community at large, senior, youth, and more ...)
(communities identified as: peer, mental health, art, professional, business, family, first responder, health, faith, community at large, senior, youth, and more ...)
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Dance in the Rain
Whole Person Approach Mental illness is unique to the individual. Every individual has unique brain pathways, chemistry and biology. Each person reacts to stimuli and circumstances differently. They have their own unique backgrounds, histories, traumas, joys, sorrows, and triumphs. Therefore... As the wholeness of the person begins to be discovered and revealed to the individual and others in their life a unique and personal healing process begins. It's sculpted and created by the uniqueness of the individual. The individual uncovers that many much needed solutions lay within. Mary E Munsell 6/2013 |
I feel Carly Simon's song "Touched by the Sun" encompasses what peer to peer engagement is all about.
We learn from those who have been there. By engaging with your peers you will get there and be 'touched by the sun.' You'll be able to "open your wings of desire." |
CHECKOUT OUR NEW SCHEDULE WITH NEW MEETINGS!
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Print out this month calendar September 2017 Click pdf. format on the right or download from arrow on large picture of calendar. 
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Underground Asylum 2017
#buildingadream NOVEMBER 2, 2017 DOUBLETREE INN VINE ROOM 5:30PM - 9:30PM "A population worth investing in" Read about this years event as information becomes available. See who the master of ceremonies is... who the main speaker is... How you can help... | ||
Building Wholeness
A Program of Healing and Moving Forward in Life
Created and developed by Mary E Munsell
Consulting Psychiatrist Julie Callanan MD., PHD
A Five Day workshop covering the following five Building Blocks:
(Accountability) Building Block I
Emerging from self focused thinking
(Decision-Making) Building Block II
Developing the courage and strength to make difficult decisions
(Knowing Yourself) Building Block III
Facing and controlling what once controlled you
(Wholeness) Building Block IV
Becoming whole, no longer fractured
(Beyond Coping) Building Block V
Having reasons to continue to move forward
"A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." -Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.-
It has been my experience with the current mental health system that the mindset the system promotes is one of maintenance and coping. For me, that was a death sentence. Every time I asked for help I was told to use my coping skills. I felt as though I was constantly treading water to maintain my illness. When the challenges came I had to tread water faster until the challenges past, forever treading water. I eventually became so tired I nearly lost my life. I needed to find a way out of the water. I needed reasons to keep moving forward in life.
In 2011 began to put together over thirty-five years of experience living with a mental illness. I began a long intensive six year journey of creating (Building Wholeness). It is a journey of healing developed as I navigated through the mental health system and a life in turmoil.
I edited and re-edited this program as I gained a deeper understanding of healing and each concept I was trying to express.
As I began to build the program I was lucky enough to be associated with Dr. Julie Callanan MD., PHD. I was able to bring my thoughts and ideas to her and discuss them with her and get an honest open opinion. Over the years she realized the uniqueness of the program and agreed to become the consulting psychiatrist for (Building Wholeness).
"Healing is becoming what you were created to be and shedding what the world has made you" -Mary E Munsell
(Accountability)
Understanding to whom and what you hold yourself accountable to.
To truly understand to whom and what you hold yourself accountable to helps you understand who you are.
Realizing that your world is larger than you may have always believed.
Understanding that everything is not always about you.
Understanding the 'ripple effect' in your actions and decisions.
When you truly understand the depth of accountability it can be the wake-up moment in your healing journey.
Accountability is the foundation in which Building Wholeness stands.
(Decision-Making)
Developing the courage, strength and tools to change the way you make decisions.
Increasing the space between stimulus and response.
Understanding that change in the decision-making process is brought about by deliberate action.
Learn why you make the decisions you make.
(Knowing Yourself)
Begin to control regressive cycles.
Controlling and minimizing triggers in your environment.
Recognizing red flag behaviors.
This is a step towards having control of your illness.
Understanding that being triggered is not a failure but a time to act.
(Wholeness)
You are not limited by your illness, You are a whole person.
Challenge false beliefs.
Claim the power in your Tapestry (your life-story).
A time to rebuild and create a life of wholeness on a new foundation.
Become who you were meant to be.
(Beyond Coping)
Shed the maintenance and coping lifestyle.
Develop reasons to continue to move forward in life.
Your old coping skills will once again become things you enjoy. They will be used for leisure purposes once again.
When you have reasons to continue to move forward you are more prepared to meet challenges and learn from them rather than trying to cope until they pass.
If you are interested in the next Building Wholeness Workshop please fill out the contact form below
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These workshops are made available through a grant from Cape Cod Healthcare
Artwork By: Mary E. Munsell
Startling Statistics
*The Cape & Islands Region has the largest suicide rate in Massachusetts.
* Preschoolers are the fasting growing market for antidepressants. At least 4% of preschoolers are clinically depressed. (Health and Human Services - Federal Government)
* Nationally, we loose one life by suicide every 15.8 minutes. Suicide in the eleventh leading cause of death overall and is the third-leading cause of death among youth and young adults aged 15-24. (US Public Health Service)
*The Cape & Islands Region has the largest suicide rate in Massachusetts.
* Preschoolers are the fasting growing market for antidepressants. At least 4% of preschoolers are clinically depressed. (Health and Human Services - Federal Government)
* Nationally, we loose one life by suicide every 15.8 minutes. Suicide in the eleventh leading cause of death overall and is the third-leading cause of death among youth and young adults aged 15-24. (US Public Health Service)
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Dance in the Rain
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Come use our safe comfortable space! If your looking for a place to work on projects that you would like to work on but would like to work on in the company of others come on in. We have WI-FI, hot coffee, tea, the use of kitchen space. We have a color printer, scanner and copier plus an extra computer. Also the use of a phone to make some calls.
Maybe your looking for some help in navigating the confusing mental health system. We have all been there and we are still going through it. We learn from each other. We also offer one to one peer engagement to help with any issues you may be facing. Dance in the Rain will also help you prepare for a psychiatrist appointment so that the doctor gets a larger picture of where you are in your life not just a snapshot of how your presenting during the appointment.
Perhaps your feeling a bit in crisis and just need to talk. We are here. We are great listeners, after all we have been in the same place you are many times before.
Would you like some insight on why you might be stuck and seem to doing the same things? A fresh perspective from others who understand on an intimate level rather than an observational level? It might be refreshing?
Do you want to do something different this time? Fill the gaps in your support system? Stop having people trying to fix you all the time. Would you like to have people walk along side of you and respect you for who you are and where you are? How about having people support your dreams and ideas?
Grow at your own pace. Be unique and be who you are. It just might surprise you!
Dance in the Rain is what you make of it.
Come grow with us and develop something spectacular for peers living with mental health challenges.
Maybe your looking for some help in navigating the confusing mental health system. We have all been there and we are still going through it. We learn from each other. We also offer one to one peer engagement to help with any issues you may be facing. Dance in the Rain will also help you prepare for a psychiatrist appointment so that the doctor gets a larger picture of where you are in your life not just a snapshot of how your presenting during the appointment.
Perhaps your feeling a bit in crisis and just need to talk. We are here. We are great listeners, after all we have been in the same place you are many times before.
Would you like some insight on why you might be stuck and seem to doing the same things? A fresh perspective from others who understand on an intimate level rather than an observational level? It might be refreshing?
Do you want to do something different this time? Fill the gaps in your support system? Stop having people trying to fix you all the time. Would you like to have people walk along side of you and respect you for who you are and where you are? How about having people support your dreams and ideas?
Grow at your own pace. Be unique and be who you are. It just might surprise you!
Dance in the Rain is what you make of it.
Come grow with us and develop something spectacular for peers living with mental health challenges.
Our office hours are: *unless otherwise noted*
Monday: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Tuesday: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Wednesday: 10:00pm to 3:00pm
Thursday: 10:00 to 3:00pm
Closed Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
Please Stop by for a chat and a cup of coffee or tea. We would love to meet you and hear your thoughts and ideas. Come and use our open art studio. We have many different art supplies that you can experiment with free of charge. Find out what Dance in the Rain is all about. Don't go it alone anymore! Come engage with those who understand.
Monday: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Tuesday: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Wednesday: 10:00pm to 3:00pm
Thursday: 10:00 to 3:00pm
Closed Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
Please Stop by for a chat and a cup of coffee or tea. We would love to meet you and hear your thoughts and ideas. Come and use our open art studio. We have many different art supplies that you can experiment with free of charge. Find out what Dance in the Rain is all about. Don't go it alone anymore! Come engage with those who understand.
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Use door next to ProCuts!
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Join our new online peer support group!
Get peer support and engagement 24/7/365 To Join Go To: groups.yahoo.com/Danceintherain-wpa Follow the prompts to join. You will need to get a Yahoo ID and password but you can have the groups emails send to any email server. Only members of the group may view posts. CHECK IT OUT AND JOIN US! DON'T GO IT ALONE ANYMORE. WE HEAR YOU AND UNDERSTAND! |
*Drop in anytime to chat or just hangout!
You don't have to participate in the programing offered at the time you drop in.
You are always welcome!
Our office hours are:
Monday - Thursday 10:00am - 3:00pm unless otherwise noted.
Monday:
Mary 11:00am - 3:00pm
Alejandro - 10:00am - 3:00pm
Mike - 11:00am - 2:00pm
Tuesday:
Mary 11:00am - 3:00pm
Alejandro 10:00am - 3:00pm
Wednesday:
Mary 11:00am - 3:00pm
Alejandro 10:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday:
Mary 11:00am - 3:00pm
Alejandro: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Mike 12:00pm - 3:00pm
OFFICED CLOSED ON FRIDAY'S
It's about options! The more options you come into contact with the greater the opportunity for growth.
Dance in the Rain believes offering peers opportunities to engage in social settings, through meetings, workshops, events and other venues gives a person an opportunity to strengthen and build their personal support system. An integral building block in the foundation in creating life as it will be lived.
Dance in the Rain believes offering peers opportunities to engage in social settings, through meetings, workshops, events and other venues gives a person an opportunity to strengthen and build their personal support system. An integral building block in the foundation in creating life as it will be lived.
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