Feeling the Power of Hope and Optimism

2020-21 Annual Report

Chartiers Center is proud to share the 2020-21 Annual Report. This year we highlight reflections from the past year. Thank you to our staff for sharing insight from their programs on the impact of Covid. In this report Felicia Nolan, the Director of Homeless Services talks about the challenges of finding housing for our homeless consumers in the midst of a pandemic. The Karen O’Keefe, Clinical Administrator of Rehabilitative Services tells us about opening the Mobile Psych Rehab Program and Amy Randall, the Training and Social Rehab Coordinator talks about the struggles to stay connected during the pandemic. Finally, Maria Wojtasik, Outpatient Therapist shares what is what like to work remotely and how tele-health has provided more opportunity for consumers needed services. We invite you to read the annual report as we think you too will feel the power of hope and optimism.

4 Benefits of Group Therapy

Chartiers Center’s Residential Treatment Program (RTP) serves as an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization or as a step-down from inpatient care. The program...

What Is Mobile Psychiatric Rehabilitation?

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services are founded on the firm belief that people can and do recover from mental illness, including the most severe and persistent diagnoses. Psych Rehab providers define recovery not by a lack of symptoms, but by the presence of meaning and purpose in one’s life. Participants in Chartiers Center’s Mobile Psych Rehab (MPR) program choose the recovery goals they want to work on and then meet regularly with their MPR staff to learn, enhance, and practice the skills they need to reach those goals.

Healing Invisible Wounds

For many Veterans, the battle doesn’t end when they return home. The experiences of deployment, combat exposure, loss, and the transition back to civilian life can take a profound toll on mental well-being. While every Veteran’s story is unique, the mental-health challenges they face often share common threads: post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, substance use, and a lingering sense of isolation. The good news is that effective, compassionate treatment options exist—and awareness and accessibility have grown dramatically over the past decade.

Feeling the Power of Hope and Optimism