Announcements
CHIP Alumni meets on the second Tuesday night of most months at 6:30 pm
(unless otherwise specified) at the Greeneville Seventh-day Adventist Church (go to the rear entrance).
Visitors are welcome
"Depression: The Way Out"
Returning to Greeneville
More than 19 million Americans suffer from depression each year. For some, help is only a few basic lifestyle changes away.
“While this course is wonderful for those who have depression or are living with someone who is depressed, the information would benefit just about everyone who wants to have improved brain function,” Allan Kennedy, local program coordinator, said.
A free introductory session of the “Depression: The Way Out” seminar will be held at the Greeneville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 710 Ashville Highway, on September 13, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss ways to lift depression – and prevent it in the future.
Registration is required for the full 8-session seminar series that will be offered to the public on Mondays, from September 20-November 8. There is a $49 fee to cover program materials. Those attending will learn how to establish and maintain a strong exercise program, understand depression and eliminate negative habits of body and mind, develop healthy eating patterns and get more out of the day by enhancing brain function. Participants will spend less time frustrated by stress, decrease the risk for many diseases, say goodbye to negative thinking and understand the true power of positive thinking.
This program is endorsed by many mental health professionals, as well as other physicians throughout the country as the result of seeing positive changes in their patients. Rhonda Malina, local mental health nurse practitioner at Takoma Regional Hospital, will be assisting in facilitating the program. “The seminar is not designed to replace the care of physicians and mental health workers, but ‘Depression: The Way Out’ will teach participants how to improve brain function, maximize IQ in children, increase energy, boost concentration, engage in healthy sleep habits, improve physical performance and gain renewed hope,” Malina noted.
Jill and Allan Kennedy will facilitate the seminars. Jill, a Licensed Master Social Worker, and Allan, a Certified Family Life Educator, have used this multifaceted approach with marked success in coaching clients challenged by depression, stress, and anxiety. Allan says “while medication, exercise, and cognitive behavioral therapy can all be effective to a degree,we have found that a custom and individual approach used in this program can raise the effectiveness to well over 95%.”
CHIP alumni are invited to consider joining this program, not because we think you are depressed, but because we have found it to contain excellent tools to assist you in maintaining the high level of brain function necessary to make good choices about lifestyle issues. We also suspect that many of you have friends you know who could benefit from such a program. Bring them to the introductory session (it's free!) to find out more.
Contact Barbara Myers 638-3016 for more information.
Schedule for 2011
Tuesday, January 17 at 6:30 pm - in the Fellowship Hall at the Greeneville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 710 Asheville Highway
Tuesday, February 8 - CHIP Classes in Session
2nd Tuesday of each month
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