208 W. Woodruff (at Ashland) Toledo, Ohio 43604

419.242.3000 Phone • 419.242.0750 Fax wernertcenter.org • info@wernertcenter.org

Advocacy

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Membership Opportunities

Receiver of Mental Health Services Provider Family Patron Sponsor Honorary Advocate Organization

$5 $10 $15 $25 $50

$100 $250 $500

Hours of Operation

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9 am—4 pm Wednesday: 9 am—8 pm Saturday 9 am—3 pm

Check Encounters newsletter and calendar at wernertcenter.org for dates and times of activities, PEP courses, support meetings and other offerings.

Anger Awareness Learn to reduce and elimi-nate anger from your life through self-awareness, problem solving skills, self-advocacy and creating healthy boundaries.

Creativity Counts! Explore therapeutic ex-pression through the arts such as: theatre, dance, music and visual and literary arts.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) For those living with Depression and Bipolar disorders.

Diabetes Support Discusses all aspects of Type II Diabetes, the disease process, its affect on the body, the emotional aspects, and promotes healthy eating and lifestyles.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) For those living with both mental illness and substance use disorders.

Living Well Explores issues such as budget-ing, saving money, housing inspections, shopping efficiently, cooking on a budget, decision making and emotional wellness.

NEW! Safe Zone: A Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) is an innovative, organized support group that aims to create an inclusive, safe, wel-coming environment for all of our members, re-gardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Discussions include topics and issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and will work to end homophobia and transphobia in our community.

Schizophrenia Alliance For those living with schizophrenia and related disorders.

Stress Busters Explores different ways to tame stress.

NEW! Wellness Tools for Recovery introduc-es ideas for recovery activities, coping skills, hob-bies and community resources that can be utilized to promote wellness and recovery as part of a daily routine. Topics include self-soothing tech-niques, grounding exercises, diversionary activi-ties and much more.

Women’s and Men’s Peer Clubs Discussions include: setting healthy boundaries, self-esteem, self-respect, self-confidence, relationship red flags and how to have a more positive attitude.

Support Meetings

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Peer Support

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Our Mission

To improve the quality of life for persons liv-ing with mental illness by offering hope and peer-driven programs which address recov-ery through education, advocacy and peer support.

About Us… and Peer Support

TMWC is funded by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Lucas County, donations, memberships, and grants and is certified by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services as a Consumer/Peer Operated Service. In other words, the majority of staff at the TMWC are on a journey of mental health recovery. TMWC is not a treatment agency; there are not psychiatrists, therapists, or case managers on site. By contrast, TMWC offers hope for recovery through unique peer to peer support and believes that no one can understand the experiences of living with mental illness better than someone who has walked down that road. Peer support is the social and emotional support given and received by individuals who receive mental health services. This connection between peers often helps to end the feelings of isolation and stigma. The only requirements for participating in TMWC programming are:

Be at least 18 years of age

Have a diagnosed mental illness

Meaningful Activities

Peer Enrichment Program (PEP) Educational Opportunities

NEW! Exploring Emotions (EE) Is designed to help increase awareness of emotions, to identify them as they happen and to increase knowledge of the many words that can be used to describe appro-priately what individuals are feeling. EE explores the positives of life, how outside influences such as mental health symptoms or music affect mood and how understanding emotions can help with dealing with anger and learn how to live a more positive life. LEP (Leadership Education Program) is a nine week course on leadership, communications, deci-sion making, self advocacy, the importance of com-munity involvement, and Robert’s Rules of Order for serving on boards. Many graduates of the LEP are elected to serve on TMWC Board of Trustees. NEW-R (Nutrition and Exercise for Wellness and Recovery) is an eight week course on information, skills and motivation to be successful in creating a healthier life and offer first steps towards losing weight. Peer Support Class is an eight week course on the importance of peer support in recovery, attitude, communication, healthy boundaries and the skills needed to be a supporter and advocate. Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness is a six week course on Stigma of Mental Illness, Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness, Information on Specific Mental Illnesses, Experienc-es of Mental Illness, Seeking Help and Finding Sup-port and the Importance of Positive Mental Health. WHAM (Whole Health Action Management) con-sists of four 2-hour classes followed by seven 1-hour support groups, that encourages increased resiliency, wellness and self-management of overall health and well being. WMR (Wellness Management & Recovery) is a ten week course that enhances recovery through interactive, fun and thought provoking discussion on total health, wellness and goal setting. WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) is an eight week course that illustrates how to develop a daily recovery plan that shares the key concepts of Hope, Self-responsibility, Education, Advocacy & Support as a daily part of recovery. A crisis plan is also developed.

Programs effective July 1, 2019—subject to change

Within TMWC’s beautifully expanded building members can socialize in a safe and nurturing environment and engage in fun and meaningful activities that enhance recovery. Emotional and physical wellness opportunities are offered in the Art Studio, Computer Lab, Fitness Room as well as in Peer Enrichment Program (PEP) classes and support meetings.

Socialization takes the form of the Friday Afternoon Supper Club which brings members together to share a nutritious meal. Also offered is bingo, cards, outings to sporting events, parks, museums, the zoo, and more! Ilse’s Wednesday Evening Hours are where themed parties, karaoke and movie nights rule! Forums are held on topics like cultural diversity, bullying preven-tion, healthy boundaries, gambling, housing rights and others.

NEW! Coping Skills for Diabetes (CSD) Looks at areas of diabetes self-care where distress is likely to occur and develop coping skills for each distress issue, thereby increasing success of dia-betes self-care and management. This skill build-ing program comes from the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) which is a measure to see where distress might be creating barriers to diabetic self-care. The four major areas of diabetes distress are: Emotional Burden of Diabetes, Physician Related Distress, Regimen Related Distress, and Interpersonal Distress.

Thomas W. Wernert Center

Peer Enrichment Program (PEP) Educational Opportunities