Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Community

Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Community

Chartiers Center is a proud ally of the LGBTQIA+ community. As we celebrate love in all forms during Pride Month, it’s also important to bring awareness to the unique challenges faced by those in the community. Many in the LGBTQIA+ community experience harassment,...
Things Your Therapist Really Wants You to Know

Things Your Therapist Really Wants You to Know

Things Your Therapist Really Wants You to Know  Written By: Maria Wojtasik, MSCP, Chartiers Center Therapist Mental Health Awareness Month is celebrated in May. The stigma around mental health and treatment has long existed. People hesitate to seek help or even talk...

When Alcoholism Endures

When Alcoholism Endures  Written By: Jeffrey Morales, LSW, Substance Abuse Therapist, Chartiers Center When it comes to having a drink after a long day of work or enjoying the company of friends and family with a cold beverage, we just want to experience what life has...

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

HISTORY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH Before the 19th century, people with developmental disabilities were treated violently and lived in poor, unhygienic environments. Many were ‘passed on,’ a practice of carting off people to be dropped in...

Introducing ‘Creative Recovery’

Our T&SR Program Has a New Name: Introducing ‘Creative Recovery’ Chartiers Center is excited to announce that we have officially changed the name of our Training and Social Rehabilitation (T&SR) Program. Let us be the first to introduce you to… Creative...

Black History Month

Dear Friends, In Mellody Hobson’s Ted Talk, the prominent businesswoman inspires us to be color brave, rather than color blind. Instead of seeing each other for who we are as individuals without regard to race, Hobson says that we need to be brave with open eyes – and...