RECOVERY
PROGRAM SOLUTIONS OF VIRGINIA OFFERS AREA BUSINESSES
FREE
FACILITATED (MENTAL HEALTH) SUPPORT GROUP SESSIONS
Sessions
are designed to help staff address their concerns related to returning to work during
COVID-19
July 12, 2020, Annandale, VA -- Today,
1/3 of Americans are experiencing clinical anxiety or depression due to
COVID-19 (https://wapo.st/3c70cXn
).
The Wall Street Journal reported on July 11, 2020, that, as offices are
opening, staff are clashing over masks, cubicle barriers, and Lysol. (https://on.wsj.com/3gUDg0l).
As companies develop their potential reopening plans, it is important to gauge
the mental state of employees related to the pandemic and returning to the
workplace. For example, most working adults are concerned about their personal safety regarding COVID-19, for their
children or elderly loved ones while at work during the pandemic, safely traveling
to work, and staying safe in a work setting amid the Coronavirus, among other
issues. Recovery Program Solutions of
Virginia (RPSV) now offers customized virtual support sessions designed
specifically for area businesses. The sessions are facilitated by peer
specialists who will help team members work through the concerns they are
having individually and as a collective. RPSV’s services are free to the
public.
RPSV is an
award-winning nonprofit that supports adults with mental health, substance
abuse, and homelessness issues across Northern Virginia and specializes in
one-on-one and peer group support programs. RPSV operates five drop-in Recovery
Centers (in Annandale, Arlington, Merrifield, Reston, and South County Alexandria).
Since the pandemic began it has offered 15 telehealth online support groups and
Warm Line phone support for those in need of assistance. Since its inception,
thousands of Northern Virginians have recovered with the assistance of RPSV
team members.
Individuals
are invited to join any of RPSV’s existing virtual support groups. RPSV can also
work with businesses to customize a program for their team members (we can
either join an existing virtual meeting or design sessions to address specific
needs). Today, more than ever, taking care of your mental health is equally as
important as caring for your body. Anxiety, stress, and depression can manifest
itself in a variety of ways. RPSV strives to alleviate some of that burden.
For
more information on RPSV’s current programming, please visit rpsva.org. To arrange
a customized support group session for you and your team members, please contact
Monika Taylor at (240)
498-9685 or via email at mtaylor@recoveryprograms.us
today. Stay safe.
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RPSV is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit in Virginia that was
founded in 2011. RPSV operates five drop-in Recovery Centers across Northern
Virginia (Annandale, Arlington, Merrifield, Reston, and South County
Alexandria). Our goal is to help consumer-run mental health and addiction
recovery programs overcome organizational challenges, encourage program
independence and growth, and to stave off expensive psychiatric
hospitalizations for individuals in crisis.
RPSV serves ~9,000 adults annually, many of whom utilize our services many
times throughout the year. Our oldest participant is 84 and ~35% of those we
serve are veterans. Since its inception, RPSV has helped thousands of our
neighbors achieve and maintain recovery through specialized one-on-one and peer
support groups, among other needed services. Rpsva.org. Facebook (@rpsvirginia) and Twitter
(@rpsvacares_NOVA)
