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     We're only a phone call away...636-232-2300Help for the HomefrontHas your loved one returned from a military tour of duty? You may be experiencing joy mixed with confusion and frustration. It may be hard to know how to get back to normal. Are you at a loss to understand what they went through and why they are now acting as they are? Are the kids confused?
COMTREA is offering special help for family members of discharged active duty veterans, members of the National Guard, and Reserve components. This includes parents, spouses, children, and others. We will work with you to develop the skills necessary to cope with:
COMTREA is offering therapy sessions with licensed mental health professionals who are trained to understand the impact of deployment on families. The Missouri Department of Mental Health received a special appropriation from the Missouri Legislature to provide these services to veterans’ families as a cooperative effort with Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri and community mental health centers. To make arrangements for these services or to request a presentation regarding the benefits, please call 636-931-2700.
Athena Center Website Inaugurated!We are extremely excited to introduce you to the Athena Center website. This website will provide you with information about the Athena Center, its programs and people, information and links, and allow family members to be a part of the treatment program wherever they may be. We especially wish to thank the Jordan Group for their assistance in giving you information in a friendly and easy to use format. Please look around! The Serenity CenterSerenity Center to provide a place for healing, meditation and solitude.The Athena Center is committed to the four dimensions of human life; physical, mental, social and spiritual. In order to facilitate health and well being, and promote positive choices which exclude the use of alcohol and other substances, the Athena Center is proposing to build a Serenity Center on campus. This center will provide residents with the opportunity to explore and expand their relationship with their spiritual nature. We believe that this dimension is crucial to a holistic recovery process. We are looking for private funding to finish this center and hope to have the facility in use by the summer of 2009. Comtrea Northwest Open HouseThe COMTREA Northwest office, known as the Betty Seeley Building, was recently opened. This new outpatient facility is located at 1817 Gravois Road in Fenton, Missouri. It will provide after care treatment for residents who have graduated from the Athena Residential program and also for clients enrolled in outpatient counseling programs. Family counseling and education will also be available in this new facility. The location will also provide psychiatric services and medical support for our clients. Our school liaisons will also be based there when they are not physically on site in a school or actively involved with a community project. Athena Center Receives National AccreditationThe Athena Center received its second national accreditation on April 28, 2008. The highly recognized CARF Accreditation Team noted in its final report that "The Athena Center offers a calm and pleasant environment that is conducive to recovery and wellness." It further noted that, "The administrative and professional staff members are passionate, skilled, dedicated, and caring individuals who are committed to the goals of the organization and to the delivery of high quality services. Staff members are motivated, responsive, and enthusiastic in serving the persons served and provide them with high quality clinical services that form a secure base for continued positive growth and development..." Athena is already accredited by the National Council of Accreditation (COA). It is also certified by the Missouri Department of Mental Health, the Division of Aging, and the Department of Public Safety. |
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