Friday, December 2nd, 12-3pm
At the Western Mass RLC's Greenfield Center
74 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA

Are you a person who has experienced the depth of despair? Are you willing to share the skills that have helped you overcome difficult times?

 The Western Mass Recovery Learning Community (RLC), with support from Tapestry Health, is offering an Alternatives to Suicide Peer Support Group (Alt2Su) Facilitator Training for community members who share the struggle of feeling suicidal and who wish to support others who do as well. Learn the myths and misconceptions about suicide, the relationship to self-inflicted injury, the history of and various approaches to our groups, and the incorporation of a self-care tools list. This training is geared toward people who have had some facilitation experience, although the basics for running an Alt2Su group will be reviewed. Space is limited, sign up today!!! 413-561-3268

Alternatives to Suicide Peer Support Groups have been developed because we believe that empathic talking about suicide decreases suicide. These groups are spaces where people can talk about their experience of feeling suicidal, without being judged. People in the group share their struggles, provide peer support for one another, and strategize about alternatives to help one another best cope with difficult life circumstances. The Western Mass RLC aspires to be fragrance free. Please avoid wearing scented products.

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