by Gretchen Currie | Mar 2, 2021 | Crisis, suicide
Responding to someone in crisis can be difficult, and knowing someone is suicidal can be scary, especially when we’re not sure how to respond. For many of us, our natural reactions to crisis can quickly escalate a situation and make things worse. That’s why...
by Gretchen Currie | Feb 11, 2021 | Community Education
At White Bird, we follow a client-centered model and believe that each person deserves respect for his or her process. Our role is to be available to help out where we can, with the least intervention necessary to facilitate a healthy and safe process for everyone....
by Gretchen Currie | Jan 13, 2021 | Community Education
“Protecting One Another: When to Engage Public Safety” is an hour and a half interactive and skill-based workshop. It gives context for the current conversation about policing, goes over community caregiver basics, how to access scene safety, and how to...
by Gretchen Currie | Jan 6, 2021 | CAHOOTS
By Ben Adam Climer and Brenton Gicker From the January 2021 edition of Psychiatric Times Download PDF CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a mobile crisis-intervention program that was created in 1989 as a collaboration between White Bird Clinic...
by Gretchen Currie | Dec 7, 2020 | Help, NEST
At White Bird, our SOAR-trained Public Benefits Advocate provides assistance to eligible individuals in completing thorough, quality SSDI/SSI applications. The focus is on individuals who are homeless and at risk of homelessness who experience mental health and/or...
