Mental Health and Stigma Free

The Ridgewood STIGMA-FREE Initiative is a Village-wide program that aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. We are dedicated to raising awareness of the disease of mental illness and create a culture wherein residents who have the disease feel supported by their community and neighbors and feel free to seek treatment for the disease without fear of stigma.

Joining the Stigma-Free Initiative will:

• Educate residents that mental illness is a disease and must ...be treated as such.
• Raise awareness of the prevalence of mental illness in our community.
• Provoke public interest in learning what is “STIGMA-FREE”.
• Providing residents an opportunity to become involved in their community.
• Allow people living with the disease to feel supported by their community and thus decrease feelings of isolation and shame.
• Link people in need of local mental health resources.
• Raise awareness that care is accessible regardless of income.

Meeting link: 

At this time, the Stigma Free Task Force meets via Zoom on the 3^rd Tuesday of each month at 3:00pm. 

Meeting link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86779499682?pwd=dndBN25FaWhSK3JoTXo4UHNQV3g5Zz09
Meeting ID:  867 7949 9682
Passcode: 318536

YouTube Links

• How to have a Healthy Holiday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeI1C0TagY0

Zoom Links

Thinking about therapy, but do not know where to start? Tune into a VIRTUAL chat with Lauren Bomberg, LPC, BC-DMT  and Geoffrey Hillback, LCSW two amazing therapists, from the Lukin Center for Psychotherapy. They will be answering questions and giving us all a rundown of  the Therapy 101 basics. Want to learn more about the Lukin Center, they currently provide evidence -based psychotherapy, group therapy, medication management and neuropsych evaluations virtually and in-person. Need more information reach out to them at  201-409-0393 or check them out at lukincenter.com

Recording:

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/OKAW75k0_wobqNiUH5302CcohUQh4w2Av4uaI0syrnvd7jvgLjZZcJPl3MezeSgO.LD4ao1_wrW7r0ue7

Passcode: 93Q8g@r^

Mental Health Resources

• Bergen County LGBTQ+ Alliance - https://www.bergencountylgbtq.org/
• Bergen Family Center - https://bergenfamilycenter.org/
• Bergen’s Promise - https://www.bergenspromise.org/
• Bergen ResourceNet -  https://www.bergenresourcenet.org/health-services/behavioral-mental-health/mental-health/
• Lukin Center for Psychotherapy - https://www.lukincenter.com/
• Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Inc. - https://www.mhanj.org/
• NAMI Greater Bergen - https://namigreaterbergen.org/
• West Bergen Mental Healthcare - https://westbergen.org/