Mental Health Advocacy Day Highlights Local Voices

by COVIDSupportVT | Feb 8, 2022

Legislator-Advocate Becca Balint Shares Advice on Coping with Triggers At Mental Health Advocacy Day, an annual event for seven years now, people living with mental health challenges get to tell their stories to people who have the power to make a difference. Becca...

Beyond the Lift: Winter Sports for the Rest of Us

by COVIDSupportVT | Feb 3, 2022

Winter Hiking & Other Free Frolics for Surviving February in Vermont Sure, Vermont is known for its world-class alpine skiing and snowboarding. And rightly so. But for a substantial proportion of Vermonters, dropping a few hundred bucks for a family day at the...

Chipping Away at Stigma

by COVIDSupportVT | Jan 11, 2022

Is Mental Health Stigma Decreasing as the Pandemic Wears On? Could the pervasive stigma around mental health finally be abating? A new study raises hope, along with a few concerns. And an enduring question remains: are the rising rates of mental health concerns in the...

Make a Date to Meditate

by COVIDSupportVT | Jan 6, 2022

Join “Monday Meditations” on Facebook, Friday Workshops on Zoom Two ways to meditate with COVID Support VT to combat Covid stress and increase resilience. Are you a wannabe meditator? Maybe you’ve heard about the great mental health benefits of meditating but don’t...

On the Front Line of Mental Health Crisis

by COVIDSupportVT | Dec 28, 2021

Vermont’s Community-Based Mental Health Agencies Shoulder the Burden On the front line of Vermont’s mental health care system, community-based agencies shoulder the burden of increasingly higher demand for services. Northwest Counseling & Support Services in St....

Making Peace with Covid Loneliness

by COVIDSupportVT | Dec 23, 2021

Research Supports Value of Meditation for Coping with Loneliness Can you meditate your way out of loneliness? Maybe, says a new analysis of dozens of studies that tested different strategies for reducing loneliness. Doing so could help reduce the physical and...