Brookhaven Retreat observed Bereavement Parents Awareness Month on July 30 with a Bereavement Walk to Remember for clients, staff members and their families on the beautifully manicured grounds of Brookhaven Retreat. Modeled after The Compassionate Friends Walk to Remember, the highlight of the TCF National Conference held every July, the walk is a symbolic and active way for bereaved parents to demonstrate their love for their lost children. Founded 40 years ago, TCF which now…

Brookhaven Retreat ® LLC recently became registered with HABIT (Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee), a pet therapy program comprised of representatives from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, volunteers from the community, and private veterinary practitioners. The program fosters pet visitation to professional medical settings such as rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, assisted-living residences, and retirement centers, to name a few. They also offer resources such as trained volunteers, medically and behaviorally screened animals,…

Brookhaven Retreat, a unique residential treatment facility exclusively for women with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, sent staff members to a seminar, “Motivational Interviewing: Eliciting Clients’ Own Arguments for Change” at Knoxville Marriott Hotel on July 20, 2015. The workshop organized by PESI, Inc., featured Kriss Haren, MA, MS, LPCC-S, RHC III and focused on client relations in regard to motivation. PESI, Inc., a nonprofit organization, provides continuing education to professionals nationwide. The following…

Brookhaven Retreat® LLC, a unique residential treatment facility exclusively for women with emotional and mental health challenges, and/or substance abuse issues hosted a therapeutic outing to the University of Tennessee Campus of McClung Museum on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Clients had the opportunity to get out and enjoy Family Fun Day: Plants and Animals of Tennessee, where they experienced activities, crafts, and tours. Clients also had the chance to appreciate botanical photography in the museum’s…

Brookhaven Retreat, a unique residential treatment facility exclusively for women with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, takes every opportunity to acknowledge current events and interesting and important days in history, and responds to them in their own unique way. The staff of Brookhaven Retreat celebrated National Peach Ice Cream Day July 17, involving staff members and clients alike, by serving homemade peach smoothies in lieu of ice cream for greater nutrition. While Brookhaven Retreat…

Brookhaven Retreat® LLC, a unique residential treatment facility exclusively for women with emotional and mental health challenges, and/or substance abuse issues recently hosted a therapeutic outing to the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend, TN July 11. Clients of Brookhaven Retreat, which helps women overcome depression, trauma, anxiety, personality disorders, and substance dependence, among other diagnoses, participated in a celebration of the cultural heritage of East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountain region. Especially…

Brookhaven Retreat ® LLC will celebrate National Everybody Deserves a Massage Week July 18 to 24 with the inception of a new massage chair. Stephanie Christian, LMT, RYT, the licensed bodywork therapist on staff at Brookhaven Retreat, has been practicing massage therapy for 10 years. Although clients regularly receive a reflexology treatment, the new massage chair will offer many more opportunities for clients to receive stress-relieving treatments with emphasis on the upper body where tension…

Brookhaven Retreat offers a unique voluntary residential program of mental health and substance abuse services designed to help women overcome depression, trauma, anxiety, personality disorders, and substance dependence among other diagnoses. One of the modalities that promotes healing for clients in recovery is Anthetic Therapy, which originated in 1964 by the late Dr. James Elliot, Ph.D of psychology. Dr. Kathryn Elliot, Ph.D of counseling psychology, is the director of Anthetic Therapy Center in Lafayette, LA,…