Southeast Minnesota Community Mental Health and Wellness Conference
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Southeast Minnesota Community Mental Health and Wellness Conference

Join us at the Southeast MN Community Mental Health and Wellness Conference for a day of learning, support, and growth on May 9th, 2024.

By Southeast MN Mental Health Collaborative

Date and time

Thursday, May 9 · 8:30am - 7pm CDT

Location

Rochester International Event Center

7333 Airport View Drive Southwest Rochester, MN 55902

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote: Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and A Lawmaker’s Fight for Her Son

Mindy Greiling

Mindy Greiling uses her family’s journey as told in her book, “Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and A Lawmaker’s Fight for Her Son,” to shed light on our mental health system. On their path to wellnes...

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Reike Overview

Amy Haley

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Breakout Session 1: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy 101

Colleen Lamon

This session will be an introduction to a guided self-learning DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Class). DBT is a therapy modality with the goal of helping you learn to manage difficult emoti...

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Breakout Session 2: Resiliency: Retelling Our Story from Trauma to Strength

Sidney Frye II, MDiv, MCMFT

The story of marginalized communities is often told in terms of trauma and pain. What if we were to retell the story…not in terms of what happened to a people, but about what they did to survive? Le...

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch and Learn: The Vail Place Experience

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Breakout Session 3: Mental Health: Culture, Community and Connection

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Breakout Session 4: The Power of Exercise and Nutrition

Kara Short

Learn how using exercise and improved nutrition can help alleviate depression, anxiety, trauma and more. Setting goals, believing in yourself and the power of a personal mantra will also be discussed.

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Break

2:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Keynote: Brain/Body Neurology - Skills for Regulating the Nervous System

Kristin Kane, MA LMFT ATR-BC

Melanie Vinton, MA LMFT

In this 2 hour workshop, you will learn ways to lean into being your truest self. Our art therapist, Kristin Kane, will teach you about the neurology of your brain and body and how identifying your ...

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Closing

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM

The Role of Nutrition (Spanish)

Milena Núñez García

Nowadays nutrition topics and trends are very popular, especially when it comes to knowing what to eat to stay in shape and have better physical condition. However, very little is said about one of t...

6:15 PM - 7:00 PM

The Resilient Mindset (Spanish)

Alan Thompson, M.S.

Resilience is about adapting to difficult situations and can be a way to protect against anxiety and depression or keep going after a difficult situation. We will talk about how we can build a resili...

About this event

  • 10 hours 30 minutes

We welcome all people to attend the Southeast MN conference on mental health and wellbeing. Come for just the day sessions, evening sessions, or both! The conference theme is Many Paths to Wellness. This conference is a collaborative effort to raise awareness, provide education, and reduce the stigma of mental illness in all segments of the Southeastern MN region.

Organized by

Southeast MN Mental Health Collaborative
Free