January Newsletter

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text] January Is Mental Wellness Month Interim Inc. recognizes January 2019 as Mental Wellness Month and dedicates the month for promoting overall mental wellness. Interim wants people to understand that mental wellness is […]

Interim’s Treatment Programs Provide Collateral Healing for Family Members

Margo Lopez found the support and healing both she and her son needed from Interim, and is now a proud Board member

When a person is living with a serious mental illness, the whole family is affected. It can sometimes take years for someone to receive a proper diagnosis, and longer to receive proper treatment. Untreated, a person may make irrational decisions or experience emotional instability. Symptoms don’t always manifest until adolescence or later in life. Parents […]

Meet Juno, One of Interim’s Most Huggable Therapists

Juno - One of Interim's Most Huggable Therapists

At Bridge House, there is a special employee who works the night shift, and is known for her calm and gentle character, regardless of the situation. Her name is Juno, and she is a therapy dog. The homelike setting of Bridge House in Monterey provides a structured, non-institutional therapeutic community where residents with co-occurring substance […]

Jenna Setterberg: Finding Strength in Recovery

Jenna Setterberg is smiling a lot these days, which is noteworthy when you realize that for much of her life, she was unable to smile. “At age 15, I started having symptoms of depression. At age 17, I was diagnosed schizoaffective. I started to see a psychotherapist, then they put me on medication. As I […]

Interim’s Mental Health Awareness Banquet to Feature Fiesta of Hope Awards

The Fiesta of Hope, a mental health awareness and awards dinner formerly organized by the Monterey County Behavioral Health Commission, is joining with Interim’s Mental Health Awareness Banquet. People who would normally attend the Fiesta of Hope are invited to attend Interim’s Mental Health Awareness Banquet! The Mental Health Awareness Banquet is a dinner, dance […]

Two New Projects Expand Treatment Services in Monterey County

Interim, Inc., will break ground in Spring 2017 for two new projects to expand mental health services in Monterey County. In Marina, at our existing Shelter Cove, we will build a new residential treatment facility for Bridge House. This will allow us to expand our residential treatment program for adults with both mental illness and […]

8th Annual Mental Health Wellness and Recovery Conference Draws 282 People

The 8th Mental Health Annual Wellness and Recovery Conference was held October 18th, 2016 at Sherwood Hall in Salinas. Open to the community, the conference is designed to introduce useful tools to implement innovative concepts of wellness and recovery. This year’s theme was “Dimensions of Wellness”. Savannah Alvarez, a Wellness Navigator for Interim’s OMNI program, […]