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Families Meeting the Challenge of Mental Illness

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Ask the Social Worker

Ask the Social Worker Teleconference

Social worker and NAMI Mercer volunteer Carol Rickard is available to answer your questions.

With more than 25 years as a mental health provider, she has an insider’s knowledge of how the mental health system works. Not sure where to go or whom to turn to with a particular problem? Let Carol point you in the right direction. She may not have ALL the answers, but she will put you on the right path.

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Ask the Social Worker Telephone Chat

with Carol Rickard, LCSW, TTS
First Monday of the month
7:00 to 8:30 pm
(Phone in by 7:15 pm)
Phone: 773.231.9226
Call ID: 148 068 8345

 

About Carol Rickard

Known as “America’s Wellness Ambassador,” Carol Rickard, LCSW, TTS, has had a long career in the mental health field as a social worker, trainer, and facilitator in hospital-based settings, including 15 years at Capital Health Systems in Trenton. Carol’s expertise is in stress management and coping skills, and she has written more than a dozen publications on these topics. Carol’s books include: Transforming Illness to Wellness, Moving beyond Depression, LifeTools, and Stress Eating, and STRETCHED Not Broken, which are available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, including versions for the Kindle. Her latest book is HELP—How to Help Those Who DON’T Want It.

 

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Contact NAMI Mercer

609-799-8994
home@namimercer.org

1235 Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd.
Bldg. C, Ste. 303
Hamilton, NJ 08619

NAMI Mercer is a qualified 501(c)3 organization.

In a Crisis?

Call 609.396.HELP (4357)
Capital Health Emergency
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Available 24/7

For children (< age 21)
Call 877.652.7624
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