1. RESOLVE
Community Health
A division of Housen Homecare
Resolve Community Health:
4200 Forbes Blvd Suite 107
Lanham MD 20706
Tel: 855.800.4682 ResolveCH.com
By: Alexa English
Marketing and Communications Intern
A team of mental health
social workers out of
Lincolnshire UK are
taking a different
approach to evaluating
mental health. “We must
drop our obsession with
a one-size fits all
approach to mental
health”. Ash Holderness
says who works on a
crisis and home
treatment team in the UK.
The team’s goal; to push
open dialogue.
Join us!
Housen Health Services will be
participating in the following
events. We encourage you to
join us.
 September 26, 2015
Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Centennial Park at 9:00 am
 October 17, 2015
Out of the Darkness Suicide
Prevention Walk
Rosaryville State Park 10:00 am.
Open Dialogue is a psycho-
social approach that involves
working with the entire family
or network of a person who
experiencing a mental health
crisis instead of just the
individual themselves.
Many people in the field find
themselves interpreting
behaviors and emotions with a
medical framework in order to
give it a label. Open dialogue
instead is an attempt to
understand rather than interpret.
A key principle to open dialogue
is unconditional acceptance.
Instead of coaching against
what the person is feeling,
particularly negative feelings,
open dialogue promotes
acceptance and understanding
of the individual’s feelings and
situation. There is not one truth,
and no instructions, because
every individual and their needs
are different.
Social Workers
to Use Open
Dialogue

2. ADS
“Problematic alcohol use
among women is often
associated with domestic or
sexual abuse or self-harm
and requires a tailored and
sensitive response from
practitioners,” says Dr Patsy
Staddon.
Supporting Women
with Alcohol Issues
Over half of women suffering
from alcohol abuse were
involved or are currently
dealing with some kind of
domestic or sexual abuse,
many of them stemming from
childhood.
Alcohol abuse is also
associated with feelings of
worthlessness, shame,
embarrassment and
hopelessness. It is important
to embrace these women with
empowerment, compassion
and respect. There is also
evidence that women thrive in
women-only support groups.
It is also said that women
easily open up and feel more
comfortable sharing their
issues with other women.
Building social capitol with
woman who are suffering from
alcohol abuse is also a great
way to encourage recovery.
Encouraging participation in
almost any activity is very
beneficial. Something as
simple as joining a Zumba
class, volunteering can make
a world of difference.