News from Wheeler

A new group therapy at Wheeler’s Hartford Family Health & Wellness Center is designed to help females ages 16-22 with body dysmorphia and other self-image issues.

Four organizations and several individuals were recognized by Wheeler today for outstanding support of its mission at the organization’s 12th Annual Hands & Hearts event, held virtually.

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Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center psychiatric services are growing through additional treatment techniques offered, including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), nasal spray Spravato (Esketamine) therapy for depression, and the addition of a new and highly experienced psychiatrist, Scott Berman, MD.

Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center at 855 Lakewood Road in Waterbury offers Intensive Outpatient Services (IOP): small therapy groups for children and adolescents that meet frequently each week to address mental health issues and help participants acquire coping and communication skills.

Wheeler's new Mobile Family Health & Wellness Center is offering primary medical care for patients of the Root Center for Advanced Recovery in New Britain.

Yesterday, Senator Rick Lopes (D-6), Representative Robert Sanchez (D-25) and Wheeler leaders attended a public open house at Wheeler’s New Britain community health center at 40 Hart Street to learn more about the expansion of services and renovation of unfinished space on the third floor, made possible through $2.1 million in support from the State of Connecticut.

The Wheeler Family Health & Wellness Center at 40 Hart Street, New Britain set the stage for a gathering of more than 40 people yesterday, including federal and state leaders, funders and staff, who discussed the broadening of pediatric mental health care services through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed in June of this year.

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A public open house will take place at Wheeler’s New Britain community health center at 40 Hart Street on October 26, 2022, from 2 pm to 4:30 pm, to celebrate the expansion of behavioral health services for youth and the renovation of unfinished space, made possible through $2.1 million in funding from the State of Connecticut.

About 100 state and local leaders, board members, donors, employees, and friends gathered at a groundbreaking ceremony for Wheeler’s planned 46,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters at One Hope Street in downtown Bristol on Thursday, September 29th.

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Golfers, sponsors, and volunteers took part in Wheeler’s 37th Annual Golf Classic, presented by Mutual of America Financial Group, on September 14 at The Country Club of Farmington, and the event grossed an unprecedented $100,000 to support individuals and families in care through Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund.

Tied for the most awards in the state, Wheeler received six out of eight Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) following an annual Uniform Data System (UDS) review for 2021.

State Representative Liz Linehan (D-Cheshire, Southington, Wallingford), State Representative Geraldo Reyes Jr. (D-Waterbury) and others, highlight enhanced mental health outpatient services for children and adolescents in Waterbury.