The Lyric Theatre will be the site of “Finding Peace – Engaging Difficult Dialogue,” sponsored by AccelHealth, beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday – a one-hour Q&A session with seasoned and credentialed counselors, all professionals in their field, regarding great self-care and leadership with dialoguing on difficult subjects.
For those planning to attend in person, make your reservations at no charge at www.brownwoodlyrictheatre.com. A live stream will also be available on the Lyric’s Facebook Page.
The Lyric Theatre’s Facebook page provided the following information on the event:
During the past seven months everyone has been subjected to experiencing the challenges of the pandemic, social unrest and political dialogue. The goal of “Finding Peace” is to hear and learn healthy, self-care ways to engage and process dialogue on these subjects, and how to help yourself and others when our mental stability can be challenged.
Dealing with all of the tension social media and in-person moments of dialogue through masks can bring tough times to friendships. There will be opportunities to ask questions during the event via text messaging.
“We’re continually finding those who come in are fighting depression,” AccelHealth Marketing Director Jill Evans said during a Monday morning interview on KOXE. “Even though we have virtual or tele-health and you can talk to each other by a computer, it’s very different than a face to face, stepping out of your house, going to a clinic. If you’re in your house you have dogs barking, kids running around, it’s very hard to have a clinical session on the computer.”
“We hate to talk about it because we think somehow talking about it keeps regenerating everything,” said Lyric Performing Arts Company Managing Director Eric Evans, who was also part of Monday morning’s interview on KOXE. “When we are currently going through what we are going through as human beings in the United States of America and across the world – the pandemic issues, then add to that the political season going on and then with the George Floyd incident that took place, all of the tensions that come from recognizing issues around racial concerns and thoughts, even using the right words – it’s really difficult to have these types of conversations and how to handle it. Then you have to add social media to the mix and how you look at that.”
Counselors include Jeffrey Brooke, Mental Health Peer Specialist with the Center for Life Resources; Katie Snyder, Center for Life Resources Case Manager/ Educator for Community Connection of Central Texas; Tony M. Cruz Jr., Chief of Counseling and Peer Support Services for the Center for Life Resources; Michael Adelowo, AccelHealth Behavioral Health Director; Danielle Howard, charged with the goal of implementing the Mental Health Initiative for Brownwood ISD; and Jonathan Harvey, Assistant Chief of Behavioral Health Services for the Center for Life Resources
More information on the counselors can be found on the Lyric Theatre Facebook page.
“A 100-year-old woman got on Facebook and made the statement that in her life she’s seen everything from wars to the Great Depression to the fight against racism to politics, but never, ever has she seen it all happen in one year,” Jill Evans said. “All the things hitting us right now are things people look back on in history to one particular time, but we’re going through all of this now and it’s affecting everyone.”
Supporting sponsors for the event include the Center for Life Resources, River Crest Hospital, Texas-Clean Inc. and Draco Janitorial and Auto Detailing.