Rachelle Townsend, MFTI will be sharing her DBT training and experience with the residents and staff. Nueva Vista has started a new skills group called Balanced Living that teaches clients the concepts of Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). In these groups, clients will learn Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance Skills.

This is an exciting plan for Cielo Vista.  A team of landscapers and architects were employed to finalize our vision which includes a new entrance 

TRANSITIONS for Community Living visits Nueva Vista.

We would like to thank the familiy advocates that shared their day with us... thank you Janice Holmes, Henry Herrera and Cami Rouse !!

A new "Family Connection"  group has been formed  to address issues of family members and consumer participants in order to enhance the programs at Psynergy.  It is our goal to assure the full involvement of consumers and family members in the programs being conducted in our facilities.  Darlene Prettyman, who is volunteering as our family liaison with Tulare county will be helping to form and chair the group along with Executive Team.  Darlene is a family member and has been involved with NAMI CA and NAMI National for many years.

Staff, residents, family members and the founding partners joined together on June 5 to celebrate Nueva Vista’s fourth anniversary, and the opening of the new family lounge.