2025 Youth Mental Health Summit
Schedule
Thu Mar 13 2025 at 08:00 am to 04:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Gracie Theatre | Bangor, ME
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Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is working with local high schools and experts from partner organizations, including Northern Light Acadia Hospital, NAMI, Partners for Peace, and Healthy Acadia to host our second annual Youth Mental Health Summit. The summit is designed to create a safe, open space for teens to discuss mental health, learn effective coping strategies, and break the stigma surrounding mental health. We encourage high school students from the Bangor area to join us!
We’ll hear from keynote Darryl Bellamy, a national youth motivational speaker, who will lead workshops and speak about Moving from Fear to Fear(less).
The event features workshops about:
• Adventure-based therapy
• Bullying
• Creative expression
• Eating disorders
• Equine assisted therapy
• LGBTQ+ Identity and Allyship
• Nature therapy
• Setting healthy boundaries
• Sports and mental health
• Substance use
• Suicide prevention
• The impact of social media
• Yoga and meditation
This summit, created by teens for their peers, was established to address the mental health crisis among teenagers in Maine. In 2024, a group of passionate student volunteers at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center helped create the first Youth Mental Health Summit, an initiative providing their peers with the tools, support, and understanding to better navigate the complexities of mental health challenges. We are so pleased to offer it again, thanks to the help of Children's Miracle Network and the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary.
Registration is required. Learn more and register here:
http://northernlighthealth.org/YMHS25
Questions? Email Laura Lacasse at [email protected].
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Where is it happening?
Gracie Theatre, 180 College Cir, Bangor, ME 04401-9218, United States,Bangor, MaineEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
