Updates & Announcements

July is BIPOC Mental Health Month. This is an important time to honor the strength, resilience, and distinct mental health journeys of Black, Indigenous, and people of color. According to Resources to Recover, BIPOC individuals are disproportionately affected by lack of access to quality health care, health insurance, and/or linguistically and culturally responsive health care.

Karla Hargrove, M.A., LPC is back for another virtual 4-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) series. During the series, you'll learn mindfulness-based skills that can change your relationship with your thoughts, feelings, and pain. Our program focuses on guiding participants in mindfulness meditation. This will include mindful eating, breath awareness, meditation, self-awareness, proactive ways to approach stress and mindful yoga, aimed at all ability levels.

Pride Month is an important time of celebration, visibility, and advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community.

Mother's Day is a powerful reminder of all of our maternal relationships - the ones we have, the ones we have lost - what we love about those relationships and what we still long for that we didn't, and maybe cannot receive from them.  Mother's Day is also a time that puts us in touch with our own relationship to ourselves as a "mother" and our reproductive identities - childless by circumstance, childfree by choice, in the hopeful but difficult journey of fertility…

April is Stress Awareness Month, and we recognize the pervasive impact that it can have on individuals, couples and families. From everyday challenges to significant life transitions, stress can manifest in various forms and ultimately affect our mental, emotional, and physical health.

Karla Hargrove, M.A., LPC is back for another virtual 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) series. During the series, you'll learn mindfulness-based skills that can change your relationship with your thoughts, feelings, and pain. Our program focuses on guiding participants in mindfulness meditation. This will include mindful eating, breath awareness, meditation, self-awareness, proactive ways to approach stress and mindful yoga, aimed at all ability levels.

The Family Institute at Northwestern University invites you to join us for the inaugural Gratitude Gala on May 10, 2023. This fundraising event taking place at the Ivy Room will feature remarks from honored mental health advocates, a silent auction, a raffle, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, entertainment and more!  All proceeds will benefit The Bette D. Harris Family & Child Clinic, which provides free mental and behavioral therapy services for individuals, couples and…

The Family Institute is pleased to announce our four-week Pillars of Well-Being Mindfulness series with virtual sessions starting February 7, 2023. These 1-hour sessions are designed for anyone who wants to cultivate a gentler and more flexible approach to living in today’s world. Instructed by Ms. Karla Hargrove, M.A., LPC – a Staff Therapist and certified teacher of MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction). Ms.