PACES
This FREE 8-week virtual skill building group is for adults with epilepsy. Learn how to better manage memory loss, improve quality of life, gain support and feel better. This program focuses on:
- Education about seizures types and available treatments, the influence of epilepsy on mood, stress, and cognition, and strategies for healthy lifestyle and active community engagement,
- Training and practice using specific strategies to cope with stress and the blues, and
- Personalized goal-setting and support to help you articulate and pursue life changes that are important to you.
Email larissa@epilepsycowy.org to learn more.
Project UPLIFT
Project UPLIFT is a free, eight-week, skill-building, phone-based course for adults living with epilepsy using mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy. An outcomes study of Project UPLIFT reported decreased depression and lower anxiety/stress in participants, with some reporting fewer seizures.
Project UPLIFT is not a therapy or counseling group, but rather a course that teaches skills to help your daily life with epilepsy.
Email larissa@epilepsycowy.org to learn more.
Interested in PACES or Project UPLIFT? Fill out our interest form.
Art Therapy
Art therapy is a free program that encourages participants to explore and connect through creativity in an accepting and safe group setting. Led by a licensed art therapist, art therapy lets participants express and process their feelings about epilepsy through the creation of art. No art experience required.
Case Management
This is a free program designed to support people of all ages to live well with seizures. We connect, educate, and empower people affected by epilepsy in order to inspire them to successfully manage their healthcare and lives. Care management is open to anyone living with epilepsy or their family members.
Preferred Provider Network
The goal of the Preferred Provider Network is to ensure all individuals living with epilepsy and seizure disorders have access to quality, affordable mental health care so that not another moment is lost to seizures.
Our Preferred Provider Network trains mental health clinicians to work effectively with people living with epilepsy and seizures.
The Foundation keeps a database of these therapists and matches clients with a therapist upon request. The Foundation also provides reimbursement of up to $30 per session for the first 8 sessions.
Email info@epilepsycowy.org for more information.
Seizing Life Coaching
Seizing Life Coaching is a program for people living with epilepsy who are ready to take the next step in achieving their life goals, in an environment of community support and group coaching. This is a paid program run by longtime Epilepsy Foundation volunteer Mark DeFee, a certified coach and licensed therapist. Learn more.