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20th Anniversary

20th Anniversary Founders Message

The long anticipation was over. We would open CooperRiis Healing Community on June 15th, 2003, after spending three years fundraising, building, and planning for that

CooperRiis Launching PHP – Adult Day Program

Partial Hospitalization Program CooperRiis Healing Community is launching a Partial Hospitalization Program in Asheville, NC! CooperRiis, a non-profit mental health treatment program introduces our new

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20th Anniversary March Newsletter

A message from our Chief Clinical Officer for the 20th anniversary — When I first came to CooperRiis, I knew I had stumbled upon something

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Smiling Depression

Smiling Depression, are you smiling on the outside but struggling on the inside? by Dr. William Anixter, MD, Psychiatrist at CooperRiis “People say I’m the life of

Routine vs. Resolution

by Asheville Community Program’s Clinical Director, Lissa Carter MA, NCC, LCAS, LCMHC Decision making takes a tremendous amount of mental energy. Once a routine becomes

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Program Enhancements for Autism/Neurodiversity

by Alison Hamrick, Autism Program Coordinator Examples of enhancements Features such as micro scheduling, visual supports, concrete language usage, and the integration of sensory diets,

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Announcing New Autism/Neurodiversity Programming

CooperRiis is pleased to welcome people with autism/neurodiversity at our Farm campus. This enhanced programming will specifically serve people who have mental health challenges that are considered the primary diagnosis and who

Horticulture Therapy in the News!

Markus Wulliman, HTR, is a horticultural therapist, and he has worked for CooperRiis since 2003 in various positions and now serves as the Community Work and

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CooperRiis Staff Highlight-Laurie Rovin

Checking in with our Chief Development Officer ​​​​​We wanted to check in with Chief Development Officer Laurie Rovin, as she has been in her role now

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CooperRiis Spring Update

Hope springs eternal; not only are we seeing it springing up on our campuses with beautiful blooms and bursting colors, but we are also seeing it

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Professional Tours-Reopening!

Our last professional tour was exactly one year ago today! What a year it has been! We have been following CDC guidance since the beginning

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CooperRiis Welcomes New Chief Development Officer

CooperRiis Healing Community is pleased to announce that Laurie Rovin has joined our team as Chief Development Officer. Laurie previously led two different organizations, A Child’s Haven and Pendleton

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Holiday Newsletter~Happy 2021!

With so much to be grateful for, we want to share the many joyous activities our Healing Communities have been enjoying this holiday season. Our

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2020 Update from the President & CEO

Dear Friends, 2020 has been an incredible year. Last year at this time, CooperRiis was excited to announce our new College Program. The idea was (and

COVID Fatigue in a Healing Community

Checking in with Yolanda Robinson, The Farm’s Integrative Recovery Director… Checking in with our Integrative Recovery Director, Yolanda Robinson, we asked her how COVID has impacted

November 2020 – Update – CooperRiis at Asheville

We opened the CooperRiis at Asheville program on September 1st of this year. The program continues with our mission as a primary mental health facility, and it provides an intensely structured clinical

CooperRiis’ Full Continuum of Care

With the opening of our CooperRiis at Asheville program, we are proud to offer a full continuum of care. Starting with short-term stabilization, with the

CooperRiis at Asheville is now open!

CooperRiis at Asheville is now open! We are accepting referrals!  CooperRiis at Asheville completes the CooperRiis continuum of services by offering residential treatment that is intensely clinical,

CooperRiis at Asheville is Ready to OPEN!

CooperRiis at Asheville is ready to go! We will begin accepting formal referrals on 9/1/20! We have been getting a lot of informal inquiries and look forward to

July Update-Some FAQs

Last week we proudly shared the exciting announcement of our new program opening on September 1, 2020,  “CooperRiis at Asheville.” Since then we have received

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