July 20: Jay Brubaker
Join us Tuesday to hear from Jay Brubaker the Executive Director for Circle City Clubhouse. Jay has been with Circle City Clubhouse since the organization opened its doors in 2014, and also has served as the co-chairperson of the Clubhouse Indiana Coalition since 2018. Jay has over fifteen years of experience working in mental health and addictions services, both as a direct services provider and as an administrator, focused extensively on programs that embrace person-centered, holistic, and strengths -based approaches to mental health recovery.
As a Clubhouse International accredited Clubhouse, Circle City Clubhouse embraces an integrated and holistic approach to mental health recovery that, while incorporating multiple theoretical approaches, ultimately boils down to one very basic concept. People are at their best, and will recover the most, when they are surrounded by a community that loves and cares about them, where they feel welcomed and accepted, and where their lives have purpose and meaning.
For over seventy years, Clubhouse International communities world-wide have worked to improve the lives of those experiencing mental illness through a model that is both psycho-social rehabilitation program and social justice movement. Research has shown that Clubhouses are among the most effective approaches at helping those with mental illness gain and maintain employment, remaining in the community without mental health crisis that require hospitalization, and even improving the health and reducing the overall medical care costs for those with mental illness. In 2014, Clubhouse International was awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Award for its work to alleviate suffering from mental illness. Despite this recognition and history of success, Clubhouse remains one of the least known mental health interventions, even among mental health practitioners.
In addition to his work at Circle City Clubhouse, Jay is also a practicing attorney who works with small businesses and non-profits on formation and organization issues. He currently serves on the board of directors for Global Gifts, and previously served as the vice-chairperson and board chairperson for the Garfield Shakespeare Company.
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