What Does the Healthy Living Program Do?

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Healthy Living Program Philosophy:

The Healthy Living Program is not a weight management program, but a well-being program intended to support participants in waking up feeling rested, eating foods that give us energy, moving our bodies in ways we enjoy, feeling good about how we spend our time, and going to sleep feeling satisfied with our day. The Healthy Living Program is entirely based on what feels comfortable and doable to each participant.

How to get involved:

HLP is open to Arlington County Behavioral Healthcare clients.  Please ask your case manager and/or therapist to provide you details for the monthly HLP orientation session to learn more.  

The Healthy Living Program offers a variety of health and wellness opportunities to community members living in recovery from mental health and substance use issues.  Program participants must be receiving services with Arlington County DHS. HLP services include:

Wellness Coaching

• Wellness Engagement: Group and individual based support with wellness planning, and opportunities to engage in wellness-related supports and activities
• Wellness Coaching: Group and individual based support with the addition of quarterly assessments and support with goal setting and tracking
• Wellness Check-in Calls: 30 min appointments available on a weekly basis to provide individualized wellness support

Movement

A variety of physical activity opportunities, including:

• Drop in exercise groups: low intensity strength/stretch, high intensity strength and cardio, seated strength and stability
• Walk groups
• Yoga therapy

Nutrition Education

• Eat Well/Live Well Nutrition Education class, presented in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension and Giant grocery store
• Quarterly nutrition education workshops, presented in partnership with Giant grocery store
• Referral to Giant grocery for individual nutrition consultations
• Referral to Virginia Hospital Center Diabetes Education Center based on medical necessity

Tobacco Cessation

• Drop in tobacco cessation counseling group

Peer Led Wellness Workshops

• Weekly workshops covering a variety of wellness and recovery-related topics
• Whole Health Action Management (WHAM)
• Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery (APPR)

Mindfulness/Stress Management

• Drop in mindfulness class
• Support with accessing free technology-based support with mindfulness practices

Access and referral to additional community-based wellness-resources, including:

• Fee reductions with Arlington County Parks and Recreation, including classes and gym memberships
• Discounted memberships with Capital Bikeshare
• Fee reductions with Arlington Public Schools pools
• Referral to and discounts with Virginia Hospital Center health promotion and education opportunities
• Support in accessing bikes through the Phoenix Bikes Give a Bike program
• Community-based yoga classes through Sun and Moon yoga studio
• Referral to Giant grocery for individual nutrition consultations
• Referral to Virginia Hospital Center Diabetes Education programming

Support with these resources is available to all BHD clients.  Ask your case manager to tell you more!