Historical September 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
CONTACT-St. Louis is seeking new volunteers for its Helpline. Classes begin September 18. CONTACT’s Helpline is for people who have a need to discuss a problem, feeling or situation that is causing them distress or suffering. Volunteers receive 50 hours of training. Besides preparing a person for service on the Helpline, training is an experience in personal growth.
The program consists of instruction and extensive practice in active listening skills. Lectures by members of the professional mental health community are presented on crisis intervention, suicide, sexuality, loneliness, dying and grief, substance abuse, and stress management.
Following training, volunteers serve 8 hours monthly. CONTACT-St. Louis is part of an international network of inter-faith telephone ministries and one of 100 CONTACT centers in the United States. Joan F. Smith, executive director of CONTACT-St. Louis recently returned from Nicosia, Cyprus, training the first Helpline volunteers for Beirut, Lebanon.
For more information and an application, please call CONTACT’s business number-725-5719—Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Or write to CONTACT-St. Louis, P. O. Box 9249, St. Louis, MO 63117.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1984.
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