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counseling, housing and education.

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as the preferred trusted partner in strengthening
individual and family lives.

“NewBridge Services, Inc. has been bringing balance to people’s lives since 1963. The community nonprofit serves more than 8,000 children, adults and seniors a year through counseling, housing, and education. “

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Meet Classical Guitarist Andrew Geddis, Who Learned to Manage Schizophrenia And Teaches People About Mental Illness

• Andrew Geddis gave future social workers an invaluable gift: the opportunity to talk to a person with a 20-year history of serious mental illness. The NewBridge client was a guest speaker at a Rutgers University School of Social Work class in October. “Here was a person living with mental illness, openly sharing his story and answering their questions,” said adjunct lecturer Carolyn Artale, who has known Andrew since childhood. “It gave them insight and understanding into what works, and how they could be most beneficial to clients.” Artale’s 20 graduate students heard how the 50-year-old landed in a psychiatric hospital diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder at age 29 — the first of 20 hospitalizations.“It was an eye-opening experience for everyone,” said Andrew, whose career as a classical guitarist was sidetracked for years by mental illness.

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