Windhorse Community Services

Home-Based Recovery of Mental Health, Inc.

Conferences and Awards

Awards Received:

  • 2018 “Windhorse Award for Community Services”Awarded by: Naropa University (Inaugural award).
  • 2018 “Thrive through Social Responsibility – Women of the Year” awarded to Anne Marie DiGiacomo, LCSW, Co-Director of Windhorse Community Services.Awarded by: Business and Professional Women in Boulder.
  • 2018 “National Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner of the Year” awarded to JoAnn Dorio Burton, Community Programs Administrator at Windhorse Community Services. Awarded by: The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.

Conferences and Presentations by Windhorse staff:

  • AGPA – American Group Psychotherapy Association:

    • 2000 Los Angeles Conference
      • Presenters: Chuck Knapp, Wren Fritzlen, and Steve Henne on the Windhorse Approach
    • 2013 New Orleans Conference
      • Presenters: Chuck Knapp and Jack Gipple on group dynamics within Windhorse Therapeutic Teams
    • 2014 Boston Conference
      • Presenters: Chuck Knapp and Jack Gipple on group dynamics within Windhorse Therapeutic Teams

  • ISPS- International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis:

    • 2008 Rockville, MD Conference
      • Presenters: Anne Marie DiGiacomo and Eric Chapin
    • 2009 Stockbridge, MA Conference (at Austen Riggs)
      • Presenters: Anne Marie DiGiacomo, and Chuck Knapp
    • 2010 San Francisco Conference
      • Presenters: Anne Marie DiGiacomo and Chuck Knapp
    • 2013 Chicago Conference
      • Presenters: Anne Marie DiGiacomo and Blake Bailey
    • 2017 Portland, OR Conference
      • Presenters: Anne Marie DiGiacomo and Matt Allen

  • Laing in the 21st Century (at Esalen, Big Sur California):

    • 2015 Presenter: Chuck Knapp
    • 2016 Presenter: Chuck Knapp and Jack Gipple
    • 2017 Presenter: Jack Gipple
    • 2018 Presenter: Chuck Knapp

Windhorse International Conferences:

    • 1999: Boulder
    • 2001: Northampton
    • 2002: Boulder
    • 2003: Boulder
    • 2014: Vienna

Conferences and Events Sponsored:

  • Interfaith Network on Mental Illness (INMI) Sponsorship:

    • October 2007: First Sharing the Promise of Hope and Healing
      • Presenter: Susan Gregg Schroeder
    • September 2008: Spiritual Approaches to Mental Illness
    • August 2009: The Soloist Movie
    • October 2009: Faith, Mental Illness, and the Journey to Wholeness
      • Presenter: Nancy Kehoe
    • May 2011: Compassion and Acceptance: Spirituality in Recovery from Mental Illness
      • Presenters: Jana Drakka
    • April 2012: Journey to Wholeness from Anorexia to Addiction, Bipolar Disorder and Recovery
      • Presenter:Marya Hornbacher
    • April 2013: The Criminalization of Mental Illness
      • Presenter: Pete Earley
    • April 2013: How I Learned to Talk
      • Presenter: Diana Hoguet
    • May 2014: Yes, Men Do Get Depressed!
      • Presenters: Jarrod Hindman, Terry Real and SafeTalk
    • April 2016: Broken: A Story of Addiction and Redemption
      • Presenter: William Moyers
    • November 2017: Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Postvention: How Faith Communities, Community Groups, and You Can Help
      • Presenter: Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe
    • May 2018: Sacred Matters: Integrating Spirituality Into Mental Health Care and Mental; Health Care Into Faith Communities
      • Presenter: with Ken Paragament
    • February 2019: Moral Injury- Moral Stress: Searching for Meaning
      • Presenter: Carrie Doehring