New Wellness Center Offers Wesley Family Services Staff, Community Services Focusing on Quality Whole Person Care

It’s been a long day. After working on her feet all day and handling several stressful situations at work, Alicia clocks out at her job, and knows she needs a healthy way to wind down and reset.

Luckily – the solution – and the service – is nearby, in the form of Wesley Family Services’ Wellness Center, located at Wesley’s Pioneer location.

The Center is a microcosm of WFS’s care model, Quality Whole Person Care (QWPC), embodied in one room. Here, all the senses are considered. Visitors are greeted with abundant greenery and plush, stylish chairs, completed with the relaxing sounds of a waterfall and even, at times, aromatherapy.

It’s just one room, but its purpose is much bigger. Inside this space, WFS staff and members of the community work to access and address their personal wellness. For some, that looks like attending a yoga class. For others, they may brush up on their financial knowledge, or maybe learn a new skill like knitting or CPR.

Services are available to individuals already served by Wesley, as well as WFS employees, and community members.

By incorporating QWPC, the Wellness Center’s purpose is to improve health outcomes and overall quality of life. This is accomplished by assessing and addressing both Behavioral Health (BH) and Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) needs and offering activities, workshops and groups related to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) eight dimensions of wellness, which include intellectual, emotional, environmental, physical, social, occupational, financial, and spiritual needs.

Thanks to financial support from the Community Foundation of WC in partnership with the Westmoreland County Commissioners and Westmoreland County Department of Human Services, the wellness center opened its doors in September of 2023. The opening was benchmarked by an open house event and a visit from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh.

Upcoming offerings include a homemade soap-making class, cardio sessions, mindfulness guidance, education on scams and fraud, overdose reversal education, gratitude journaling and more.

Interested in attending an event or service at the Wellness Center? Visit https://wfspa.org/service/wellness-center/ to access a calendar of events.