Join us for our first in-person event!
We’ll gather outdoors and connect with other moms over tacos and wine at Chaia's newest location in Bethesda.
Dr. Maria Zimmitti is a clinical psychologist, a mom, a CEO and an entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience evaluating and treating children, teens, and young adults with ADHD, anxiety, depression, learning differences, and autism spectrum disorders. Helping parents achieve health for themselves and in their relationships with their children is central to her work and has become an even greater focus during the pandemic.
She founded Georgetown Psychology and recently co-founded Helix Center in response to the growing mental health crisis among adolescents and families.
According to the CDC, the number of mental-health-related emergency room visits for 5 to 11 year olds went up by 24 percent from April to October 2020, compared with the same period in 2019.
Emergency-room trips for suicide attempts by 12-to-17 year olds increased by nearly 40 percent last winter compared with 2019. From August 2019-August 2021, intentional self-injury increased by more than 300%.
Faced with another school year where Covid looms large, we’ll have a very important conversation about what’s happening to kids around the country and what we can do to help our own children manage their fears and anxieties.
wednesday, october 6
6:30pm et
RAIN DATE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
$30 for a flight of tacos & wine
Free admission for the first 10 people who sign up!
Chaia was founded by Bettina Stern and Suzanne Simon, two women (and mothers) on a mission to get people to eat more vegetables – for not only their health, but also the health of the environment. Starting at a Washington, DC farmers’ market stand in 2013, Bettina and Suzanne have built Chaia into a beloved brand with three brick-and-mortar locations across the DMV. #shopmom