The YWCA is a place where every women can find the support services, career development and advancement opportunities, and health and wellness information that can enable them to move forward toward a successful life.

YW Wellness for a Lifetime

The YWCA has a critical role in: enabling women to take command of their health through increased knowledge; addressing the prominent health care issues they face; and, practicing a healthy lifestyle that enables women to be stronger longer.

Women's Counseling Service and referral program is for women in need of health and life counseling. The YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Women's Counseling Center offers women tools to deal with life challenges such as:

Coping with anxiety and depression
Managing stress
Healing from abuse
Being more effective parents
Believing in themselves
Making healthy decisions

For fast service please

call 412-255-1162

Prevention through education and exercise, and accessibility of health care are be the two main strategies of the YW Stands for Wellness for a Lifetime. YWCA's wellness programs include active programs as well as educational series on women's health including:

Seminars on critical health issues.
Breast cancer prevention and detection seminars conducted through our ENCOREplus initiative with a representative available to help you navigate through cancer recovery.

For more information about the

ENCOREplus Breast Health program,

please call 412-365-1915

Health Care programs and information for women and their families related to prevention and treatment of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and health conditions related to the aging process. Major health issues for women of all ages in the greater Pittsburgh area include:

Today diabetes is the fastest growing health issue for all Americans. Not only is the disease growing at an astounding rate causing blindness, amputations, and other significant health conditions. Diabetes is also directly linked to other health concerns such as heart attack and stroke, the number one killer of women. Obesity is an epidemic directly linked to diabetes.
Diseases of the aging population including arthritis, mental deterioration, incontinence, and osteoporosis are particularly difficult for elderly Pittsburgh women who are most often single and isolated.
Cancer for women remains a major health threat. Breast cancer detection and treatment, cervical cancer, and other fast growing cancers threaten the general population especially those who smoke.
Other diseases and conditions such as HIV Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases continue to cut women's lives short.

Watch the web site for new wellness programs to be offered throughout the year.