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Note: September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Anyone struggling with thoughts of suicide should call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255 or (785) 841-2345. You can also get connected to the Crisis Text Line by texting KANSAS to 741 741. Jordan Ott came into his dad’s bedroom. It was 3 in the morning. “Mom keeps calling,” Jordan told his dad, Elwood. “She’s crying.” When Elwood called his ex-wife, she told him the news. Their son, Isaiah, had ki

When the client’s sister died, she wanted to join her. She didn’t want to live anymore. “Bert Nash pulled me out of it,” the client said. “I wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for Bert Nash.” The client started coming to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center when she moved to Lawrence. “My kids moved to Lawrence, so I came here,” she said. The client was in her 40s when she started attending classes at the University of Kansas. She is 63 now. “I couldn’t handle it,” she sa

With the start of the school year, we want to recognize our individual WRAP therapists. WRAP (Working to Recognize rt of the school year, we want to recognize our individual WRAP therapists. WRAP (Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities) is a Bert Nash Center in-school therapy program, in partnership with Douglas County schools. The groundbreaking program began in 1997 and continues to thrive today. WRAP assigns a master’s-level clinician to a school to work collaborat

Terrence first came to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center when he was 10. He’s 32 now. Not only has it been a 22-year journey in time, but it has also been a mental health journey. And it hasn’t always been easy. He has had his share of bumps along the way. But he has had plenty of successes as well. “Bert Nash has been very good for me,” said Terrence, who is part of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. “It really does help.” One of those who has helped Terrence is Bert Nas

With the start of the school year, we want to recognize our individual WRAP therapists. WRAP (Working to Recognize rt of the school year, we want to recognize our individual WRAP therapists. WRAP (Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities) is a Bert Nash Center in-school therapy program, in partnership with Douglas County schools. The groundbreaking program began in 1997 and continues to thrive today. WRAP assigns a master’s-level clinician to a school to work collaborat