NEWS & NOTES

If you would have asked me 15 years ago what I wanted to be when I grow up, I would have been dumbfounded. I likely would have made something up to escape the conversation. Throughout high school I experienced debilitating social anxiety. Social anxiety so crippling that it often had me questioning my self-worth and confidence. There would be days I would go without saying a single word. I would isolate, sit in the far back of the room, be the first to leave school while othe

I do this work because I feel called to it. I’d love to tell you that I always knew I would be a therapist, but that simply isn’t true. In fact, as a child and adolescent, I never imagined myself doing anything very impactful with my life. Instead, it was a combination of powerful life experiences (both good and bad) that led me to this work. I grew up in a working-class family in South County St. Louis. As with most, my family maintained a fair amount of dysfunction and untr

What was your mental health journey that brought you to Bert Nash? I actually started seeing a therapist back when I was in eighth grade because I had depression on top of typical teenage angst that I had a hard time dealing with. I also started getting medication for depression from Bert Nash at that time that went on for maybe a year or two. However, it wasn’t until I was 22 that I believe I was in dire need of Bert Nash’s services. I got pregnant at the age 16 and gave bir

Dear Colleagues, As part of the Douglas County Emergency Management plan, Bert Nash is developing a rotation of Master Level Clinicians to be available as a support resource to Medical Healthcare Providers who are working frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we’ve seen in other communities across the Nation and Worldwide, we are preparing for a surge of people who will need medical care related to COVID-19. There are predictions this surge will take place in Douglas Co

Douglas County is deeply honored to receive the Pioneer Award from its longtime partner Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. Commissioners and administrative staff are committed to helping those who struggle with mental illness and substance abuse in our community. Through community partnerships — such as our partnership with Bert Nash — we can truly make a significant difference in supporting our most vulnerable community members. In recent years, Douglas County has lea