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I Really Need Mental Health Services but There Is a Long Wait at the VA, Where Do I Go?

Mental Health, Military and Veterans, SMVF

As a veteran, you are eligible to use your VA benefits to pay for health care, including mental health services. But with understaffing and increased workloads, the wait time can sometimes be very long at VA locations.  So, is there somewhere else you can go to get...

When Your Clinician Work Starts To Affect Your Homelife: 8 Tips for Coping

Clinicians

Clinical work isn’t for everyone. It can often be hard to hold the stories you hear and the pain you see people experience. Sometimes, you just can’t get that one client out of your head, wishing there was more you could do to help.  When you need to talk about it,...

Does Therapy Have To Be Expensive? 5 Ways To Pay for Mental Health Counseling

Mental Health, Mental Health Supports

We’re more informed and aware about our mental health than ever before, and that’s especially true for younger people. Yet, while we may be more open to the idea of therapy, a lot of people think that it’s too expensive to even consider.  It’s true that mental health...
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