Please Fund our Expansion to Increase Access to Mental Health Care
Your donations help us to support single dads like Ramon*.
About our work:
We often work with clients, like Ramon, who've never been in therapy. A friend at church suggested that he seek out counseling when his teenager started behaving a way that was out of character causing Ramon many sleepless nights. He was at a loss of what to do to help his son, so he turned to one of our student therapists for help. The therapist helped him understand what might be going on for his son developmentally, culturally, and inter-personally. Ramon practiced his listening skills and attempted to understand his son's perspective. This led to a strengthening of their relationship, so that Ramon's son started to turn towards him when difficult situations arose, instead of away from him. Ramon found the therapy so helpful that he continued on even after the presenting problem had resolved. He started doing the difficult work of healing from some of his own adverse childhood and adolescent experiences. I am often in awe of our clients--people who take a chance with a student therapist, share their trust with us, and begin to heal themselves--many of whom come from families or communities that actively eschew mental health services. They find that therapy is a safe, private place to voice their thoughts and feelings. This is why we are here. This is why we need your help--to carry on our mission of expanding mental health care to anyone who needs it. Dads like Ramon, who did not have access to other avenues of mental health care because neither of his 2 part time jobs offered health insurance coverage. We would like to be able to hire some full time therapists who could commit to providing services to members of communities without equal access to healthcare services. Your support would reduce barriers to mental health care access.
About our organization: Centered Community Foundation is grounded in the belief that mental healthcare should be accessible to everyone. Our goal is to reduce as many barriers as possible to accessing mental health care. We offer a meaningful training experience for talented student therapists. This allows us to offer high quality mental health care for very low fees. We acknowledge that access to mental health care is not equitable. Our purpose and our calling is to reduce those inequities in all the ways that we can. Empowering individuals to strengthen our community. Challenging inequities to strengthen our community.
*Ramon's story is fictional to protect the privacy of our clients. It is a combination of the stories of real clients, but changed and merged into one narrative. The story may be a work of fiction but the impact of our work is real.
