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Note: September is Suicide Awareness Prevention 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. Erica Hill will never forget the phone call from her good friend Caroline Ndwaru. “It’s seared in my brain,” Erica said. “I was in a meeting, and I called her right back. She said, Michelle is gone. I said, what

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is excited to be a recipient of a $1.967 million Discretionary Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Community Mental Health Center Grant Program. “We are beyond grateful for this opportunity and what it affords for not only the Center and our staff, but for our community and the people we are privileged to serve,” said Bert Nash Center CEO Patrick Schmitz. Funding from the award will provide

Note: September is Suicide Awareness Prevention 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. Tony Sands spent his football career running away from opposing players. But he couldn’t run away from himself. Football was his identity. But once his playing days were over, Tony, the second all-time leading r

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

With the start of school approaching, 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 collaboratively with the school’s mental health professionals to help with the behavioral, emotional, and psyc

With the start 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 collaboratively with the school’s mental health professionals to help with the behavioral, emotional, and psychol

With the start of school approaching, 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 collaboratively with the school’s mental health professionals to help with the behavioral, emotional, and psyc

With the start of school approaching, 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 collaboratively with the school’s mental health professionals to help with the behavioral, emotional, and psyc