Jessica Burich is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and LGBT concerns.

St. Patrick Center: self-sufficiency and dignity to our unhoused neighbors and those at risk of becoming houseless. Build permanent, positive change through safe and affordable housing, mental and physical healthcare, employment, and financial stability

A nonprofit health care organization that provides a full continuum of behavioral, primary, and dental health services throughout 43 counties in Missouri. Check their website to find the location closest to you. Services: Primary care, dental, and behavioral health services are offered on a sliding scale and free for some. Casework services are available to individuals who need more support and have active Medicaid. Call their crisis line if you are looking for in-person services, as Compass can offer transportation to their Crisis Access Points in many instances after establishing what is going on over the phone. Compass can also assist with folks looking to enroll in health insurance.

Assistance more for veterans, active military, and families. - Food - Clothing - Financial

Services: Medically-Assisted Detoxification. Comprehensive services in the areas of addiction, sexual assault, domestic violence, recovery, mental health, adolescent outpatient. Located in St. Louis, St. Charles, and Lincoln Counties. Their comprehensive website gives phone numbers, maps, locations information about service. St. Charles County - The Women’s Center in St. Charles 24-Hour Toll-Free Crisis Line: 877-946-6854 or 636.224.1800 Lincoln County - The Terry L. Robertson Center in Troy 24-Hour Toll-Free Crisis Line: 877-462-1758 or 636-224-1850 Bridgeway operates the only two emergency safe shelters and outreach centers in St. Charles and Lincoln Counties for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Many other services and more locations The Women’s Residential Programs is located at: 1601 S. Old River Road, St. Charles, MO 63303 P 636-224-1000 Operates the only two emergency safe shelters and outreach centers in St. Charles and Lincoln Counties for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Many other services and more locations. St. Charles County: The Women’s Center in St. Charles 24-Hour Toll-Free Crisis Line 877-946-6854 Lincoln County: The Terry L. Robertson Center in Troy 24-Hour Toll-Free Crisis Line 877-462-1758 St. Louis City Center 1027 S. Vandeventer 63110- there is no longer a location here. It is located on Dunnica Ave in the city St. Charles Center 1570 S. Main St. St. Charles 63303 866-758-1152 Medically-assisted detoxification. Addiction, sexual assault, domestic violence, recovery, mental health, adolescent outpatient. 12 locations. Some residential. Note: Now part of Preferred Family Health

Bridges to Care and Recovery is a collaborative community initiative designed to extend the system of care for people challenged with behavioral health disorders, specifically in North St. Louis City and County. BHN works with key partners to include hospital and community behavioral health leadership, advocacy groups, and faith leaders to provide a multi-pronged approach to expand the role of faith-based organizations in the identification of mental health and substance use disorders, and the reduction of stigma to support referral and access to behavioral health care. Other locations: Various participating churches around St. Louis

In 2023, COMTREA merged with __Compass Health Network __. Like COMTREA, Compass is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Organization, Community Mental Health Center and a Federally Qualified Health Center. This merger will bring additional services to Jefferson County, Missouri. Provides: - Mental and behavioral healthcare - Substance use treatment - Dental care - Primary care - Chronic disease management - Children's advocacy center - Domestic violence shelter Check out their website to find locations near you. Their offices are located in Arnold, Crystal City, Festus, Herculaneum, High Ridge, Hillsboro, and House Springs.

Great Circle's programs and services are now part of __KVC Missouri,__ a nonprofit that strengthens families, prevents child abuse and neglect, and helps people achieve mental health wellness. Great Circle was formed in 2009 by the merger of Boys & Girls Town of Missouri and Edgewood Children's Center. Services include: - Individual and family counseling - Crisis support - Mental health services - Learning challenges Their website shows locations throughout the state.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Our professional, supporting, and student members engage in clinical and academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally. We are funded primarily through the support of our membership, and through donations and grants sponsored by non-commercial sources. Mission: To promote evidence based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health. Vision: We envision a world wherein people of all gender identities and gender expressions have access to evidence-based healthcare, social services, justice and equality. Goals and Tasks As an international interdisciplinary, professional organization, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) will work to further the understanding and treatment of gender dysphoria by professionals in medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other related fields. WPATH provides opportunities for professionals from various sub-specialties to communicate with each other in the context of research and treatment of gender dysphoria including sponsoring biennial scientific symposia. WPATH publishes the Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines, which articulate a professional consensus about the psychiatric, psychological, medical, and surgical management of gender dysphoria and help professionals understand the parameters within which they may offer assistance to those with these conditions.

Yvette Phillips, M.Ed., L.P.C.

Provides individual and group support (including support from a therapist and registered nurse), access to resources, pregnancy/delivery/parenting support, and childbirth classes for pregnant and parenting youth up to age 19. Free individual, group and family counseling for youth living in St. Louis County and St. Charles County Weekly teen parent support groups, individual counseling, nurse on staff for checkups and birthing classes. Baby care items for all youth that enroll in the program. Services are free of charge. Schools based counseling school districts: __St. Louis County:__ Jennings, Hazelwood, Riverview Gardens, Pattonville, Parkway, Ritenour, Valley Park, Lindbergh, Maplewood Richmond Heights and North Tech High School __St. Charles County:__ City of St. Charles, Orchard Farm, Francis Howell and Wentzville __Lincoln County:__ Elsberry, Troy and Winfield If you are a youth in crisis, you can access help 24 hours a day. Based in St. Charles, with outreach programs in St. Louis City. Many resources and programs listed on their website, including HEAD START. Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing available. Staff completed one trans competency training with Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis (THISTL) in May of 2024.

The Missouri Behavioral Health Council (MBHC/Council), formerly known as Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare, founded in 1978, represents Missouri’s not-for-profit certified community behavioral health clinics, community mental health centers, substance use treatment agencies, affiliated community psychiatric rehabilitation service providers, and a clinical call center. Their mission is to enable access to quality mental health services for all Missouri citizens in need of such services, while maximizing their human potential and quality of life. Their network includes 33 member-agencies staffed with more than 13,000 caring and qualified staff provide treatment and support services to over 270,000 clients annually. __Access a Youth Behavioral Health Liaison:__ Youth Behavioral Health Liaisons support youth by connecting them and their families to behavioral health services within their community. They help build safety nets for youth experiencing mental health challenges and referring them to community partners. Flyer attached!

The AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) ‘Ohana Center of Excellence is an online resource for mental health and substance use disorder providers, health care providers, and AANHPI communities across the U.S. and its territories. ‘Ohana is most often translated as “family, relative, kin group, or to be related to”. But it can also mean “to gather for family prayers, lineage, race, tribe, or those who dwell together and compose a family.” To find resources for LGBTQIA+ AANHPI Communities, please see database [here](https://aanhpi-ohana.org/lgbtqia-resources-for-asian-americans-native-hawaiians-and-pacific-islanders-aanhpi/).

__American Academy for Pediatrics: Resources for Suicide Prevention __ A selection of evidence-based programs is outlined as examples that may be useful or replicable in your community.

Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri is a non-profit, statewide social service organization providing: - Mental health care - Foster care - Adoption Services - Pregnancy Services - Parenting services - Child development and mentoring services "LFCS serves clients regardless of race, faith, national origin, gender or age. Although we respect and uphold our Lutheran heritage, more than 80% of the children and families served by LFCS are from other faiths." Current office locations are: St. Louis, St. Charles, Columbia, Cape Girardeau , Springfield, Franklin County, Kansas City and Joplin. Hilltop Child and Family Development Center is an additional LFCS service site embedded in the North St. Louis community. Check their website for the location closest to you. __Update (Oct 4, 2024):__ Offers free youth psychiatry services for kids who reside in STL County and Franklin County. "We welcome all who seek this service to reach out to our intake team. Kids are not required to enroll in LFCS therapy services in order to receive care from our psychiatrists. We have openings for office based therapy as well!"

__Mission:__ Alternative Access Counseling is committed to making therapy and coaching more accessible for consenting adults who engage in alternative sexual and relationship expressions, regardless of disability or location. We aim to equip our clients with the tools, resources, and awareness to create their own paths, and to build the courage to take the first steps. __About Amy Studer (she/zir):__ As an LGBT+, consensual non-monogamy affirming, kink-positive counselor, I will always work with you as a team to embrace your identities and problem solve barriers to living authentically. I practice solution focused therapy, DBT, CBT, Feminist therapy, and sex-positivism and will decide with you which approach you would be most comfortable using.

MO Transition Age Youth Local Engagement And Recovery. For St. Louis Area youth and young adults (ages 16-25). Services include, but are not limited to: - case management - employment/vocational support - educational support - therapeutic services - life skills development - psychiatric services 2-3 Case Workers will be assigned to every client to help with jobs, education, healthcare, housing, etc. Case Workers include at least one trained Social Worker on every team. This is a government-funded program run by BJC.

KCAVP was an organization providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and hate crimes advocacy and education to the LGBTQIA+ community. KCAVP provides support and services to LGBTQIA+ (includes questioning) victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and hate violence in the region, with a home base in the Kansas City area and services throughout Missouri. It is currently the only LGBTQ-specific domestic violence or sexual assault services in Missouri. Services: - 24-Hour Crisis Hotline (with certified interpreters) - Case Management and Advocacy - Free Counseling Services/Therapy - Emergency Assistance and Housing (including transportation, food, and other necessities) - Incident Documentation All services are __free and confidential__. Also runs Passages Youth Support Group, an affirming, safe, and welcoming weekly space for LGBTQIA+ teens (ages 13-17) to connect with their peers and build their network of support.

LifeStance is a mental healthcare company focused on providing evidence-based, medically driven treatment services for children, adolescents, and adults suffering from a variety of mental health issues in an outpatient care setting, both in-person and through its digital health telemedicine offering. At LifeStance, patient care is paramount – the driving force in everything we do. LifeStance is committed to state-of-the-art clinical excellence, to partnership and collaboration with other treating health care providers to ensure continuity of care, to the utilization of data to individually tailor services for continual improvement in outcomes, and to empowering patients to make informed choices and help them achieve their goals. This is offered in a compassionate and safe environment that provides education, support, and best practices in integrated care. LifeStance is a national provider of mental healthcare services with operations across the country. Founded in 2017, LifeStance brings together psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and licensed therapists to provide comprehensive mental health treatment services for patients of all ages. Every LifeStance team member is dedicated to providing the utmost in compassionate care and treatment to serve the specific needs and concerns of each individual patient.

The St. Louis County Veterans Program is a viable resource for veterans seeking assistance. We provide direct services and we collaborate with other agencies to address a variety of the needs of veterans in our community. Our Staff Provides Traditional case management Information Advocacy Referral services Help to obtain social services and VA benefits The Veterans Program team is active in hosting and participating in special projects and community outreach events. __Verify if current:__ 314-615-4516 / TTY: 800-735-2966 (63042) 314-625-4000 (63129) 314-615-4000 Community Outreach: 314-615-7433 9666 Olive Blvd., Suite 51063132 North County: 21 Village Square, Hazelwood, 63042 South County: 4548 Lemay Ferry Rd. 63129

Epworth Family Support Network provides free family therapy to combat serious family issues and child abuse and neglect. They serve families who live in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, or St. Charles County with a child up to the age of 18 and no open or substantiated cases of child abuse and/or neglect. The goal of Epworth Family Support Network is to provide support to families before serious issues arise within the family unit. Referrals to Epworth Family Support Network are welcome but not necessary. Services: - Individualized family therapy once a week for one hour (in-home, virtually, or at a community setting) - Total services last an average of nine months, depending on the needs of the family - Professional parenting education Cost: Families are free to contact the program directly to verify eligibility for services, which are free if funder requirements are met or welcome to self-pay with sliding-scale options.

People’s Family of Corporations deploys the resources of their Mental Health Center (Amanda Luckett Murphy Hopewell Center) and their People’s Community Action Corporation (PCAC), to address the total needs of underserved communities. Services: - Primary care community health services - A 60 unit senior affordable housing residence - 18 multifamily apartments for families with disabilities - A Connective Services Corporation that houses the Social Security Administration Office adjacent to the Delmar site - The Amanda Luckett Murphy Hopewell Behavioral Health Center People’s Family of Corporations has 19 locations across St. Louis, Missouri.

A health clinic providing quality care, access, research and education to the underserved with or without insurance. Services include: - __Gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy__ - Primary care - Testing & screening - Sexual health - HIV services - Health insurance navigation - Case management - Dental care - Behavioral health - Pharmacy Formerly named "Kansas City Free Health Clinic."

"Welcome to Kansas City's chapter of the Healthcare Guild, a not-for profit a grassroots organization of licensed mental and medical healthcare professionals. The Guild offers support and resources for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Gender-Variant, Two-Spirit, Same-Sex attracted, Asexual, Allies and other sexual minorities."

Mental & Behavioral Health - Provider Networks Services: Continuum of services including early intervention services, school-based services, outpatient services, comprehensive children’s services and adult psychiatric rehabilitation services. Call or check their website for other locations and more Behavioral Health services.