St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute is a network of providers offering services related to OCD, eating disorders, reproductive mental health, gender affirmation, psychological health, ADHD, depression, grief, stress, family care, and more!
Terrace House offers modern, collaborative therapy spaces founded in the heart of St. Louis, with the mission of helping clients explore what’s possible for their lives
Provident Behavioral Health is a network of counselors and psychiatrists in Downtown STL, Creve Coeur, South County, and Jefferson County. They offer many services such as crisis intervention, individual and couples counseling, support groups, and more!
Open Arms Wellness offers the St. Louis & Columbia regions many forms of therapy such as Individual, Couples or Marriage Therapy, Family Therapy, Play Therapy, Group Therapy, Autism Testing, Online Therapy, and Online Therapy for College Students in MO.
Healing Spaces Psychological Services provides a warm and personalized therapy experience. Their vision is to provide a safe and inclusive space for primarily Black folks, all people of color, women, and those who have been historically marginalized.
Diversified Health & Wellness is a multispecialty integrative wellness center serving Kirkwood and greater St. Louis, MO. A network of dedicated professionals provide a diverse array of mental health and wellness services.
St. Louis DBT is a group of clinicians offering skills groups, individual, couples, and family therapy for youth and adults. Treatment methods include DBT, EMDR, CBT, CPT, PE, Trauma-Informed Yoga, ACT, and MCBT.
OutCare Health's online database provides guidance towards LGBTQ+ friendly and affirming doctors/healthcare providers, community resources, prescription savings, support groups, paid research opportunities, and more.
"FamilyForward moves vulnerable children in the direction of hope by delivering comprehensive therapeutic and educational services to support biological, foster, and adoptive families."
We primarily focus on serving foster youth, youth 18 and under who’ve experienced abuse / neglect, as well as young parents wanting support through pregnancy & parenting. We provide a variety of mental health services and educational classes.
__Services for children and families:__
- Trauma assessment and psychological evaluation
- Individual, family, and group counseling available in-home and in-office
- Coaching classes and support for parents and caregivers
- Trauma training for professionals
- Foster care and adoption services
- Free early childhood center for children who have experienced early adversity
Dr. VanderKooi is an adult psychiatrist who specializes in treatment of anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction, bipolar disorder, OCD, insomnia, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and Buprenorphine prescription.
James Adams is a psychiatric mental Health nurse practitioner who specializes in: substance abuse, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, trauma, anxiety, depression, postpartum anxiety & depression, sleep disorders, and insomnia.
A member of the Federation of Catholic Charities, Queen of Peace Center serves the metropolitan and surrounding St. Louis area. They provide family-centered care for women with substance-use disorders, their families, and at-risk youth through treatment, prevention and education, and housing.
Services:
- Family-centered behavioral healthcare for women, children, and families
- Drug and alcohol addiction services
- Halfway house for wwith co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
- Housing program connected with St. Phillipines Center.
- Adolescent (ages 12-19) Resource Center early intervention program
Offering a 21 day drug treatment program for women as well as other services. Works with St. Phillipine’s to provide housing.
A member of the Federation of Catholic Charities, they serve the metropolitan and surrounding St. Louis area through four core programs: prevention, education, treatment and housing.
Services: Family-centered behavioral healthcare for women, children, and families, drug and alcohol addiction services, halfway house for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, pregnant/postpartum women. Housing program connected with St. Phillipines Center.
Drug and alcohol addiction services, halfway house for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, pregnant/postpartum women. Housing program connected with St. Phillipines Center. Serves people AFAB. Catholic mission based. Female only walk in hours Monday through Friday.
Dr. Giedinghagen is a pediatric psychiatrist who specializes in treating children and adolescents for all types of psychiatry disorders including: Anxiety, depression, personality disorders, trauma, trans health, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Dr. Marie Bosch is a Psychiatrist who diagnoses and treats complex mental health conditions, specializing in women’s mental health care, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD, and ADHD.
Jessica Burich is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who specializes in ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and LGBT concerns.
Willett Counseling LLC is a small, locally-owned mental health therapy business in St. Louis, MO that specializes in affirming, trauma-informed care. Virtual sessions throughout Missouri and in-person sessions in Webster Groves.
Our mission is to compassionately transform the culture of mental health care by providing creative solutions that make wellness accessible in every community. While we know that caring for your mental health and being vulnerable with someone you just met can seem scary, we do everything that we can to make each Ellie appointment as comfortable and as fun as possible. We aim to walk along this journey with our clients and provide them with a comfortable place to talk, decompress, do the work, and heal. We currently have an open trans, non-binary therapist (Lee Stansberry) who is passionate about helping their transgender and gender diverse community. We do accept several insurances and are in the process of being credentialed with more.
Vivent Health offers free, confidential HIV and STI testing and treatment; support and social groups for people infected or affected by HIV/ AIDS; and resources for primary medical care, medications, and other essential services.
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
The QT Wellness Clinic provides financially accessible, culturally-attuned therapeutic care for the LGBTQIA+ community and their families of Missouri. Sliding scale therapy; support groups for youth and adults.
Children, adolescent and adult mental health and substance abuse programs that include medication assisted therapy, as well as individual and group approaches. Opiate recovery and Suboxone assessments.
Provides pelvic exams; pregnancy tests; birth control; STI & HIV testing/treatments; emergency contraception ($25 at pharmacy)
Appointments should be made online.
SHS Birth Control
Services offered: Oral birth control pill, patch, Depo Provera shot, diaphragm, Nuvaring, IUD (paragard and mirena), implanon (insurance can be tricky)
SHS Emergency contraception
Services offered: Plan B, Ella
SHS Pharmacy
SHS STI / HIV / AIDS
Services offered: Tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B and C, herpes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis, trichomoniasis; results within days or sooner and can get them via phone, secure message, or return appointment" shs.wustl.edu "SHS: (314) 935-6666 (Emergency appointments available by phone)
Individual counseling (up to 17 sessions, first 9 are free), couples counseling (can receive both couples and individual at the same time), psychiatry services, TAO (therapist assisted online, interactive app), Let’s Talk drop in counseling (schedule is online), semester-long workshops (schedule is online).
Safe Connections’ award-winning, nationally-accredited programs reduce the impact and incidence of domestic and sexual violence through youth education, 24-hour crisis care, and therapy for adult and teen survivors.
Wrap-around Maternal Mental Health Program for new or pregnant Latina mothers at high risk of depression or anxiety, & increased risk for infant mortality.
Financial Stability Services provide one-on-one coaching, financial education and access to credit and wealth-building products. Includes an on-site St. Louis Community Credit Union micro-branch
Many programs and classes offered in English and Spanish, including Financial Stability, Maternal Mental Health, Social Capital Building, Health & Wellness.
Services: Early Childhood Center, Literacy-focused After School and Summer Camp programs, and Kingdom Academy for teens. Life skills, job readiness, emotional support. Call for details and eligibility, including geographic areas served.
The Bodega offers discounted high-quality essentials and clothing. Open to the community on Thursdays from 10am - 2pm and 4 - 7pm. Cash only.
Many programs and classes offered in English and Spanish, inclu
A Sexual & Domestic Violence Crisis Center" with multiple locations in the St. Louis area.
Provides these services free of charge:
- Crisis helpline
- Crisis intervention
- Emergency legal advocacy
- Therapy/professional counseling
- Case Management
- Personal Advocacy
- Domestic and Violence Education
- Emergency Assistance
contacted Kathleen Houston, Director of Administration" African American Women Women - Age 50 and Older Christian Women The Road to Recovery (Emergency Client Assistance
A drop-in center for mental health and substance abuse recovery self-help meetings.
Services: Many support groups, programs.
"The St. Louis Empowerment Center is a peer run recovery drop-in center designed to meet the needs of individuals who have lived experience with mental health or substance use issues."
With virtual options and two clinics in the St. Louis area, The Therapy Station is a private practice specializing in speech, feeding, myofunctional, occupational, and physical therapy for clients of every age.
As a boutique healthcare practice in St. Louis, Evora Women’s Health® brings medical, wellness, and self-care experts together in one supportive space. The concierge model serves women of all ages with collaborative and patient-centered care that treats the whole you, not just your condition.
The team includes an internist, gynecologist, psychiatrist, chiropractor, dietitians, personal trainers, mental health counselors, physical therapists, and other wellness professionals.
West County Behavioral Health & Psychiatry is a full spectrum mental health services provider serving children, teens, adults, couples, and families in St. Louis, MO.
Monarch Immigrant Services provides mental health and social services to the elderly and disabled foreign-born, and trauma-informed mental health services for immigrant and refugee youth.
Casa de Salud delivers high quality health services to uninsured and underinsured patients, with a focus on immigrants and refugees in the St. Louis metro area.
Finding Freedom Nutrition and Counseling is a team of queer-friendly, trauma-informed counselors and dietitians specializing in eating disorders, relationships, self-esteem, and trauma.
Bud to Bloom Play Therapy is a team of social workers specializing in play, trauma, and child therapy techniques, serving people 0-18 years old and their families in the St. Louis area. Bud to Bloom is Black-owned and queer-friendly.
Legacy Counseling and Consulting Services is a queer-friendly St. Louis-based team of therapists offering individual, couples, and group/family therapy.
River Rock Behavioral Health is a queer-friendly St. Louis-based team of licensed counselors, social workers, psychologists, and an art therapist offering individual therapy for adolescents, adults, and seniors.
"Non-profit treatment center that provides alcohol and drug rehab services to men and women age 18 and above, including a transitional housing program that provides subsidized housing for up to one year, with separate male and female residences. Residents also receive training in employment skills, anger and stress management, depression and anxiety, as well as treatment for alcohol and drug problems.
314-631-4299
Drug and alcohol addiction. Halfway house, women, men. Self payment." https://www.harrishousestl.org/ 314-736-3362 8315 South Broadway St Louis, MO 63111
Appears to be closed as of summer 2023.
The St. Louis Center for Family Development offers:
- Trauma-informed evidence-based mental health services to individuals and families.
- Treatment for PTSD and chronically suicidal patients.
- Comprehensive package of responses across various levels of severity.
- Approximately 100 clients a week, 60-70 of whom have experienced sexual assault.
- Well-trained in LGBTQ+ training, but no LGBTQ-specific approach.
Specific Services:
- Provides outpatient therapy, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
- Community-Based Crisis Stabilization Services.
- Organizational trainings.
An organization helping victims of family violence find safety, support, strength and skills to change their lives.
Services:
- Hotlines
- Emergency shelter & temporary housing
- Physical & mental health service
- School-based trauma care
- Child’s advocacy center
- Children forensic interviews
- Offender intervention services
- Safe Place program
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Domestic violence hotline: 816-321-7050, 800-491-1114 - Knowledgeable and caring operators are available 24 hours a day, every day, to provide emotional support and information about shelter, counseling, support groups and other services available in our community.
Youth Crisis Hotline: 816-741-8700, 888-233-1639, Our youth crisis hotline assists homeless and runaway youth. Young people can call the hotline directly or access help at Safe Place locations throughout the community where staff are trained to call our hotline.
St. Charles
Susan McGuire, M.Ed., L.P.C., N.C.C.
Evaluation and treatment of: children, adolescents/teenagers, and adults
Languages: English
Behavioral Science Institute, Inc.
Contact: Marie Clark, Director
Evaluation and treatment of: children, adolescents/teenagers, and adults
Patients with developmental disabilities age 12 to adult
Abuse survivors age 12to adult
Languages: English
"Susan M. McGuire, M.Ed., LPC, NCC, MAC, is the Director / Owner of McGuire Counseling Centers, LLC. She personally conducts or supervises all counseling offered at MCC. Ms. McGuire has consistently worked in the field of social services since 1977, specializing in treatment of offenders since 1980. As the owner of McGuire Counseling Centers she has set as policy that all offenders are to be treated with a sense of respect, and provided the best and consistent treatment MCC can offer."
Services Provided:
- General counseling to address adjustment and relationship issues
- Sexual Offender’s Program
- Psycho/Sexual Assessments
- Mental Health Assessments
- Individual Counseling
Places for People is a behavioral health organization helping St.Louisians amongst different populations.
The Places for People Welcome Center has walk-in hours Monday-Friday 8-11:30. Walk-ins will meet with an intake clinician for screening, information and referrals.
Comprehensive substance-abuse treatment program. Walk-ins welcome at Places for People Welcome Center, Monday-Friday, 8-11:30. (No housing services)Phone number for Substance use program is 314-615-2119- director reported they have numerous LGBTQ staff members
Cost-effective outpatient services to people with mental health disorders, including assistance with medication and substance use. (No housing services)
__Care and Counseling has joined Provident Behavioral Health__
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individual, couples, and family counseling, Young Adult Therapy Group, Women’s Therapy Group, Women’s Therapy Group for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Men’s Therapy Group, and LGBT Therapy Group (age 25 and older).
Services: Free 10-week education course and support groups for adults with mental illness
Serves: The Gate, Lafayette Square, Near Southside, Soulard, Kosciusko, Soulard, Mckinley Heights, Fox Park, Compton Heights
NOTE: The currently-linked phone number leads to Tennessee Mental Health. So does the website. Needs to be edited, if there's a STL program of the same name.
Outpatient mental health center established by the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Services: Couples and individual counseling specializing in depression, anxiety, grief/loss, substance abuse, maladaptive coping mechanisms, eating disorders, and more (see website). They provide counseling and psychological evaluation services.
Provides a full range of counseling services, regardless of ability to pay.
__Counseling for:__
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Couples
- Divorce & Separation
- Family
- Group Counseling (see website for groups)
- Grief & Loss
- Addiction
- Sexual Addiction
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Abuse
- Relational Difficulties
- Eating Disorder & Body Image
- Sexual Identity
- Personality Disorders
- Parenting & Special Needs
24-hour crisis services, community support services, counseling services, medication-assisted recovery services, psychiatric and medical services, residential and housing services, senior and caregiver services, substance abuse counseling and DUI services.
Williams & Associates is a public health agency addressing minority health disparities. Provides Medical Case Management, Early Intervention Services, and Psychosocial Support Services. Prioritizes Black and other marginalized people living with HIV.
The largest 24-hour emergency shelter for single women and families in the state of Missouri. 110 beds and three meals a day to residents. Provides emergency shelter services designed to get families into transitional or permanent homes in under 30 days. The shelter provides comprehensive support services. Lunches are provided daily for drop-ins. Works with Affinia/Grace Hill and Washington University to provide health services. Requires referral.
Covenant House Missouri non-profit agency serving at-risk homeless youth living on the streets and offering them hopeOffers outreach, residential services, educational programs, job training and placement, medical services,mental health counseling.
The facility provides apartments for single women for up to two years. Personal and career development services include: Case management services, GED certification, educational and vocational assessment, counseling, job readiness training, job search and referrals, life skills.
Note, when dialing 314-533-9400, press Ext. 227 for admission requirements.
CenterPointe Hospital is a private free-standing 150-bed psychiatric hospital that provides life-changing care for adolescents, adults, and senior adults. Inpatient and outpatient treatment are provided for a range of mental health and substance abuse disorders.
__The Changing Pointe @ CenterPointe Hospital__
Inpatient detoxification, residential, and outpatient substance abuse treatment for adults.
Interviewed by Luka Cai on 12/30/19 - Notes
Services:
- Residential & outpatient mental health, substance abuse treatment.
- Dual diagnostic treatment
- Adolescent outpatient, behavioral health services including residential treatment programs.
- Eight metro area locations.
- Private pay or private insurance.
- No state beds.
- Call for info about more locations.
Note: Opened up a LGBTQ+ addiction treatment residential unit called __True You Recovery __in Dec. 2019. See Luka’s interview notes and brochures in the office for more info.
Luka's Update 10/30/20 from CenterPointe's Regional Director of Business Development, Sheila Hunt: "Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 and staffing issues (nursing shortage) __we have not been able to continue our True You Recovery Program as a separate unit. __ However, CenterPointe continues to be dedicated to provide affirming and supportive care to the LGBTQIA+ community in all of our programs."
Queer and Trans People of Color inclusive mental health and social justice practice that uses psychotherapy infused with science fiction and somatic work including internal family systems and somatic experiencing.
__Individual, Family & Couples Counseling__
Agape Christian Counseling Services offers counseling services with trained professional counselors. We work with individuals, families, and couples seeking change, healing and growth. You can learn more about what counseling is and how the sessions work, by going to our Getting Started page. Although specializations vary, our counselors are trained and certified in such areas as:
- Gestalt Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Trauma
- PTSD
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Suicide Prevention
- Crisis Counseling
- Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
- Certified Sex Therapy (CST)
- Substance use & abuse
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- NeuroLinguistics Programming (NLP)
- Play Therapy
- and others
__Child Therapy Services__
- Agape is equipped to serve children, ages four years and up! Click here to learn about Agape Kids.
__Online / TeleHealth Counseling__
We have recently begun offering TeleHealth Counseling as an option. TeleHealth Counseling utilizes HIPAA compliant platforms for communicating with your counselor. Depending on what insurance you are using, or if you are self-pay, you may have the option of either phone sessions or video call sessions. Some clients may choose to utilize TeleHealth Counseling as the main format for talking with their counselor. Others may utilize mostly in-person sessions, while taking advantage of TeleHealth Counseling intermittently for situations when they cannot make it in to the office. Click here to learn more!
__Group Counseling Services__
Our counselors offer group counseling services on various subjects on an as needed basis. Typically, groups get started when one of our counselors gets a request for one, or notices a trend among their clients that they may benefit from interacting with other clients who are dealing with similar issues. Anytime a group is going on, we will post the details and sign-ups here on our website, on our social media pages, and we will send out info through our email list.
__Workshops & Presentations__
Our counselors have led workshops for local organizations, schools, churches and medical facilities. Groups have benefited greatly from our presentation services based on the following topics:
- Addiction
- Childhood and Adolescence
- Eating Disorders
- Faith
- Depression
- Worry, Anxiety, & Panic Attacks
- Life Skills
- Marriage and Family Life
- Relationships
- Setting Healthy Relationship Boundaries
- Suicide Prevention
__American Academy for Pediatrics: Resources for Suicide Prevention
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A selection of evidence-based programs is outlined as examples that may be useful or replicable in your community.
A program of the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. The Youth Acceptance Project (YAP) supports foster & adoptive families with LGBTQ+ youth. The YAP Specialist assists caregivers who are struggling with the sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (SOGIE) of their youth. YAP social workers use a trauma-informed, psycho-educational model seeped in cultural humility to address the misinformation, resistance, fear, grief, and guilt that families may experience. The YAP program is also great for caregivers who are affirming of their youth's LGBTQ+ identity, but would like some additional guidance on how to best support them. The YAP Specialist also meets with and supports the young person.
Understanding Minds is a locally owned and operated mental health practice with a mission to provide ethical, compassionate, and collaborative mental health services, empowering clients to realize meaningful change in their lives and communities. We serve individuals aged 3+, couples, and families at our two St. Louis County offices and by telehealth throughout Missouri. All of our providers work to deliver culturally competent, affirming, and individually tailored care.
To support accessibility, we offer:
- In-network services with most major insurances, including some Medicaid and Medicare plans
- Private pay services
- Multiple options for format and frequency of therapy sessions
- Appointments in office or by telehealth
- Evening and weekend appointments
The Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center offers mental health and substance abuse treatment and rehabilitative and social support on a twenty-four hour basis.
Ignite Hope offers mental and behavioral health services, particularly after traumatic events. They have multiple specialized programs to help community members heal from various incidents.
Program Overview
Ignite Hope operates evidence-based outreach behavioral healthcare services to people with specific and/or specialized needs. The program is partnered with the City of St. Louis and provides participants individual and group therapy, case management, and referral services through specialized programs. Their specialized programs are broad in impact, with some focusing on young children, older adults, LGBTQIA+ folks, Black communities, people healing from the impact of suicide, and losses due to gun violence & COVID-19.
The program is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
The program is operated by [Ignite Hope](https://www.ignite-hope.com/)
Program Eligibility
Individuals wishing to utilize services must:
Be a resident of the City of St. Louis
Have an identified mental health diagnosis or identified trauma as determined by a psychosocial assessment completed from a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP).
Resident requiring immediate hospitalization due to imminent harm to self or others as determined by assessment completed by a qualified mental health professional (QMHP) will not be eligible for services.
Program Contact Information
Individuals seeking more information can contact Ignite Hope by calling (314) 449-1145 or emailing ignitehope2023@gmail.com.
To refer someone other than yourself, please fill out [this form
](https://www.ignite-hope.com/s/Ignite-Hope-Referral-Form-dp2w.docx)
Mental health services
Services: counseling for LGBTQIA+ issues.
"I have many years of experience working with primarily LGBTQIIA adults (18 and older) in individual and relationship counseling. I don’t subscribe to most societal/cultural norms. People often suffer from emotional trauma due to these constructs.
Through the therapeutic process, I support monogamous/non-monogamous/open/poly relationships and all gender identities/expressions/sexual orientations."
Light Source is a LGBTQIA-affirming therapy provider in Belleville IL, recommended to Luka by Katie Heiden-Rootes on March 3rd, 2022. Several of the therapists used to work at Chestnut with Jenna Kelly, who recommended the provider to Katie Heiden-Rootes.
Therapists at Light Source treat individuals, families and groups and offer therapy in therapy suites, outside, or virtually.
On their website, trainings listed in the '__2023__ Sponsored Training & Education' section are offered at __no cost__. The trainings address topics like "The Intersections of Gender Expansiveness and Neurodivergence" and "The Hidden Complexities of Coming Out."
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.
Novus Health is a primary and preventive care clinic providing comprehensive, personalized, and trauma-informed care in a compassionate and nonjudgmental environment.
Clinic providing specialized services:
- General wellness
- Telehealth
- Behavioral health
- Case management
- Prevention services
- STI clinical care
- Gender affirming care
- Women's wellness
- Pharmacy
Novus Health was formerly known as Central West Healthcare
"We provide affordable and accessible comprehensive primary care services to everyone, with emphasis on the medically underserved."
__Services__
- Medical (family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, laboratory, pharmacy)
- Dental
- Behavioral health
- Nutrition (WIC, lactation consultant)
- Vision (exam and glasses start at $20)
- Chiropractic
__Details__
- Accepts most insurance plans
- Patients without insurance are served on a sliding scale based on income and family size
- Provides interpretation services for Hispanic, Bosnian, Vietnamese, and Somali patients and uses outside resources for patients speaking other languages
- 24-hour access to physician telephone consultation for emergencies
__Behavioral Health__
- Services are person-centered, trauma-informed and integrated with primary care
- Welcomes children and adults
- Provides consultations for psychiatric medication and substance use disorder
- Provides case management to specialized groups
- Holistic approach to medical and mental health
- Effectively serves low-income clients with mental health needs
"Behavioral Health services are accessible to Family Care patients through referral by their primary care provider, utilizing same-day care whenever possible. What this means is when you visit FCHC for a medical visit, you have the opportunity to also meet with a member of the behavioral health team during that same visit."
Has a special code from the PrideCenter to establish that a caller is in immediate need, to be served with priority at the next opening.
Code Word: MTUG
Dr. Sturgeon might work at this location but is not listed as main provider on the main website. Dr. Sturgeon's profile lists this address: https://www.ssmhealth.com/find-a-doctor/doctor-details/treena-s-bartlem-do
-Formally known as Wu Chi Wellness-
"Empty yourself so you can become whole. That's the idea behind Dream Tree Healing. Clear out the internal noise and old programming and connect to your own inner healing resources. Create the space for Divine Energy to reside within. Connect to healing and teaching that bring peace, calm, and flow into your life. Connect to yourself. Develop your own way and walk the path of healing yourself."
Services: classes and appointments.
"If you or a loved one is experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition, such as mood changes, excessive worry or feelings of sadness, or alcohol or substance dependence, getting help from an experienced mental health specialist is the first step. At Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, we provide personalized mental health treatment plans. Our specialists are committed to delivering compassionate support to children, teens and adults. Since 1999, we have provided evidence-based behavioral health care for patients and their families in the Chicagoland area."
Will take families, but no single men except during winter months under special county program. 120-day emergency shelter and resources.
A 74-bed transitional housing resource for women and children with various programs focused on family stability.
Services
- Alcohol & Drug Treatment (NON-RESIDENTIAL)
- Community Recreation Programs
- Counseling Service
- Day Care Programs (CHILDREN)
- Domestic Violence
- Emergency Assistance
- Health Services
- Housing/Residential (EMERGENCY SHELTER)
- Housing/Residential (TRANSITIONAL HOUSING)
Goal Driven Counseling (GDC) is a Black-owned, multi-state, private mental health counseling group of experienced clinicians. GDC was one of the first 100% virtual group practices in the US.
GDC provides culturally responsive virtual mental health support to clients across the lifespan (ages 13+) through individual counseling, relationship/family counseling, and wellness groups.
Independence center is a community based rehabilitation program for adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses in the St. Louis area, built on the Clubhouse model of psychosocial rehabilitation.
Resource that provides assistance to people with Mental Health diagnoses by enrolling them in their Mental Health Support program and then through that program, they can help with housing assistance.
Missouri Eating Disorders Association (MOEDA)
MOEDA is currently offering LGBTQ+ inclusive eating disorders support groups which are free and confidential. These groups also involve a peer leader, are led by an eating disorder professional, and are offered both in-person or on Zoom.
For more information about the LGBTQ+ inclusive eating disorders support groups and MOEDA’s other support groups, or to sign up for a support group, please visit: https://www.moeatingdisorders.org/support-group-registration
Millennium Pride offers intensive outpatient program services to those in the LGBTQ+ community facing challenges with their mental health, which are affecting their daily life in a negative way. Intensive outpatient treatment takes place in a group setting, led by a therapist who is also a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Updated October 4, 2023:
Notice: Millennium IOP Has Been Permanently Closed
For IOP Treatment, Please Contact Plural Healthcare at 314-388-2225
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.
Annie Malone serves youth (ages birth to 18; transgender youth must stay with sex assigned at birth) and familes. Services include emergency housing for family time-outs (time varies) and homeless youth for up to 30 days, also provides independent and transitional living programs, as well as parent education, short- and long-term therapy, and other crisis services.
Free intensive outpation program (IOP) for substance use treatment and prevention for youth ages 12-18 years old; program is about 10 weeks, 3 days a week; includes individual counseling, group counseling, and case management.
Update (2021 Nov): Annie Malone says they do not have any residential program any more for anyone, and they also limit their crisis program to kids 12 and under.
The Counseling and Social Advocacy Center (CSAC) provides affordable play therapy, individual, group, couples, families, child, adolescent, career counseling, grief services, and counseling to older adults (60+) and their caregivers. All services are provided by professional counselors and graduate counseling students.
Services at the CSAC are also available on a sliding scale fee , which means that we price them based on an individual’s access to economic resources, household income, and number of individuals living in the home. If you need financial assistance, please let us know when you call or write.
The CSAC is managed-care free, which means that we’ve chosen not to accept insurance. We accept payment in the form of cash, check or credit card.
The Psychological Services Center at Saint Louis University is an outpatient mental health center operated by SLU's Department of Psychology. Founded in the Jesuit tradition of service and compassion to others, we provide quality, professional and affordable psychological services to the community.
Counseling, psychotherapy and psychological assessment are provided by doctoral students in clinical psychology under the supervision of licensed clinical psychology faculty. Clients include children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, couples and families.
We provide psychological evaluations for a variety of cognitive, educational, emotional and behavioral difficulties for both children and adults. Some of the types of evaluations we provide include:
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Learning Difficulties/Disability
- Neuropsychological Evaluation
- IQ and Giftedness
- Psychosocial Assessment
- Comprehensive Evaluation
Offers individual, group, family and couples counseling. Accepts Medicaid and provides sliding fee scale option. In order to utilize a sliding scale, clients must show documentation.
__Update as of Sep 18, 2023: Closing at the end of Sep 2023 due to funding and other systemic reasons. Announcement published on website.__
Used to offer:
- Intensive two-year transitional residential program helps homeless young women. Helps individuals overcome trauma of sexual assault and mental illness.
- Multi-service agency responding to crisis situations and homelessness in the Metro East area.
- Comprehensive crisis and other intervention services for homelessness, sexual assault, poverty in Metro East.
The St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center is a state funded 230 bed forensic inpatient treatment psychiatric facility operated by the Missouri Department of Mental Health’s (DMH) Division of Behavioral Health (DBH).
Services:
- Competency Restoration
- Social Learning
- Illness Management and Recovery
- Risk-Need-Responsivity Program
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy/Positive Behavior Support
- Deaf Services
Prior to November of 2020, the FTC was known as __St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center__, but changed its name due to the acquisition of 50 inpatient beds operated by the __Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center__ on December 1st, 2020.
The Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center offered:
- Diagnostic and treatment psychiatric care services including forensic.
- Detox.
- Treatment for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.
- State or government financed insurance.
- Forensic programs.
- Not sure about LGBT affirmation.
Center for Life Solutions is a facility in Hazelwood, MO that combines treatment of the physical symptoms of opioid addiction with medication and the battle of the mind through counseling and support services.
Services:
- Medication-assisted/Methadone treatments.
- Counseling-based treatments.
- Medical evaluations.
- Individual and family therapy.
- Accepts state funded, uninsured, Medicaid, and private pay patients.
JFS serves people in need who live in St. Louis County, inclusive of all ages, races, religions, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations and abilities.
Services include:
- Financial assistance
- Food pantry (provides at least 10 days of food per month)
- Child Abuse Prevention Program
- Mental health services for adults and children
Includes: counseling, psychiatry, support groups
Child and Adolescent Learning and Behavioral testing
- Older adult services
Includes Elderlink, St. Louis LORC, Chaplaincy
Sandhill is a mental health practice offering outpatient, in-person talk therapy for individuals, couples, and families with mild-moderate symptoms looking for personal growth.
Services:
- ADHD Assessment & Counseling
- Executive Functioning Assessment
- Child & Adolescent Therapy
- Consultation Services
- Couple & Marital Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Individual Therapy
NAMI provides community support, education, and advocacy for people with severe and persistent mental illnesses and their families.
They offer mental health first aid classes, crisis intervention team(CIT)programs, a St. Louis area crisis hotline, and more.
CHADS’ mission is to save young lives by advancing the awareness and prevention of depression and suicide. CHADS Coalition offers a variety of suicide and bullying prevention programs, including Signs of Suicide (SOS). Aims to save young lives by advancing the awareness and prevention of depression and suicide. Uses school outreach, community awareness presentations and classes, and family support groups to help young people and their families improve mental health. Visit their website for Community Awareness and Family Support resources for students, educators and parents.
VA Hope Recovery connects veterans experiencing homelessness with resources and supports. Call directly at 314-652-4100 x55500 or call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 1-877-424-3838.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, a LEVEL 1 Time Critical Diagnosis hospital in Stroke, Trauma and STEMI, is at the forefront of ground-breaking medical treatments, procedures, clinical trials and comprehensive patient care.
The hospital responds to the community’s urgent needs through a variety of services including behavioral health, prevention, and emergency medicine.
Accessibility: Best Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner(SANE) training program; farthest from campus; 10 min drive/90 min walk.
MIMH programs serve individuals impacted by, at risk for, or living with a mental illness, behavioral health condition, traumatic brain injury, or HIV/AIDS, as well as all sectors who work with these individuals from policy-makers to funders to direct-service workers.
Their website is under renovation as of summer 2023.
A children’s psychiatric hospital operated by the MO Dept. of Mental Health.
Their mission is to provide quality multidisciplinary treatment and mental health services to children and their families residing in Missouri who lack or have limited financial resources.
As a state facility, Hawthorn is required by law to charge for its services, but payments are arranged according to a family's ability to pay.