By Becky Stellmacher, MSE, MS, LPC, Child and Adolescent Counselor at Samaritan When you’re young, friends can be easy to find; friendship seems “easy-peasy”—then you and your friends get older. Young girls may have BFFs wearing necklaces that identify them as “Best Friends Forever,” until one gets mad and forever becomes never. Young boys may […]

By Hannah Keesler, MS, LPC, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor at Samaritan Women’s Equality Day is celebrated on August 26 in the United States to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment when women were granted the right to vote. American women have indeed fought hard to gain the same rights as men […]

July is National Minority Mental Health Month By Dr. Tracy Siebers, Clinical Director July is a special month set aside in our realm of work to recognize the special challenges and rewards associated with providing mental health care to people who are members of minority groups. National Minority Mental Health Month was established in 2008 […]