What's Up? Wellness Checkups provides mental health screenings for suicide risk, depression, and anxiety to 9th grade students and any grade student upon request. Screenings are voluntary and confidential, with followup support provided for treatment connections.

How to get screened
Parent/guardian permission slips are downloadable at https://www.whatsupwellness.com/programs/screenings

Additional services may include

• Mindfulness, drumming, writing, and expressive arts groups
• Spanish translation services
• Teen, Adult, and Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings for the community at large and schools

Anew Day provides free lay counseling and discounted professional therapy for individuals of all ages, couples and families. They also offer a variety of support groups, therapeutic art classes, and training classes. Current listings can be found on their website.

Counseling
Anew Day counselors can counsel clients on issues relating to: addiction, eating disorders, abuse, relationship conflict, depression, anxiety, trauma, post traumatic stress, social anxiety, boundaries, communication, etc. They aim to teach skills that help their clients navigate life’s challenges in a healthy way.

Support Groups
Visit the Anew Day website for currently offered support groups. 

Web pages

• Home - https://www.anew-day.com/
• Counseling - https://www.anew-day.com/counseling-services
• Support groups - https://www.anew-day.com/groups-classes-workshops

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Kindred Heart Therapy Group (KHTG) offers individual, family, couples, and group therapy to low income members of our region, focusing on rural areas, who would not be able to afford these services otherwise. 

KHTG can focus on survivors of: 

• Childhood abuse
• Domestic violence
• Sexual assault
• Trauma, crime
• Divorce
• Blended families
• Anxiety
• LGBTQIA+ issues
• Suicidality

Locations in Auburn and Nevada City - https://www.kindredhearttherapy.org/contact

Offers Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP) for individuals or as a group and one on one peer support to individuals with similar issues.

Provides peer supporters with a 16 week training course and ongoing supervision.

Offers suicide prevention resources including one-on-one peer support, support groups and activities. Also offers grief / bereavement support for people who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Web pages

• Programs & Services - https://spiritcenter.org/programs/
• Calendar - https://spiritcenter.org/calendar/

 

Offers behavioral health services with both psychiatrists and therapists who can help people meet their goals for mental and emotional health. They support patients with:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Mood Instability
• Substance Abuse
• Anger Management
• Child behavioral and emotional problems
• Domestic violence
• Trauma
• Bereavement
• Life changes & transitions
• and more

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.

Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group offers over 500 providers at 27 locations covering primary care and 45 specialties. For whatever stage of life you’re in, we strive to help you make the most of it.

Services offered at Mercy Medical Group

• Allergy and immunology
• Behavioral health
• Cancer care
• Breast cancer
• Gynecologic oncology
• Liver cancer
• Lung cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Radiation oncology
• Surgical oncology
• Cardiology
• Cardiac electrophysiology
• Cardiovascular surgery
• Dermatology
• Diagnostic imaging
• Endocrinology
• Diabetes care
• ENT (Otolaryngology)
• Gastroenterology
• General surgery
• Infectious disease
• Laboratory services
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• OB-GYN
• Occupational health
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Orthopedic surgery
• Pain management
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Plastic surgery
• Podiatry
• Primary care
• Family medicine
• Geriatrics
• Internal medicine
• Pediatrics
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• Same-day care
• Sleep medicine
• Sports medicine
• Thoracic surgery
• Urgent care
• Urology
• Video visi…

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Stanford Sierra Youth and Families offers programs in Nevada County.

• Family Preservation - The Family Preservation program provides a “safety-net” for youth and their families who require specialized mental health and family support services. Trained clinicians provide individual, family, and group therapy, including comprehensive mental health services, with the goal of nurturing and strengthening families, so youth can remain safe and together with their families.
• Family Advocacy and Support
• Pathways to Permanency (Foster Care & Adoption) 

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Family Preservation - https://www.ssyaf.org/family-preservation-0
• Family Advocacy and Support - https://www.ssyaf.org/family-advocacy-support
• Pathways to Permanency (Foster Care & Adoption) - https://www.ssyaf.org/pathways-permanency-1
• Pathways to Permanency Fact Sheet - https://www.ssyaf.org/sites/main/files/different_pathways_to_permanency_factsheet.pdf

24-Hour Crisis Line - 530-265-5811

Services
The Behavioral Health Department provides a wide variety of Adult Mental Health Services to the public, particularly for Medi-Cal recipients and those with severe mental illness. These include Mental Health Services and Alcohol and Other Drug Services. County employees provide some services, while contracted individuals and organizations provide other services, with County monitoring.

Service Range
This continuum of care ranges from acute inpatient to routine outpatient services, and includes medication services, psychotherapy, residential services, wellness and recovery, care management, long term institutional care and vocational services. Adult Services monitors the delivery of services to ensure that State standards are met for quality, timeliness and authorization.

Clinics
There are two county clinics. The Western County Crown Point Facility in Grass Valley, and a Truckee clinic at the Joseph Government Center. Visit the Locations and Hours p… [read more]

Chapa-De Indian Health offers complete Pediatric care including:

• Primary medical care
• Nutrition and health education
• Dental care
• Mental health counseling
• Psychiatry
• Pharmacy services
• Assistance in coordinating care with specialists
• For established Chapa-De patients, may have child safety car seats available and a trained installation technician

This is one of many possible First 5 Nevada County Ready to Grow (R2G) program resources. Ready to Grow resources are those that support the well-being of children ages 0-5.

24-Hour Crisis Line - 530-265-5811

Children's Behavioral Health
Nevada County Behavioral Health Children's Mental Health serves children and youth who have Nevada County Medi-Cal and meet moderate to severe criteria for Behavioral Health Treatment: recent psychiatric hospitalization, Probation or Child Welfare involvement, significant challenges at school, homelessness, or a complex combination of concerns that may involve trauma, depression or anxiety symptoms, and housing instability.

Services

• Therapy
• Individual and Group Counseling
• Psychiatry
• Support through service coordinators
• Home based wrap around support for children and families who need more intensive care

Treatment location is based on need and can take place at the Nevada County Behavioral Health Office, schools, Family Resource Centers, or other locations convenient for the family. Therapists are trained in a variety of techniques and work with youth of all ages. Therapy is provided in both English and Spanish.

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