Good question. After all, there are scads of websites (some good, some not) all over the internet that deal with mental health issues and personal problems. Do we really need a local one?

Yes.

For one thing, we are blessed in our Yampa Valley with a number of well-trained professionals in this important field of mental health counseling. While the Yellow Pages is a useful resource to find them, it provides little more than a name and number. This website is a way of introducing these professionals to you in a more complete and personal way.

Secondly, when a person decides he or she (or “we”) needs counseling help, the decision is often no more rational than rolling dice. While personal recommendations from a friend may help narrow your choices, your friend’s issues may have been quite different from your own. A main purpose of this website, then, is to give you the information you need to select the best therapist for you.

Also, since you know what’s bothering you (a relationship problem? trouble sleeping? parenting issue?), you can locate those who have identified themselves as experts in dealing with that problem. If you have questions before making an appointment, just call them or drop them an e-mail (anonymously, if you’d like).

Finally, there are some issues of living that are of greater interest to those of us in the high country -- like winter blues and coping with tourists and mud season and more. Here, you’ll find articles written by local therapists about these topics from time to time, and/or links to websites that are especially helpful.

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