Mission Statement, Salt Lake Mental Health

Our mission is to connect people with the services they need.

Until now, there has been no unbiased centralized place to find anything and everything you might need regarding mental health and/or substance abuse.  There are many wonderful services being provided in the valley that go unused simply because people do not know how to find them or even that such services exist.  We are changing that.

About Salt Lake Mental Health.com

This is where you will be able to find everything you might need regarding mental health and substance abuse treatment in the Salt Lake area.  This includes easy-to-search up-to-date information that has been verified for:

• Therapy at all levels of care
• Groups
• Classes
• Calendar
• Articles
• Overview of the entire mental health and substance abuse system!
• Special section just for professionals

Anticipated launch date is: July 1st

Workshops

One-time workshops, lectures and events come and go before would-be patrons even knew they were there!  Helping keep you informed about upcoming opportunities is one of the reasons SaltLakeMentalHealth.com has come into existence.  You will find these events on our calendar.

List of Providers

Our team is working hard to collect, verify and organize an easy-to-search list of ALL providers of mental health and substance abuse in the Salt Lake area.  This list will allow you to search for help with a wide variety of specialties at all levels of care.  You will also be able to search by geographic area, insurance, and language.

Overview of the System

Overview of the mental health and substance abuse system.  The System is enormous, complicated and difficult to understand – even for people who are IN The System.  It includes therapists in private practice, clergy, the legal system, non-profit organizations, etc. etc. etc..  It is overwhelming!  It is especially so for those who are new to it – especially if it was not entirely their choice to be there.  Someone who gets a DUI may suddenly find themselves in a drug and alcohol class at the intensive outpatient level of care and not even know what that means.  A parent may suddenly be attempting to navigate The System after their son or daughter attempted to hurt themselves.  Those experiences would be difficult enough without feeling like a tiny cog in a very big machine.  It is for these reasons, SaltLakeMentalHealth.com will feature an overview of The System that will be offered in an easily understandable way.  Not only that, it will presented in more than one way – all in an effort to help you and the professional to better understand the lay of the land and make easier your experience with The System.

Groups

 There is an amazingly wide array of groups offered in the Salt Lake valley.  From autonomous groups (i.e. Alcoholics Anonymous) to therapy groups run by individual providers or large companies, like Valley Mental Health.  Thus far, our team has gathered information on over 700 groups in the valley!  We have verified the information to ensure it is accurate and built it into an easy-to-use search engine.  So, if you were looking for a 12-step meeting in your area that speaks Spanish, you could find it quickly and easily.

Just for Professionals

SaltLakeMentalHealth.com has carved out a special section of the website just for professionals!  This section will include links to find best practices, forums, on-line discussions, tips and calendar of upcoming professionally related events, conferences and CEUs.  We welcome life coaches, spiritual practitioners, interns and licensed medical and mental health professionals.

Classes

There are classes being offered all over the Salt Lake valley.  Sadly, many times these classes are poorly attended simply because it is so difficult to get the word out.  SaltLakeMentalHealth.com wants to make it quick and easy for mental health professionals to get the word out.  We will maintain these lists of classes, keep in contact with facilitator and update them to ensure you are not wasting your valuable time trying to find a good fit.

Calendar Features

Our calendar will feature anything and everything related to mental health and substance abuse.  This may be a lecture on the mental health benefits of Yoga or a 5K to help children with autism.  Something special about our calendar is that today AND tomorrow’s events will show on the main page, allowing you to know at a glance everything going on in the next couple of days.  It will, of course, allow you to click on it to see all upcoming events.

Articles and Newsroom

SaltLakeMentalHealth.com wants to keep you up-to-date on all things mental health.  Therefore every day you will see  new featured articles on the main page that involves mental health or substance abuse.  You will also be able to search for articles by subject.  Finally, we will have a Newsroom, a thriving beehive humming with mental health and substance abuse related news feeds.