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- Sliding fee scale available
Welcome to Behavioral Health services at Sunshine Community Health Center (SCHC). We look forward to the opportunity to assist you in reaching your personal goals. We specialize in a variety of services such as individual, couples, family, and group therapy.
At SCHC we believe in providing a team approach to giving you the best care possible. Our Behavioral Health team also provides integrated care with our Primary Care Providers to provide you with holistic, patient-centered care.
To begin your journey towards a happier, healthier life please call and make an appointment today.
Behavioral Health Services
Individual / Family / Couples
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress. The amount of time the complete treatment will take depends upon the history of the client. Complete treatment of the targets involves a three pronged protocol (past, present, and future), and are needed to alleviate the symptoms and address the complete clinical picture. The goal of EMDR therapy is to process completely the experiences that are causing problems, and to include new ones that are needed for full health. “Processing” does not mean talking about it. “Processing” means setting up a learning state that will allow experiences that are causing problems to be “digested” and stored appropriately in your brain. That means that what is useful to you from an experience will be learned, and stored with appropriate emotions in your brain, and be able to guide you in positive ways in the future. The inappropriate emotions, beliefs, and body sensations will be discarded.
Integrated Care
Office Based Opioid Treatment
Are you or someone you know struggling with opiate addiction? Medication Assisted Treatment using Suboxone is one option to consider. If you are interested in learning more about this type of treatment, you can contact our Behavioral Health Assistant at 733-9202.
If you’d like more information, this article describes the research on the effectiveness of MAT.
Addiction Recovery Treatment
Domestic Violence Support
Behavioral Health Providers
Sarah Blanning, LCSW
Deborah Young, LCSW
Deborah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker; she earned her Master of Social Work at the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. She has worked in the field of Behavioral Health as a direct service provider, manager and administrator for 25 years. In addition, Deborah has 11 years tenure with the University of Phoenix. During her tenure she served as Adjunct Faculty, Lead Faculty Area Chair for the School of Social Sciences, Title IX Committee Member and Faculty Trainer. She is an aspiring writer, loves cooking, listening to music and watching movies.
Mark Chapman, LCSW
Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker; he earned his Master of Science in Social Work at the University of Texas Arlington. He has over 20 years of clinical experience working with older adolescents and adults addressing issues of chemical dependency, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Mark is the father of a 21-year-old daughter who enjoys crime and thriller movies and is a big Stephen King fan.
Tanya Korta, LPC
Tanya is originally from Minnesota and has lived and worked in rural Alaska for the past 25 years. She was formerly an elementary school teacher who evolved into a community behavioral health counselor, working for a tribal health organization providing behavioral health services for the past 8 years. Tanya earned a master’s degree in community counseling from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2014 and became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2017. She has experience working with a diverse group of people impacted by mental health issues including substance abuse, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, and trauma-related stress disorders. I have a special interest in working with children and adolescents. Tanya and her husband have three grown children and enjoy outdoor adventures and small town living.
Kirsten Strolle, LMSW
Kirsten has been a Behavioral Health Care Manager at SCHC since 2016 and has worked in direct services for over 10 years serving a variety of patients, both children and adults, including survivors of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse.
Kirsten graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2007 with a B.S. in Political Science and a Minor in Sociology. She earned her M.S.W. from the University of New England in 2020. She completed her clinical internship at SCHC which included individual sessions and a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Group.
Kirsten enjoys hiking, skiing and foraging.
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