May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Life 97.9 has partnered with Valley Christian Counseling Center all month long, to help provide resources, encouragement, and answers to anyone who is going through a difficult time.
Community Resources for Mental Health
Valley Christian Counseling Center – Outpatient counseling to children and adults as well as spiritual direction.
First Link – Hotline and community resources database.
Prairie St. Johns – Inpatient and partial hospitalization programs for mental health and substance use.
Village Family Service Center – Outpatient counseling and intensive outpatient counseling.
Sharehouse – Offers various services regarding substance use.
Recommended Books
Boundaries by Henry Cloud
Learn what healthy boundaries are and how to set them in your own life.
The Art of Forgiving by Lewis Smedes
Discover how to forgive those that have hurt you
Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb
Explore how God uses shattered dreams to draw us closer to him.
Cleaning Up your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking by Caroline Leaf
Learn skills for addressing unhealthy thinking habits in your life.
Hope in the Dark: Believing God is Good when Life is Not by Craig Groeschel
Find God in tragedy and ways to cope during tragedy.
Church Connection
Lighthouse Church – Pastor Dale Wolf
Relevant Life Church – Pastor Travis Linn
Hope – Pastor Paul
Interviews
Crystal Dunham – Counselor at Valley Christian Counseling Center
Pastor Travis – Relevant Life Church
Pastor Dale – Lighthouse Church
