Personal Stories
State of Mind: Supporting LGBTQ+ Communities
Southside Behavioral Health’s Ryan McCoull, director of child & family services for the agency, talks with mental health professional Wesley Cook about ways we can positively affect and support the LGBTQ+ communities in our area. Wesley is an outpatient counselor at a nonprofit organization in Roanoke, Virginia. He holds a masters in social work from…
Read MorePersonal Story: The Importance of Joy
It is a difficult thing to realize that you have issues with the very thing you treat in other people. It is difficult to identify the symptoms that you see in others that are causing issues with their daily functioning. I can see these symptoms in others without dropping a beat. Lack of energy, inability…
Read MorePersonal Story: Speaking out about Depression
Community members speak out with lived experience to help raise awareness around depression, anxiety, and prevention.
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