The United Methodist Children’s Home operates a fully licensed counseling center called Community Connections Counseling and Professional Services, and on Monday, January 4th 2016, we will officially open our new offices located in the Morthland College Medical Services building at 309 West St. Louis Street in West Frankfort, IL to serve the surrounding communities of Franklin and Marion Counties. Community Connections is open to the public, serving individuals, families, and groups of all ages.
Our counselors at the West Frankfort location are a wonderful group of caring, professional, and licensed clinical counselors/social workers who invest in their clients to meet emotional and mental health needs — everything from grief counseling marriage/premarital counseling, depression, stress/anxiety, family healing, divorce recovery, trauma related challenges, sexual abuse healing, and more.
“Being able to branch into the West Frankfort community will allow us to help even more individuals, and families that are in need of therapy or family counseling, ” says Sarah Usery, UMCH Vice President of Programs.
We are scheduling appointments now for Tuesdays and Thursdays at our new location. If you, or someone you know are in need of counseling service, please contact us at 618-242-6944 to set up an appointment, or for more information, you can email us [email protected]. Insurance plans accepted. Counseling assistance may be available in some cases.