Serenity Behavioral Health Services

  Our agency is a proud ally of the transgender community - but our nation has a long way to go in understanding and accepting this beautiful community. So far, 2021 marks the deadliest year on record for our transgender friends and family members. Trans Awareness Week sees organizations and allies bring visibility and support to transgender people and an awareness of issues the community faces. Even though we celebrate transgendered people this week, they need for all of us to be allies every day of the year. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) offers these tips for allies of Transgender People: You can’t tell if someone is transgender just by looking.
Don’t make assumptions about a transgender person’s sexual orientation. If you don’t know what pronouns to use, listen first. Don’t ask a transgender person what their ‘real name’ is. Understand the difference between ‘coming out’ as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and ‘coming out’ as transgender. Be careful about conf...

  Yes, it is important to know if your workplace supports you and your mental health. Following is a wonderful article about what to look for when searching for a new job: https://www.calm.com/business/resources/blog/picking-mentally-healthy-workplace  

  “We are all on a spectrum, whether you are gay, bi, straight - whether you are pan-sexual, demi-sexual, it doesn’t matter. To me, what matters is that you are happy and that you are satisfied in who and what you want to be.” - Scott Fralick I work with a lot of different clients and specialize in seeing clients from the LGBTQ+ community. I have some clients that are poly, some that are open, some that are questioning. I try to help everyone. I probably offer more self-disclosure than most therapists, I talk about my husband, I talk about polyamory, I talk about open relationships, and I am comfortable with that. Because I treat everyone like I would like to be treated, clients find it easy to have a rapport with me. I am always genuine and authentic and I provide a safe place for difficult discussions about sexuality, relationships, anxiety, grief, trauma, and identity role confusion. I also have experience working with couples on relationship issues and working with families to...

Our mission at Serenity Behavioral Health Services is to provide quality mental health services that encourage and support your journey toward personal serenity. Serenity to us means living a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life. Our therapists are committed to helping each client navigate the vulnerable points of their lives with compassion and clarity, so that they can return to a place of mental strength. We provide mental health services to children, adolescents and adults; and offer a holistic approach to each person we serve embracing a client-centered, and strength-oriented approach.   ​ We pride ourselves in embracing an all-inclusive practice, welcoming everyone with total respect to race, religion, culture, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and socio-economic status.  And we seek to provide quality mental health counseling to a wide range of communities, including: GBLTQ, Deaf and Harding of Hearing, Developmental Disabilities and AOD Recovery. If...