61. Rural Mental Health Work Realities and Dressing Up as Sasquatch (ft. Kira Lathrop, LPC-S)

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This week Jazmin learned about what a federally qualified healthcare center (FQHC) is and the student loan repayment options available to mental health professional (and other professions) who are employed by these agencies. Check out options to make it more financially accessible to do this work, both nationally and in Texas specifically:

Find a FQHC: https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/
National loan repayment details: https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/nhsc-loan-repayment-program
Texas loan payment details: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/center-health-statistics/texas-primary-care-office-tpco/student-loan-repayment-programs-texas-primary-care-office-tpco

This week we are sharing our conversation with Kira Lathrop who is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in Alaska and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon. She holds both a Bachelor of Arts in Counseling/Bible/Deaf Studies from Central Bible College and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. She currently works as a clinical supervisor in southern Oregon at a community mental health center, but she only recently shifted from living and working in Skagway, Alaska - population 1,200!

Resources mentioned:

EMDR International Association: https://www.emdria.org/
No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh
Ted Lasso TV show (2020)
Get in contact with Kira by sending us an email! Once her website launches, we’ll update that info here.

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