by Shawn Anderson | Jun 13, 2018 | LCA News and Information
by Diane Cerven, LPCC With the recent celebrity deaths by suicide it’s on our minds to reach out to people in need. We look at celebrities who kill themselves and we ask, why? They’re rich, they’re famous. If someone like Anthony Bourdain can commit suicide, when he...
by Shawn Anderson | Jun 7, 2018 | LCA News and Information
by Loretta Bach, LADC What’s the difference between a Rule 25, a Chemical Use Assessment and a Comprehensive Assessment? What is Peer Support and Treatment Coordination? Do I need Outpatient Treatment, Substance Use Disorder Treatment or Residential Treatment?...
by Shawn Anderson | May 4, 2018 | LCA News and Information
Lake Country Associates welcomes Laura Hansen Master’s of Social Work (MSW), Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) to our Bemidji office. Laura has thirty-two years of experience working in the mental health, counseling and social work field. In 2008,...
by Shawn Anderson | Mar 20, 2018 | LCA News and Information
Community members may have heard that the state of Minnesota’s crisis text provider “Txt4life” is ending next month. This service will be moving from a Minnesota provider to an existing national nonprofit called Crisis Text Line. Txt4life will be...
by Shawn Anderson | Jan 24, 2018 | LCA News and Information
Please join us in welcoming Loretta Bach, LADC to the Lake Country team. Loretta graduated from Minnesota State University-Mankato with certification in chemical dependency counseling in 1986. She went on to work towards certification as a CCDCR and was ultimately...
by Shawn Anderson | Aug 8, 2017 | LCA News and Information
Lake Country Cottage drop-in center has been open for a couple months now. Construction on the building is complete and Members have been working to make their drop-in center comfortable for everyone. Since opening, there have been many improvements and changes...