Jackson Hole Comm Counseling Center

Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center

Phone: 307-733-2046
Fax: 307-733-6289
Email: info@jhccc.org (Please call our office to schedule appointments. If you are in crisis, please call 733-2046 or 911)

PO Box 1868
640 East Broadway
Jackson, WY 83001

Welcome to Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center

Our Vision
We envision optimum mental health throughout our diverse community.

Our Mission
Promoting mental wellness and providing essential mental health services in Teton County regardless of a person's ability to pay.

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About the Counseling Center
The Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center is a private, non-profit community mental health center, organized under the 501(c) (3) IRS code. JHCCC has been in existence since 1974. JHCCC is certified by the State of Wyoming to provide a full range of mental health services to persons in Teton County. JHCCC is governed by a board of directors comprised of volunteers from the community. Services are provided on a sliding fee scale to ensure service availability to all persons, regardless of ability to pay. JHCCC does not discriminate in providing services based on gender, race, ethnicity, age, or other such factors, in accordance with federal law.

Featured Topics

	Addictions. Addiction is the repeated involvement with a substance or activity, despite the substantial harm it now causes, because that involvement was (and may continue to be) pleasurable and/or valuable. More...
	Addictions: Alcohol and Substance Abuse. People who become addicted to alcohol/drugs are gradually introduced and desensitized to them over a period of time. More...
	Alternative Mental Health Medicine. This topic center provides information on complementary and alternative forms of medicine, including acupuncture, chiropractic, energy healing, herbal, amino acid, vitamin, naturopathic and homeopathic treatments, hypnosis, massage, spiritual healing, traditional Chinese and Indian medicine, meditation and yoga. More...
	Anxiety Disorders. In this topic center you'll find information on the Anxiety Disorders, including phobia (social anxiety, agoraphobia, etc.), panic disorder, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. More...
	Autism. This topic center provides a comprehensive overview of causes and treatments for Autism, a brain disease characterized by the presence of severe communication, language and social deficits in affected persons. More...
	Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar Disorder causes people to swing between extreme, severe and typically sustained mood states which affect their energy levels, attitudes, behavior and ability to function. More...
	Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses. The Childhood Mental Disorders and Illnesses topic center provides an overview of mental and emotional disorders and illnesses impacting children and their families including attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), mental retardation, autism and other pervasive development disorders, and disorders of learning, speech and communication, movement, motor function, feeding, conduct, elimination, and anxiety (such as selective mutism and separation anxiety). More...
	Depression: Major Depression & Unipolar Varieties. This topic center is a comprehensive overview of the unipolar mood disorders with an emphasis on the causes of and treatments for depression. More...
	Emotional Resilience. This topic center surveys Emotional Resilience: that collection of skills, characteristics, habits and outlooks that make it possible to remain maximally flexible and fresh in the face of stress. More...
	Mental Disorders. In this family of topic centers, you will find information concerning various mental disorders. More...
	Stress Reduction and Management. A comprehensive overview of how to reduce stress. We cover the nature of stress, and the many different methods people can use to reduce and manage their stress. More...
	Suicide. A comprehensive overview of Suicide, addressing the nature of suicide, what to do if you are suicidal, and how to help friends or family members who are suicidal. More...

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Featured Articles

May is Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month One in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010, according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About 5 percent of Americans have marked difficulty coping with daily functioning due to mental illness. Facts: • One in 5 Americans suffers from a mental illness. • More women than men are diagnosed with mental illness (23 percent of women versus 16.9 percent of men). • About 11.4 million adult Americans suffered from severe mental illness in the past year and 8.7 million adults contemplated serious thoughts of suicide. More than 2 million made suicide plans and about 1 million attempted suicide. • Only about 60 percent of people with mental illness get treatment each year. “Mental illnesses can be managed successfully, and people do recover,” Pamela S. Hyde, head of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said in a news release. “Mental illness is not an isolated public health problem. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity often co-exist with mental illness and treatment of the mental illness can reduce the effects of these disorders. The Obama Administration is working to promote the use of mental health services through health reform. People, families and communities will benefit from increased access to mental health services.” (Conley, M. 1/2013) Pathways to Wellness—this year’s theme for May is Mental Health Month—calls attention to strategies and approaches that help all Americans achieve wellness and good mental and overall health. “Mental Health and wellness are important but often get neglected, especially during stressful times when we need it the most,” said Deidre Ashley, Executive Director for Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center. “We all have different ideas about what mental health means, but it really incorporates having a skill set and strategies that can prevent the onset or shorten the duration of illness/stress.” It involves complete general, mental and social well-being. And mental health is an essential component of overall health and well-being. The fact is our overall well-being is tied to the balance that exists between our emotional, physical, spiritual and mental health. Everyone is at risk of stress given the demands it brings and the challenges at work and at home. But there are steps that maintain well-being and help everyone achieve wellness. These involve a balanced diet, regular exercise, enough sleep, a sense of self-worth, development of coping skills that promote resiliency, emotional awareness, and connections to family, friends and the community. Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center is a 501(c)3, non-profit that provides essential mental health services for Teton County. Services are offered on a sliding fee. 24/7 crisis services are available through walk in or hotline. 733-2046 or 1-800-273-TALK. More...

The Big Picture of Depression Symptoms
Depression can be a powerhouse of misery that leaves you feeling helpless, but it's not one massive force, whatever it may feel like. Depression is a combination of several conditions, and there are effective ways to deal with each one. It takes a lot of trial and error to find the best treatments, but I have found it helpful to use a mapping method to get started: More...

Resilience: Noticing Emotion
Noticing emotion separates you from that emotion, and therefore provides you with the space you need to recognize that the emotion is happening, and to form judgments as to whether your actions in response to the emotion are proper. More...

CBT and Mindfulness for Social Anxiety: Train your Brain for Social Success
Did you know that by practicing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness, you can create new circuits in your brain? You can actually change your brain so it's more flexible, focused and compassionate. More...

Three Surprising Facts About Happiness
If you're stuck in a bad mood, anxious and ruminating or simply feel that your emotions are beyond your control, these 3 surprising facts might give you one or two strategies to try to alter some of those negative feelings and keep positive feelings around. More...

SafeTalk
SafeTALK, about three hours in duration, is a training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety. As a safeTALK-trained suicide alert helper, you will be better able to: move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss or avoid suicide; identify people who have thoughts of suicide; apply the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) to connect a person with suicide thoughts to suicide first aid, intervention caregivers. More...