The mission of the Mental Health Court is to advocate for incarcerated persons with mental illness and to provide access to mental health treatment, community resources, and support to reduce their involvement in the criminal justice system. With advocacy and support, the Mental Health Court will help a person improve mental health stability, self-sufficiency, strive to reach their full potential and to live a law-abiding life. The Mental Health Court provides protection of the community by providing a continuum of care that holds individuals accountable and establishes long term recovery.

Yolanda Huff was born in Taylor, Texas, and lives in San Antonio, Texas. She graduated from Reagan High School. Huff earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989 and a J.D. degree from St. Mary's School of Law in 1996. Her career experience includes working as a private practice attorney where she handles cases including Child Protective Services, juvenile and family law, juvenile and family law, and personal injury.

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Its #Time2Talk with Dr. Brent about the eradication of mental health stigmas.

Her passion is to educate adults about mental health, so that they can teach their children, led Dr. Brent to be the provider for the POWER Program. She believes that historical social norms not to seek help, and the lack of access to extensive mental health treatment have created limiting beliefs about therapeutic opportunities.

The POWER Program serves young adults and their loved ones as they face changes in the way they think, act, or relate to others. Our team of caring open-minded professionals provides support to help people reach their goals in school, work, and relationships. The POWER Program serves residents within Bexar County regardless of income or healthcare coverage.

Learn more about The POWER program https://powerprogramsa.org/

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Join us as Delores Haines talks about child and adolescent outpatient services.

In this episode, she breaks down unique forms of success for different families dealing with challenging behaviors using coping skills.

She shares how her team helps families see there is hope even when the family doesn't see it.

Our Executive Director Noah was mesmerized by the amount of information in such a short amount of time.

Delores shared why she thinks it is so important to have these conversations about mental health; I think it's important because mental illness is much more common that people realize and we as a society should make it so people are comfortable enough to talk about it. Having conversations about mental health will help dispel the myths.

Delores Haines, MA, LMFT has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for 20 years. The majority of her professional experience has been in working with at-risk youth in inpatient, residential and outpatient settings. Ms. Haines believes that every young person deserves hope and respect, and works with young people in a way that promotes both. Ms. Haines also believes that the family is a critical part of quality treatment for any youth, and encourages those under her prevue to involve the entire family in the treatment process whenever possible. Currently, Ms. Haines is the Clinical Director for outpatient services at the Center for Health Care Services.

 Dr. Shawna Corley graduated with her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2019. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been practicing since 2014. Her areas of focus within her practice include trauma, sexual assault, working with children that have been a witness to a murder, animal-assisted therapy, and creativity in counseling. She is also currently working as the Behavioral Health Supervisor for the Center for Health Care Services within the Justice Programs. She supervises three programs: Outpatient Competency Restoration, Court Ordered Treatment, and ACCESS.

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