Betty And Bobby Allison Ozarks Counseling Center

My ex wife works here. She's a drug addict. So they must not drug test employees.

I absolutely love this organization! I am currently going through a very difficult divorce that has resulted in a significant amount of emotional and financial stress. I have been able to obtain counseling for myself and my daughter through OCC at a time when I other wise financially could not afford to do so. In addition, I have to give five stars for their FOCIS program! Every couple going through a divorce (and their children) should attend this program!!! Thank you to all of you who support this remarkable organization! You are changing lives!!!

We have referred many people over the years to OCC. ALWAYS had nothing but good experiences with these kind, hard working folks. They have provided compassionate, professional, honest, candid, counseling with a sliding scale fee. They have also been a valuable source of mental health training to counselors, and educators to the public on how to work through crises of living. We highly recommend this organization!

Wonderful facility with wonderful services. Provides a valuable service to the community at a fraction of typcial costs.

I serve as a local Probation and Parole Officer and refer my clientele population to this agency. We are very fortunate to have this agency in our community with the ability to provide services on a sliding fee scale.

I've recently gotten involved with OCC and am amazed at how much the organization does for the community. In today's economy especially, many people in the Ozarks don't have access to affordable counseling. OCC provides a place for those people with high quality service and support. It's been a pleasure working with the staff of OCC and I look forward to many more years of doing the same!

Ozarks Counseling Center is a vital organization to our community. They provide counseling services to the most vulnerable of our community, those that cannot afford even the smallest of payments for the services they receive. The largest referral source to OCC is other not-for-profit health care organizations however OCC does not have the access to funding that these other health care organizations have. This creates a heavy burden of finding alternative financing to meet their mission. The staff of OCC are the most dedicated folks I have ever had the pleasure of working with and they are there truly because they are committed to the mission of OCC.

It has been my honor to serve as a Board Member of Ozarks Counseling Center for over 2 years. I feel OCC is one of Springfield's best kept secrets. For over 20 years it has served the community by providing quiality counseling and group services to adults and children who might not otherwise have access to these critical services. The staff are extremely dedicated to serving their clients and, along with the board, in ensuring that funding is generated to enable them to provide guidance and support to the people of this area.

I have been participated in many of OCC's fundraisers and my mother has served on the Board for many years. This organization is one impacts so many members of this community. It is not only helping those who are clients of OCC, but it is helping their families, friends, co-workers and everyone else that is a part of those individual's life. This organization does amazing work and is such a valuable part of our community.

Ozarks Counseling Center provides a tremendous service to people in the Ozarks Community. They provide counseling to those who need assistance at a sliding scale rate. I have worked with the counseling center and have seen first-hand the impact that the center has on the clients and the community. I have been involved with the board and have assisted in fundraisers that support the center. I have heard stories from many clients that have had their lives changed as a result of being able to get the help they needed at critical times in their lives. I believe in the center and the work that they are doing every day to help those in our community

It has been my honor and priviledge to serve on the OCC Board of Directors for the last 4 years. Ozarks Counseling Center provides our community with much needed mental health services for individuals, children, and families who might not otherwise be able to access services due to financial constraints. In addition, OCC provides an opportunity for Counselors - in - Training from local colleges and universities to gain valuable experience under the supervision of experienced professionals in the field.

Ozark Counseling Center is truely a blessing to our community and those who require their services. Their clients are the reason for their existance. I have worked with OCC on past fund raisers and it's easy to see there focus is on servicing their clients in compassionate and professional manner producing positive results to all they come into contact. As a volunteer organization, they rank at the top of the list. Because of the services offered by OCC, many people have been able to improve their lives and become a productive member of our society and community which otherwise may not have been possible.

Ozarks Counseling Center is a place full of caring and compassionate people. They stay true to their mission, which is to help anyone despite any limitations including cost. There are very few places that you will find an enthusiasm to help others and place for those who can not afford to pay.

I am so privledged to be able to work with the Ozarks Counseling Center and see the impact they have on our community and the surrounding areas. The center it's suppourters work tirelessly to provide counseling regardless of a individuals ability to pay. They help individual's and families put the pieces back together and base counseling fees on a sliding scale. Board and community fundraising is very important to the center so they host many events that have become fun and exciting traditions for the people of Springfield to take part in over the years. The funds raised at these much anticipated annual events is the fuel that helps the center stay committed to doing what it does best, providing quality mental health assistance.

OCC is a great organization with a true heart to help those in need receive quality counseling services. I have been amazed to hear the heart of the counselors, staff, and board members share ways this organization has greatly helped the community. OCC has been making dollars stretch for many years in order to continue to provide the highest quality services to people in need. Their sliding scale for payment is a great way to make professional counseling available to those who otherwise may not be able to afford such services.

Ozarks Counseling Center has provided counseling services to several of the clients I support. Most of the time, OCC was the ONLY resource in the community available to these individuals. OCC has worked with each referral to ensure they can afford the counseling they so badly need. OCC staff have been very caring, understanding, and professional in working with myself and clients. Unfortunately, this is something many of my clients don't encounter in the community when seeking assistance for mental heath, housing, employment, etc.

Ozarks Counseling Center is an invaluable resource to our community and citizens. The only suggestion for improvement I have includes the community as a whole providing more support so OCC can continue to offer services.

I have used Ozark Counseling Center as a referral resource for several years. They are one of very few facilities that care for those without the ability to pay or without adequate insurance. The client feedback I have received is always positive and the clients are grateful for the services. I will continue to support Ozark Counseling Center as an important community service.

OCC has been dealing with expanding needs stretching resources even before the economy became an issue. The agency receives payment on a sliding scale based on one’s ability to pay. Often times that is very little or nothing at all, but OCC turns away no one.

As board members, we are committed to fundraising, but efforts are not able to meet demands. Our staff responded by accepting pay and benefit cuts while dedicated themselves even further to do everything possible to meet the growing needs of people in our service area.

The board is actively involved in strategic planning and has rededicated itself to increase fundraising efforts with the short-term intent of meeting our area’s mental healthcare needs and restoring staff pay and benefits.

Ozarks Counseling Center provides such an important service to the community. I have seen first hand the positive impact that OCC has made on the lives of clients who would otherwise go untreated.

I have been involved with Ozarks Counseling Center for many years as a volunteer Board Member. Over those many years, I have seen the good that this organization can provide. It is unfortunate that mental health does not get the support that other health problems do. While breast cancer has victims, metal health problems seem to carry a stigma. People don't really understand it and many who have problems do not like to talk about it. Counselling can help these people dealwith their illness and make them productive members of the community. Sadly, there is not an "Emergency Room" or "Urgent care Cetner" for mental health where people with limited resources can go to seek help. OCC fills that void with very limted resources. Their policy of providing services to the community on a sliding scale provides counseling to everyone based on their ability to pay.

I have seen from first hand experience, the remarkable impact that the OCC has on individuals and entire families. It is an amazing process to see a person (or family) progress from a struggling environment in which they cannot handle the stresses the hard times that lay before them and become a productive member of society. Entire families turn around and become a healthy environment for parents and children. Without the OCC many of these people would have no place to turn and no hope for the future. This is an area of our society that is under served with a growing need.

I have a friend who sought counseling services from Ozarks Counseling Center. Her husband had been laid off from his job and was experiencing depression and consequently began self medicating with illegal substances. He started lying to her and engaging in dangerous behaviors that put both my friend and her son at risk. She and her 5 year old son moved in with me when she reached the point where she did not feel safe in her own home. i am her friend, but I am not a counselor and knew she needed support through this difficult time. She saw a counselor at Ozarks Counseling Center who really gave her the support she needed. He husband and young son also received counseling. They could not have afforded a services without the sliding scale OCC provides. She was able to reconciliate with her husband and all is well now, but during the crisis moment when she really needed it, support was there because of OCC. I am personally especially grateful for the services her young son received. This child was frightened, confused and was beginning to act out. The counselor at OCC provided him with extra support helped him make it though that difficult time.
To me, mental health services are as important and physical health services. Regrettably this community has difficulty accepting the critical nature of these services and mental health is often low on the list of community supported health care providers here. This is a community that still thinks that people can "pull themselves up by the bootstraps" - what they do not recognize is that depression can be as crippling as severe arthritis - neither afflicted person can function without help.