Mental Health Program & Directory
What is the PATH Mental Health Support Program?
After the Dobbs decision in June of 2022 , abortion seekers, people who have had abortions felt despair, rage and helplessness due to a full ban on abortion. Texas Equal Access (TEA) Fund heard these emotions expressed by former clients, abortion storytellers and Post Abortion Truth & Healing (PATH) group members. It was out of this that the TEA Fund Mental Health program arose!
We have always been committed to helping our community access health care through mutual aid, and mental health care certainly falls under that umbrella. We know that there can be a lot of barriers to accessing mental health care, and we want to provide support that makes it as easy as possible for folks who have had abortions get access to therapy!
therapist directory
Check out our list of available mental health professionals. This list is consistently updated as our community of therapists grows. For any questions or concerns, please contact us here.
Current Available Mental Health Professionals
HOW IT WORKS
In order to access this directory’s services, you should have already sent an email to mhsupport@teafund.org and filled out the Google form that was automatically sent to you. This is so that we have your information to open a case for you. If you have not done this, please email mhsupport@teafund.org.
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After submitting your google form, you should have received an email with a link to this directory and your four payment vouchers for your first four sessions. Each voucher has an individual case number; this is how we will identify your case to pay for each session. Make sure you keep this email, as you will need to print out/email each voucher to your therapist after each session.
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Take a look at our directory of partner therapists. All of the individual counselors/private practitioners listed in our directory have been interviewed by TEA Fund staff to ensure there is values alignment between the organization and the therapist around supporting people who have had abortions. The therapist group listed has been interviewed as a whole, but individual therapists within the group have not been interviewed individually.
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You are working with the therapist and we are providing funding for the session but your therapy sessions and content of your therapy sessions will be strictly confidential between you and the therapist. TEA Fund believes that your mental health journey should be your own and we only want to support in reducing barriers and increasing access to this service.
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Contact one of the counselors directly to set up an appointment. Make sure you let them know you are part of the TEA Fund Mental Health Support program. If you already have a therapist or find one outside of our partner directory, please email mhsupport@teafund.org so that we can make sure that therapist accepts our vouchers.
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At your appointment, the therapist will ask for your TEA Fund voucher (which contains your case number). This will allow us to pay for your session giving you some anonymity. We’re all about privacy and confidentiality!
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Start your journey of healing! TEA Fund will work with your therapist to handle the payment on the back end so you can focus on your journey to wellbeing.
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The TEA Fund Mental Health Support program can pay for up to 12 sessions* with your therapist. After using the first four vouchers you received upon acceptance to the program, please email mhsupport@teafund.org so that we can send you the next four vouchers.
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If you have any problems or questions along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at mhsupport@teafund.org. We will do our best to help you however we can!
* *Additional funding may be available at the discretion of your counselor.
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