Watercourse Counseling Center

11/20/2025

It's Give to the Max Day! Show your support for mental health care. Any donation made online is another chance to win a GTMD prize.
🔗 Donate online: www.givemn.org/organization/Watercourse

11/18/2025

🎶 Join us Saturday, December 6th, at 7 PM for this benefit concert from Sound Mind Project.

Sound Mind Project is a community choir that raises awareness and funds to support causes that directly work with youth in need of mental health support. Show your support in person or donate online!

11/07/2025

Join Watercourse for a holistic prep workshop for mental health licensure, Mind Over Exam. Guest speakers have experience with licensure exams for LPC, LICSW, and LMFT. Ask questions and learn more! Our very own, Ashwak Hassan, EdD, LMFT is facilitating this workshop.

TODAY, from 5:00-7:00 PM at the Watercourse Clinic (3548 Bryant Ave S)!

11/06/2025

We presented "Collaborative for Immigrant & Refugee Children's Leadership & Excellence (CIRCLE): A timely invention from the framework of developmental resilience science" at the Minnesota School Mental Health Conference in Brainerd, MN.

10/16/2025

Take a listen to "How Minnesota became a leader in school-based mental health care."

A three-part series from MinnPost explores the state’s school-based approach to youth mental health and where gaps persist.

10/15/2025

A third article in a series by the MinnPost, highlighting school-based mental health treatment, shows how important community-based partners are to students receiving mental health services. The partnership between schools and the community is essential for promoting well-being in students!

Nationwide, some common ingredients are key to success, including collaboration between a school and the communities it serves.

10/13/2025

Sharing another article detailing how Twin Cities nonprofits are helping schools fill gaps in student mental health care. Watercourse understands the importance of providing culturally responsive care to students and families, promoting healing in a purposeful and appropriate way for the families and students.

Student mental health care has become a bigger priority in Minnesota public schools, which are working to improve access.

09/24/2025

An article highlighting the impact mental health treatment has on students at school, and how Minnesota is making it a priority.

Per the editor’s note, this is the first of three stories on school-based mental health treatment in Minnesota.

While mental health care is not a given in public schools nationwide, Minnesota has made it a priority and increased access for kids.

05/12/2025

Youth need mental health services, but they are increasingly becoming more difficult to access.

Read more about The Transformative Power of Supporting Youth Mental Health in Schools and how Watercourse Counseling is helping fill that gap.

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Youth need mental health services to stay healthy and be successful, but it is becoming increasingly more difficult to access these services

05/02/2025

We want to kick off this with the message "You are important!" We could all use some positive words of affirmation and reminders as we each face our own challenges and journey with mental health. What are your favorite words, affirmations, or positive phrases? 💬🌈☀️

01/01/2025

Our CIRCLE groups made a big difference in 2024! ✨

“Mondays are my favorite day because I look forward to the CIRCLE groups each week.” - shared a student who participated in a weekly CIRCLE group.

Programs like these promote healing and connection to our immigrant and refugee communities and students through our work with CIRCLE (Collaboration for Immigrant & Refugee Leadership & Excellence) and facilitated by our incredible Cultural Brokers.

Here's to 2025! 🚀

01/01/2025

✨✨ Reflecting on 2024 ✨✨

As we look back this year, we continue to be inspired by our dedicated team through all of the local and national challenges we faced. Together, we’ve helped strengthen families, supported children and clients alike, and worked toward building community.

🩵 Let’s keep this momentum going into 2025! 🎉

This year:
✨ More than 500 families at 16 Minneapolis schools and through our clinic received school-based mental health services.
✨ 14 practitioners working toward licensure received training, 3 of whom completed the independent licensure process. Investing in the next generation of therapists ensures brighter futures for our community.
✨ 112 families from Latine, Somali, and Afghan communities found healing through trauma-informed groups facilitated by our incredible Cultural Brokers, continuing to support and foster resiliency in our diverse community.
✨ From school events to community gatherings, we deepened connections and responded to families’ needs.