We provide accessible behavioral health services to everyone.
Guided by our vision of a community of healthy minds, we offer compassionate care through individual, couples, and group therapy. Faith Community Health is a nonprofit clinic dedicated to providing accessible and affordable healthcare services to individuals and families in Taney and Stone counties. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of our community by offering a range of medical, vision, dietetics, and mental health services, as well as prescription services* at income-based rates. Faith Community Health's FaithCare program provides low-cost healthcare services to employer-based groups, offering a cost-effective solution for businesses and their employees. We also offer walk-in appointments for those who need timely care, and our telemedicine services allow patients to receive medical care from the comfort of their own homes. At Faith Community Health, we believe that everyone deserves access to quality healthcare services, regardless of their income level or insurance status. We're committed to creating a welcoming and compassionate environment where our patients can receive the care they need to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
*Medications are provided by our partner, Neighbor's Pharmacy, located next door, and inside Faith Community Health.
12/18/2025
đź’› We Accept a Variety of Insurance Options to Support Your Access to Care đź’›
At Hope Counseling Center, we want mental health care to be accessible and affordable for everyone in our community, which is why we accept multiple insurance plans for counseling services. 🌿
Whether you’re seeking therapy for yourself, your child, or your family, we’ve worked to expand the number of insurance options we accept so you can focus on what matters most, your well-being.
đź“‹ Visit our website to see the full list of current insurance options:
👉 hopecounselingmo.org/mental-health-insurance-options
If you’re unsure whether your plan is accepted, or if you have questions about fees, sliding scale options, or getting started,our team is here to help! Reach out anytime. 💚
Your mental health is important, and support should be within reach.
12/18/2025
At Hope Counseling Center, we believe everyone deserves access to quality mental health care, regardless of income or insurance status. That’s why we created our Bridge to Hope program.
Bridge to Hope provides five free counseling sessions for uninsured, income-eligible individuals who live or work in Southwest Missouri. It’s designed to help people take that first step toward healing when cost might otherwise stand in the way.
Because asking for help is hard enough, affordability shouldn’t be the reason someone goes without support.
If you or someone you know could benefit from Bridge to Hope, we encourage you to reach out. Hope starts here. đź’š
12/16/2025
The holidays often come with big expectations: to feel joyful, to do it all, to make everything perfect. But perfection isn’t the goal, presence is.
✨ Be realistic. Let go of perfectionism and give yourself (and others) permission to be human. Plans may change. Emotions may be mixed. That’s okay.
When we soften expectations, we create more room for connection, rest, and meaning, instead of stress and disappointment.
This season, try asking yourself:
“What would feel good enough right now?”
Good enough is more than enough. đź’š
12/15/2025
💚 Your Child’s Path to Healing 💚
At Hope Counseling Center, our children’s therapy services are designed to meet kids and teens right where they are with compassion, creativity, and care. 🌿
We offer age-appropriate, specialized support in a safe and playful environment where children can explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in ways that make sense to them. Through approaches like play therapy and creative expression, children learn to process big emotions, build coping skills, and grow resilience.
We believe mental health care should be accessible to every family. That’s why we accept insurance and offer a sliding scale from $30–$100 per session.
Whether your child is navigating anxiety, school stress, grief, behavioral challenges, or other life transitions, we work closely with parents and caregivers to support healing, not just in the therapy room, but at home and at school too.
Your child doesn’t have to face it alone. Support is here. 💚
12/13/2025
đź’› đź’›
The average delay between the first signs of mental health symptoms and actually getting treatment is 11 years.
Eleven years of struggling, coping alone, or hoping things will just get better.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
You don’t need a diagnosis, a crisis, or a “good enough reason” to seek support.
✨ If something feels off…
✨ If you’re overwhelmed…
✨ If you’re not quite yourself…
Reaching out early can make all the difference. Talking with a counselor is a safe first step, and it never hurts to sit down with someone who will listen without judgment. 🌿
Your mental health matters now. Not eleven years from now.
12/11/2025
🎄💛 A Gentle Reminder to Parents This Holiday Season 💛🎄
The holidays can bring joy, but they can also bring stress, full schedules, expectations, and pressure to make everything perfect.
If you’re feeling stretched thin, you’re not alone. And here’s something important to remember:
Your kids need your presence far more than your presents.
What they’ll remember most aren’t the perfectly wrapped gifts or packed calendars, it’s the moments of connection:
✨ Slowing down together
✨ Playing or laughing
✨ Sharing a warm meal
✨ Feeling seen, safe, and loved
Give yourself permission to recharge, set boundaries, and simplify where you can. A calmer, rested you is one of the greatest gifts your child will receive. 🌿
This season, may you find space to breathe, connect, and be present. đź’›
12/11/2025
đź’šGive the Gift of Hope and Healing This Year đź’š
Mental health struggles touch every corner of our community, regardless of income, education, race, or age. Someone you know is fighting a battle you may never see.
By becoming a Heart for Hope Monthly Donor, you can make a real difference in someone’s life. Your support provides one or more counseling sessions each month for individuals who otherwise couldn’t afford care.
✨ Starting at just $30 a month ( $1 a day) you can give the gift of hope, healing, and support. Your generosity helps remove barriers and ensures that no one has to face their hardest moments alone.
If you’re looking for a meaningful way to give this year, consider joining our community of monthly donors and walking alongside those who need it most.💚
12/10/2025
đź’› Finding the Right Therapist Matters đź’›
One of the most important steps in starting counseling is choosing a therapist who feels like the right fit for you. Every counselor has their own style, specialties, and approach, and connecting with someone who matches your needs can make your healing journey even more meaningful.
Before scheduling your appointment, we encourage you to read through our counselors’ bios on our website. This can help you get a feel for their background, areas of expertise, and therapeutic style, so you can make a choice that feels comfortable and supportive. 🌿
Whether you’re seeking help for yourself, your child, your relationship, or your family, we want you to find a counselor who truly resonates with you.
Most couples who walk through our doors share one common struggle: communication.
Whether it’s misunderstandings, feeling unheard, frequent conflict, or difficulty expressing emotions, communication challenges are often at the heart of relationship stress.
Healthy communication isn’t about never disagreeing; it’s about learning how to stay connected while navigating difficult moments.
If you and your partner feel stuck, you’re not alone. Support is available, and healing is possible. 🌿
12/06/2025
One of the most important parts of the counseling process isn’t a technique or a worksheet; it’s the relationship between you and your therapist.
Feeling safe, seen, and understood creates the foundation for healing. When trust is built, clients are able to open up, explore difficult emotions, and begin making meaningful change.
A strong therapeutic relationship offers:
✨ A safe place to be authentic
✨ Support without judgment
✨ Encouragement through hard conversations
✨ A steady presence through growth and healing
At Hope Counseling Center, we believe healing happens in the context of connection. You’re not just another appointment, you’re a person with a story that matters. 🌿
12/05/2025
đź’› Crisis Care Response When Your Team Needs Support đź’›
When a workplace, school, or organization experiences a sudden loss or traumatic event, the impact can ripple through every person involved. During these moments, emotional support matters.
At Hope Counseling Center, we offer Crisis Care Response, short-term, group-focused care for teams navigating critical incidents. Our trained professionals provide guided debriefing sessions that create space to talk, reflect, and begin stabilizing together in a safe and supportive environment.
These sessions help teams process what’s happened, support one another, and take the first steps toward healing.
🚨 Please note: We do not provide emergency or mobile crisis services.
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911 or 988 right away.
If your organization could benefit from Crisis Care Response, we’re here to talk.
12/04/2025
Looking for a warm, experienced counselor for yourself or your child? Shelly Maledy-Martin brings over 20 years of experience working with children and families in the Branson area, and she currently has open appointments available.
Shelly works with ages 5 and up, supporting kids and adults through anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship stress, and more using a compassionate, practical approach. Telehealth is available for Missouri residents. 🌿
âś… Accepts Missouri & Arkansas Medicaid
âś… Aetna
âś… Anthem BlueCross BlueShield (Carelon)
âś… Now accepting self-pay as well
📞 Call today to book, and share this with someone who’s been waiting to start therapy.
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Faith Community Health (FAiTH) is a Christian faith-based charitable clinic providing medical, vision, mental health and prescription services at affordable income-based rates. Our services are available to our neighbors living or working in Ozark Mountain Country, including all of Taney and Stone counties. Sharing God’s love through whole person care is the heartbeat of what we do. It’s our mission to provide access to affordable healthcare for the under-served who live or work in our community.
Registration to demonstrate financial need is necessary for income-based assistance. Our patients pay a portion of the cost of their care, ensuring that they have a personal commitment to improving their own health. We offer classes designed to promote wellness of spirit, mind and body for our clients, helping them learn how to enjoy healthier lifestyles.
In addition to primary care, FAiTH offers a full service medication office five days a week to meet the pharmaceutical needs of our patients. Patients have access to all of their prescription needs for a simple $10 monthly administrative fee. Prescriptions may be filled at area pharmacies if patients prefer or if we are unable to supply a particular need. We do not dispense narcotics.
Same day urgent care visits are available with KwikCare for just $75 or less. Patients may be seen in person or via KwikCare Online in our clinic. Services include treatment for colds and flu, stomach viruses, allergies, strep throat, urinary tract infections, bug bites, bee stings, minor cuts and burns, strains and sprains.
Our patients also have access to vision care services that offer income-based exam fees and low, affordable prices for eye wear, saving our patients hundreds of dollars.
FaithCare is an employer-based healthcare benefit program that provides a solution to area employers for the medical and vision needs of their uninsured workforce. With monthly subscription plans beginning at $29/month for employers and $10 appointment fees for members, FaithCare is an innovative solution to offer direct primary healthcare services for uninsured employees. FaithCare helps businesses improve employee recruitment and retention, equipping them to better respond to labor pressures in a growing economy.
FAiTH is making a big impact in the lives of thousands of hardworking people and their families in our community. We serve hundreds of patients with chronic medical needs like Diabetes, COPD, high blood pressure and cardiac disease. Without our assistance, most of these patients would be unable to obtain the medicines and healthcare needed for them to remain healthy and provide for their families.
Research demonstrates that Faith Community Health creates over $600,000 annually in savings for local hospitals. FAiTH partners with Dispensary of Hope for access to pharmaceuticals for our patients. A comprehensive Dispensary of Hope study showed that charitable clinics like ours offering prescriptions to patients who otherwise could not afford them reduce inpatient admissions by more than half. Emergency department visits decrease by more than 35%, with cost savings greater than 40%. Because most of our patients have no health insurance, hospital care often creates an impossible burden for their families.
We create value. Faith Community Health saves the families of our patients millions of dollars each year while helping them improve their health. Branson area businesses benefit from a healthier workforce with less missed work days and employees who are enabled to provide superior guest services consistently. Cox Medical Center Branson is able to refer patients with limited ability to pay for services to FAiTH to ensure that their ongoing medical needs are met, reducing preventable hospital admissions and ER visits. And the impact of hundreds, perhaps thousands of patients having the resources they need to remain healthy and in the workforce, supporting their families rather than growing dependent on others, is incalculable.
Faith Community Health provides a 10 to 1 return on investment. In other words, the value we provide to our community is 10 times greater than the cost of our operations, thanks to partnerships with organizations like Dispensary of Hope, Direct Relief, AmeriCares, UMKC at MSU School of Pharmacy, the Skaggs Foundation, drug manufacturers, Ozarks Family Vision Centre and CoxHealth.
How do we do this when patient fees cover only a portion of the cost of care? We are dependent on the generous donations of businesses, churches and families who recognize the value of our work and care about the well-being of their friends and neighbors. Without you, Faith Community Health would not be able to bring hope to the more than 6,000 patients we have served. You make a huge difference in the lives of many families. Thank you for caring. May God bless you!
