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Volunteering With a Passion: Marla S.

What first brought Marla S. to Walk-In as a volunteer is different from what has kept her here for nearly 11 years. “When I first came to Walk-In, I was really looking for a broader experience to hone my counseling skills,” she says. “What keeps me here is that it fills a gap. Walk-In serves…

2019 Is Our 50th Anniversary Year!

In 1969, the social and political unrest of the day spurred a group of young psychologists to form Psychologists in Social Action through the University of Minnesota. A radical idea out of that group was to start a free mental health clinic with no red tape, meaning free, anonymous and no-appointment-needed during clinic hours. In…

Featured Supporter: Sharon Sinclair and MEAPAC

When you gather a group of counselors and other mental health professionals, great things can happen. This month, Sharon Sinclair, a member of the Minnesota Employee Assistance Program Administrators and Counselors, stopped by Walk-In with a wonderful story about how this group of caring individuals decided to “pay it forward.” MEAPAC is an organization of…

Featured Volunteer: Matt B.

Matt B. is a social work student who is finishing his internship at Walk-In Counseling Center this month (Sept. 2018). We spoke to him recently between counseling appointments.  “What I love about Walk-In is that I’ve had a chance to serve clients from very diverse backgrounds and levels of need,” Matt says. Walk-In’s proactive approach…

Featured Supporter: Susan Herridge

Susan Herridge has a stake in access to mental health care for everyone. A few years ago, she was called on to help a family member through a crisis, and then to help navigate the insurance. “It was eye-opening,” she says. “There is clearly a lot of money in the system, but that doesn’t mean…

Farewell to Crisis Connection

We acknowledge with great sadness the closing of Crisis Connection on June 30, 2018, after 49½ years of serving Minnesotans. (Note: Walk-In Counseling Center’s availability is not affected by the closing of Crisis Connection.)  The Crisis Connection telephone number was answered 24-hours per day, 7 days per week and served about 55,000 callers per year…

2017 Annual Report

To view our 2017 Annual Report, click on the above heading and then click on 2017 Annual Report.

Innovative Walk-In Counseling Center thriving after nearly 50 years

Founded in 1969, clinic follows no-fee, anonymous model that has reached thousands.

Many Thanks to the Seward Co-op Community

During the month of May, all cash register round-up donations made at Seward Co-op were donated to Walk-In Counseling Center through the co-op SEED grant program. We are so grateful to to the co-op community for choosing Walk-In as a beneficiary of the SEED program! Walk-In provides provide free, no-appointment, anonymous mental health and crisis counseling…

Walk-In Counseling Center News Archives

Star Tribune, Dec. 1, 2016: Innovative Walk-In Counseling Center thriving after nearly 50 years MinnPost, Feb. 4, 2015: After 45 Years, Walk-In Counseling still offers free therapy to all comers MNSights, Spring 2014: Mental Health Issue: 16 High-Impact Nonprofits