Gulf Coast Mental Health Center

Hancock County Office

819 Central Avenue, Bay Saint Louis, MS 39520, USA

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Gulf Coast Mental Health Center Region XIII Commission for Mental Health - Mental Retardation

Serving Harrison, Hancock, Pearl River and Stone Counties 1600 Broad Avenue Gulfport, MS 39501-3603 Phone (228) 863-1132 Fax (228) 865-1700

Shelley Foreman, LPC, Executive Director Tom Pritchard, CPA - Chief Financial Officer Patricia Wilson, PHR - Human Resource Director

People are confronted almost daily with the prospect of growth and change. For many, perhaps most, of us, this confrontation is beset with difficulties.

At Gulf Coast Mental Health Center, we believe it is during these difficult times that sound professional services can be of value. Always, our goal will be to assist people in the process of growth - never to make changes for them. Please take time to review the community mental health services offered to residents of our service area, and call us at any time you feel we might be of service to you.

Gulf Coast Mental Health Center is a full-service community mental health center providing a wide range of mental health and mental retardation services to the residents of Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, and Stone Counties.

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mental Health Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Veterans
  • Active duty military
  • Military families
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Adolescents
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons with HIV or AIDS
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Treatment for gambling disorder
  • Treatment for internet use disorder
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Gulf Coast Mental Health Center

    819 Central Avenue, Bay Saint Louis, MS 39520

Rehabilitation Process