The World Health Organization estimates the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide. The Cabin Counseling & Resource Center has also seen a rise in local individuals seeking treatment for various issues related to mental health. Since 1999 The Cabin has served Boone County residents at several different locations. They now offer services in Zionsville, Westfield and Lebanon.
Executive Director Laura Weaver says cost should never prohibit someone from receiving the mental health care services they need, and that’s precisely the goal of The Cabin.
“Our founder, Deidra Rausch, created The Cabin as a way to provide high-quality mental health treatment options to those who may not be able to afford it,” Weaver says. “The organization became 501(c)(3) in 2009, but we have been raising funds since 2002. We’ve provided our clients with over $2 million of financial assistance.”
The Cabin provides traditional talk therapy, in traditional and nontraditional ways. It also offers eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, expressive art therapy, enneagram coaching, nutritional counseling and life coaching. The Cabin also offers workshops and seminars on various topics for individuals and groups.
“We have therapists who will provide nature- or adventure-based therapy,” Weaver says. “So, patients and their therapist go outside of the traditional clinical setting into nature for their appointments. Sometimes that’s as simple as walking on the many trails near our location, and sometimes it can mean fishing.”
The Cabin also offers a financial assistance program called The Samaritan Fund for those who qualify. The program offers therapy sessions at a discounted, sliding-scale fee based on the federal poverty scale. Rausch says The Cabin doesn’t limit how many clients qualify, or the number of sessions those who are eligible may receive. Each year The Cabin hosts its annual fundraiser, Shining a Light on Mental Health, to raise funds for The Samaritan Fund.
“Our therapists are driven to breaking the stigma around mental health,” Weaver says. “Deidra has cultivated a phenomenal team of therapists who are diversely skilled. They’re also driven by our mission to never turn anyone away for assistance that needs it due to cost.”
Weaver says sometimes patients in therapy might realize they’re overwhelmed in reaching personal or professional goals. She says Tera Nutter, MS, Trained Life Coach, can help get into the nitty-gritty of setting goals, and identifying patterns of what gets in the way of those goals. Gretchen Heidenreich, RD, LD, provides nutritional counseling and explores patients’ relationships with food. The Cabin also offers organizational wellness workshops for groups.
“When we opened The Cabin in 1999 with two therapists, I don’t know that I could have imagined the growth that would occur over the next 25 years,” Rausch says. “We have been blessed with amazing clinicians who have provided mental health care to thousands of individuals, couples and families, including those who would have otherwise been unable to afford care if not for the availability of The Cabin’s Samaritan Fund assistance program. Thanks to the support of our generous donors, grant funders and annual fundraising events, we have provided over $2 million in assistance since our inception, never limiting the number of individuals who can apply, nor the number of sessions received by those who qualify for a reduced fee. The ability to provide care to all individuals, regardless of their financial situation, is what has driven my commitment to the organization over the last 2.5 decades.”
The Cabin Counseling & Resource Center is located in Zionsville, Lebanon and Westfield. Visit thecabin.org for more information or to start on your journey to better mental health.
Locations:
The Cabin, Main Office
112 N. 9th Street, Zionsville, IN 46077
(317) 873-8140
The Cabin, Westfield
115 N. Union Street, Westfield, IN 46074
(317) 804-3697
The Cabin, Lebanon
953 Monument Drive, Lebanon IN 46052
(765) 859-3110