Montana Ag Producer Stress Resource Clearinghouse
View Online Farm Stress Education Opportunities Here
Welcome to Montana’s first statewide stress management resource, designed specifically for agriculture producers. We are here for farmers, ranchers, and their families and loved ones. Our goal is to provide you with the tools and resources you need to help you manage your stress and fine tune your mental health. Please use the site to discover local, state and national resources that will help ease any burden that you, or a loved one, might be experiencing.
Please visit these links for assistance with Finance and Money, Nutrition and Cooking, Health Issues, Family, Substance Use/Misuse, and Suicide Prevention.
Apply for a mini-grant to bring mental wellness assistance to your community through WRASAP, FRSAN MT, or SARE.
The Need
Caring for a farm or agri-business is hard work. Farmers and ranchers tackle the essentials of caring for and managing animals, crops, and employees every day. At the same time, ag producers often deal with work-related family dynamics, climate and seasonal issues, or financial stressors, such as changing commodity prices. MSU Extension has sought input from agricultural organizations, educators, health professionals and local Montana farmers and ranchers to identify the specific situations causing stress, and to put together a set of tools to help our Montana agricultural community better manage and cope with the stressors they might be experiencing. Our aim is to provide helpful information to farmers and ranchers, rural or subsistence farmers, in addition to their family members and loved ones. Please use this site to identify the circumstances that cause stress in your daily life (sometimes called “stressors”), measure your stress, learn more about how to manage your stress, and get connected with resources if you are in need of individualized assistance. If you have any additional or specific questions, please use the “contact an expert” form below.
Get Assistance as You Need It
CALL:
(all are FREE and confidential)
National Lifeline
24-Hour Suicide Help Line:
800-273-8255 or Dial 988
800-628-9454 Spanish
800-799-4889 TTY
Montana Crisis Recovery Line
1-877-503-0833
10am-10pm only
Prescription Opioid Help Line:
800-662-4357
FARM AID HOTLINE
1-800-FARM-AID
(1-800-327-6243)
*As of April 2021, hotline hours will be
Monday through Friday, 6am- 7pm Pacific Standard Time.
If you want to connect with a hotline
staff outside of hotline hours, please fill out a form here.
TEXT:
National Suicide Hotline:
text your zip code to 898211
Montana Crisis Line:
Text "MT" to 741741
FACE TO FACE/TELEHEALTH COUNSELING:
Frontier Care Psychiatry
Beyond the Weather: Free Counseling Access for Montana Ag
Call 406-200-8471, press 7 to learn more
Visit this webpage for more information .
Western Montana Mental Health Center
Online/phone therapy from your home
call 556-6500 to schedule
Human Development Clinic- MSU
Telehealth counseling services for
individuals living across Montana.
Please call (406) 994-4113 to make an
appointment and/or for questions.
You may also visit their website at:
http://www.montana.edu/hhd/humandevelopmentclinic.html
Ponderosa Counseling and Therapeutic Services, LLC
Offers in-person and telehealth counsling services
(also available after hours and via phone or text)
Kyle Jacobsen, LCSW
119½ W. Park Ave. Suite 5, Livingston, MT.
ponderosatherapy.com
(406) 640-3242
Summit Therapy Center PC
Offers in-person and telehealth counseling services (Spanish & English)
at 547 South 20th Street W, Suite 5, Billings MT.
Visit their Facebook Page Call 406-272-2606
Realization Therapy
Holistic Mental Health Counseling
101 E. Broadway St. Ste 409, Missoula MT.
Visit their website realizationtherapy.com Call 406-360-8537 or 406-215-9003
Amanda Beedy Morrison, LCPC, LAC, NCC, LLC
Certified in EMDR
Telehealth Counseling Services for individual adults across Montana
Please email me to set up an initial phone consultation:
[email protected]
For more information on my theoretical orientation and insurances please visit:
COVID-19 Resources
Research based tools and information to help during this pandemic. View the webpages here.
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as it becomes available and is vetted by our advisory council.
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