West Virginia Behavioral Healthcare Providers Association

Behavioral Health Day 2025 yesterday at The Capitol was a productive and empowering experience! We want to thank our members, sponsors, and lawmakers for their support of our collective mission.

What a week! We want to sincerely thank all of our members, conference attendees, our sponsors, presenters, and the Stonewall Resort for another incredible Senior Leaders Conference!

We want to congratulate our CEO Brad Story for being selected as one WV Living Magazine's Mental Health Care Heroes! Brad continues to be a champion for behavioral health in West Virginia and we are thrilled to see him recognized for his continued excellent work in our state!

We are very excited to announce our new partnership with West Virginia Wesleyan College to offer the state's first certificate in addiction counseling! “The School of Counseling and Psychology at WV Wesleyan College is honored to partner with the WVBHPA to bring our Certificate in Addiction Counseling (CAC) to their membership. We support WVBHPA's mission to create and sustain healthy and secure communities by training exceptional counselors at Wesleyan through our Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling,” said Dr. Jen Randall Reyes, Director of the School of Counseling & Psychology at WVWC. To learn more about the certificate in Addiction Counseling program, follow the link here: www.wvwc.edu/cmhc

What a great evening we’ve had at the Recovery Advocacy Day reception. We want to thank the WV Association of Addiction and Prevention Professionals (WVAAPP) for hosting and the incredible work they do for our great state!

"We talk about (the warning signs) separation from our families, the poor communication with our spouses. Not attending children's functions and when we start to have that social awkwardness and distance ourselves. The sleeplessness. It's perfectly normal for us to go through those things, but there are resources (to combat these struggles)." We were lucky enough to sit down with Captain David Hodges of the Charleston Fire Department and discuss the importance of mental health among our heroic first responders and navigating their tough everyday lives. Finding the balance between strength in the field, while also recognizing the need for ensuring their own mental wellbeing, is paramount. For the audio only version of this episode, you can find us anywhere that you get your podcasts. Just search "Association Spotlight Series." #mentalhealth #firstresponders #mentalwellbeing #opioidcrisis #opioidepidemic

The WVBHPA is hosting its inaugural Behavioral Health Day at the capitol Monday, April 7th, beginning at 8:30am. If you are interested in hosting a table or want more information, please reach out to kedron@wvbehavioralhealth.org to reserve yours today. Strength in numbers will propel our voice to move behavioral health forward in West Virginia!

We are thrilled for this partnership with West Virginia Wesleyan College!

Welcome, Secretary Alex J. Mayer MSA, PMP! We look forward to working with you to move behavioral health forward in our great state!

We are now accepting sponsorships for our annual Senior Leaders Conference at the beautiful Stonewall Resort! The conference will be held April 2-4 and is always a valuable opportunity to network and collaborate with nearly 100 experts and state leaders in behavioral health from across the state. For sponsorship registration info, please reach out directly to kedron@wvbehavioralhealth.org