Mission
To enhance sustainable community health by expanding access to quality mental health care in the Upper Valley through funding clinical services.
Vision
Equitable access to mental health and educational services regardless of financial standing. The Equal Care Fund aims to help individuals with financial limitations who reside in the Upper Valley (NH/VT) through equitable access to mental health care and educational services.
The team plans to create a bridge between people who need mental health care and community providers who can offer appropriate care for their needs. With this funding, individuals will be able to maintain psychotherapy and/or psychiatry sessions or attain psychoeducational services that meet their clinical needs. In some cases, long-term support (e.g., 12-18 months) may be warranted.
Due to numerous systemic challenges, mental health care providers are frequently underpaid and overworked, facing significant risk of chronic burnout (Morse, Salyers, Rollins, Monroe-DeVita, & Pfahler, 2012). Funding client care also supports providers, allowing them to focus on offering the most effective care they can for their clients. In the future, the Equal Care Fund hopes to also provide funding for quality clinical training for mental health practitioners. This will improve the quality of mental health services in the Upper Valley, thereby increasing capacity within the system.
Our Team
Seoka Salstrom, Ph.D. (Co-Founder)
Dr. Salstrom is a licensed clinical psychologist with twenty years of clinical, research, and supervision experience in evidence-based therapies. She moved from Chicago to the Upper Valley in 2015 and started Hanover CBT in 2017. She has also consulted at Mountain Valley Treatment Center and co-created the Upper Valley Free OCD Support Group. Dr. Salstrom is on the executive board of IOCDF Affiliate OCD NH and is a current member of APA, ABCT, ACBS, and IOCDF.
Jordan Hewes (Co-Founder)
Jordan Hewes is a recent graduate of Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in Child Development, she joined Hanover CBT as a BOLD Scholar. Jordan was selected as one of six young women to be in the first cohort of BOLD Scholars selected from Colby-Sawyer College. Her fellowship was dedicated to the creation of this initiative. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Social Work at Smith College.