USM Center for Behavioral Health is a mental health treatment facility serving Hattiesburg and the surrounding Mississippi area. The facility provides specialized care tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.
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USM Center for Behavioral Health in Hattiesburg, Mississippi provides accessible, evidence-based outpatient mental health services for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults throughout South Mississippi. As the premier behavioral health clinical training facility in the Gulf South region, the center delivers high-quality care through supervised graduate clinicians specializing in counseling, clinical psychology, and school psychology. Services include individual, group, family, and couples therapy, psychological assessments, school consultation, parent training, and academic and career counseling, all designed to promote emotional wellness and functional improvement.
The center also operates the CBH-SOAR Program, which offers early intervention services for adolescents and young adults ages 14 to 25 who may be at risk for developing serious mental illness. Using a stepped-care, evidence-based model, this program focuses on screening, assessment, resilience-building, and symptom reduction to improve long-term outcomes. Through compassionate, culturally responsive care and scientifically supported treatment approaches, USM Center for Behavioral Health helps individuals strengthen coping skills, restore functioning, and achieve lasting mental health recovery.