Building Healthier Communities, Together.
Community Turning Point expands access to mental health support, promotes mental health awareness, and creates spaces for community connection and well-being. From free mental health services for community members to restorative events for mental health professionals, we believe healthier communities begin when people have access to the support they need.
Mission
To strengthen community mental health by increasing access to free mental health services, promoting mental health awareness and education, and creating opportunities for connection and well-being. We are committed to reducing barriers to care and supporting healthier communities through accessible services, outreach, and community-centered events. We also invest in the well-being of mental health professionals by creating restorative spaces that encourage connection, wellness, and sustainability for those who care for others.
Why We Exist
New Orleans carries a legacy of strength and struggle. At Community Turning Point, we’re here to disrupt cycles of trauma and make healing a community standard—not a luxury. Our services are led by licensed professionals and rooted in equity, empathy, and empowerment.
We recognize that strong communities need both accessible mental health support and supported mental health professionals. That’s why our work extends from providing free services and mental health education to creating restorative experiences for the professionals who care for our communities.
We envision communities where seeking mental health support is normalized, care is accessible, and the people providing that care have opportunities to rest, connect, and thrive.
Community Care. Provider Well-Being. Collective Impact.
Free Mental Health Services
We work to reduce financial barriers to mental health care by connecting community members with free mental health services and support.
Community Mental Health
Through outreach, education, partnerships, and community events, we create approachable opportunities to talk about mental health, learn practical skills, connect with resources, and reduce stigma.
Provider Well-Being
Caring for communities requires caring for the people who provide that care. Community Turning Point creates free and accessible opportunities for mental health professionals—from students to seasoned clinicians—to connect, play, rest, and prioritize their own well-being.
Programs such as Therapist Touch Grass bring providers together outside of clinical and professional spaces to build community, reduce isolation, and reconnect with themselves beyond their roles as helpers.
Community Partnerships
We partner with organizations, businesses, mental health professionals, and community leaders to expand the reach of mental health resources and create experiences that strengthen community well-being.
Together, we can make mental health support more accessible and make sure those doing the helping are supported, too.
Community Turning Point is committed to being part of this community and dedicated to helping create healed communities. Community Turning Point enjoys participating in community events and are available to participate in your community events. Community Turning Point can provide:
- Tabling
- Mental health resources and promotional materials
- Mental health support or advocates*
- Speakers*
- Mental health trainings*
Community Turning Point is committed to help promote the acceptance of mental health services in our community by providing trainings to businesses and organizations about the stigma around mental health and ways to support community members dealing with mental health.
Community Turning Point is ready and able to help your organization or agency.
- Updating policies & procedures to be trauma-informed
- Staff trainings available
- Trauma-informed care
- Avoiding burnout
- Compassion fatigue
- Management training
- Branding
- Marketing strategies
- Website building or editing
Community Turning Point has been trained to host and facilitate healing circles utilizing trauma-informed approaches and Restorative Justice. As an alternative to the legal system, Restorative Justice takes a community approach to healing from low levels of harm caused by a community member.
Request a mental health speaker for your next event.
Topics can be tailored to fit your event.
Previous topics include:
- General Mental health awareness
- Mental health in the black community
- Crisis Intervention
- Burnout Prevention
- Boundaries
- Addressing clients as they want to be called (respectful use of pronouns)
- Trauma informed care
Prices start at $250