Best Life Behavioral Health
& Wellness
Live your best life with options that best fit your mental health needs. We currently offer individual therapy sessions and a range of support groups.
Therapy Services
Our therapy services provide LGBTQ+ people with an affirming physical and emotional environment. Together, we'll work through everyday problems and stressors.
Our mental health health therapist, CJ Elliott, LIMHP, LICSW, is currently only accepting referrals. Please email bestlife@omahaforus.org to request support in finding an LGBTQ+ affirming provider in your area.
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We have partnered with Verve Collaborative Health to help reach a broader audience of LGBTQ+ individuals needing therapy services.
Call their intake line at (402) 898-1113, ask for CJ Elliott, and their intake coordinators will help you. The intake process will identify your unique needs. If a different provider is more appropriate for those needs, or we've reached appointment capacity, we may refer you to one of our trusted, local partners.
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Coverage varies by plan. Check your benefits from your specific plan.
Support Groups
Support groups offer community members a space to create connections and foster hope. These are peer led groups facilitated by background checked community members who’ve been trained in Mental Health First Aid.
We determine the frequency and topics of support groups based on participants’ interests and our facilitators’ capacity. We may offer more frequent meetings or expanded topics in the future.
Some support groups require registration, which is noted in their descriptions.
Please be on time for support groups- late admittance is not permitted due to establishing norms at the beginning of group.
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This virtual support group is for caregivers and other adult family members of LGBTQ+ folks of any age.
This group is hosted every 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 on Zoom.
To receive a Zoom link for the next group, email bestlife@omahaforus.org.
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This is a mental health support group for LGBTQ+ adults ages 19+ focused on the intersections of mental health and LGBTQ+ identity.
This group is hosted the first and third Wednesday of each month from 6:00-7:30 pm on Zoom.
Registration is required and opens the Thursday before each group. Please visit omahaforus.org/events to register for the next group and email bestlife@omahaforus.org with any questions!
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This is a mental health support group for LGBTQ+ adults ages 19+ focused on the intersections of mental health and LGBTQ+ identity.
This group is hosted the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Registration is required and opens the Thursday before each group. Please visit omahaforus.org/events to register for the next group and email bestlife@omahaforus.org with any questions!
Our Therapist
CJ (LIMHP, LICSW) is Omaha ForUs’ mental health practitioner and support group supervisor. With roots in social work and education, CJ believes individuals are the experts of their own lives and partners with them to build a trauma-informed therapeutic relationship focused on compassion and care.
CJ’s client-centered approach to therapy is informed by the unique and intersectional identities we each navigate, giving weight to the familial, societal, political and systemic impacts on mental health and well-being. CJ uses a multitude of modalities in therapy, their favorites being Internal Family Systems & Attachment Theory.
CJ is a graduate of the Master of Social Work program at UNO. Their background includes extensive work with youth, families and adults in various capacities such as Education, Foster Care, Crisis Intervention & Clinical Social Work.
CJ always brings with them a trusty sidekick, Benson the therapy dog. Benson is certified through Alliance of Therapy Dogs, always up to date on her vaccines, and as sweet and soft as can be.
Find Support Now
We've created a toolkit with mental wellness and crisis resources for you and those you support.
This does not replace professional mental health services, but it can serve as one of many tools when considering or waiting for these services.
If you or a loved one is in need of an emergency response, please call or text 988 for mental health and suicide-related support.
Omaha ForUs is more than the Best Life program — we have a clothing closet, food pantry and other events and services. Contact us or visit our center at 3337 N 107th St, Tuesday through Saturday for more information.