Healing Towards Wellness

Affordable and accessible mental health care in Kansas City

A community driven, person-over-profit focused, whole body, mental health and total wellness agency.

Affordable

Operating on a sliding scale, Healing Towards Wellness seeks to be an affordable option so that therapy never becomes a financial strain.

Accessible

At Healing Towards Wellness, someone is always available to our clients. We know mental health emergencies can happen any time, and we're here to help navigate them.

Compassionate

Therapy has to be a safe, empathetic, judgement free space. We strive to give our clients support in all their mental, spiritual, and psychological needs.

"Healing Towards Wellness is a new type of mental health agency. One where clients needs are put above everything else."
— Emily Sterk, Founder
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About HTW


The future of mental health care in Kansas City.

Focused on people over profits, with a wrap around approach for wellness, HTW goes back to the basics to provide the best possible approach for our clients.

HTW’s future includes a 3 phase plan that will include

  • Establishing a permanent location with offices, group rooms and a fitness center. 
  • Creating transitional living and mentoring programs
  • Opening a community living space
  • Hiring nutritionists and personal trainers to contribute to the wraparound philosophy
  • Learn more about HTW’s plans for the future here

ABOUT HTW

Healing Towards Wellness is the future of mental health care in Kansas City. Focused on people over profits, with a wrap around approach for wellness, HTW goes back to the basics to provide the best possible approach for our clients.

HTW’s future includes a 3 phase plan that will include

  • Establishing a permanent location with offices, group rooms and a fitness center. 
  • Creating transitional living and mentoring programs
  • Opening a community living space
  • Hiring nutritionists and personal trainers to contribute to the wraparound philosophy
  • Learn more about HTW’s plans for the future here

OUR TEAM

Healing Towards Wellness has an extensive three phase plan that includes bringing in several mental health professionals, as well as personal trainers, nutritionists, and support staff. All of these positions will contribute to HTW’s wraparound, whole body, approach to wellness.

For now, founder Emily Sterk is handling all mental health services.

  • Johnson County native with deep ties to the community
  • Graduate of Kansas State University and Friend’s University
  • Over a decade of experience working with patients from varied backgrounds.
  • Experience includes work within homeless communities, spiritual communities, group homes, and school systems.

Learn more about our team here


DONATE

Healing Towards Wellness is a registered non-profit that uses donations to help facilitate low-cost therapy sessions for Kansas Citians. We accept donations through Venmo and Donorbox.

HTW continues to be blown away by the support of the local community and the incredible resources available to non-profits in Kansas City. It is through theses resources and with generous donations from people like you that HTW is able to grow and create a mental health agency that is truly focused on people, not profits.

Learn more about how to donate and what donations provide here.

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