Mental Health Support is a Benefit of Your MVMA Membership

MVMA partners with Restorative Path Counseling and Wellbeing to provide MVMA members and their team access to complimentary individual therapeutic consultations. 

We know that veterinary professionals are selective about who they will approach with their struggles. We are proud to be able to connect our members with reliable and credible mental health professionals, including Athena M. Diesch-Chham, MSW, LICSW—who has more than 12 years of experience working almost exclusively with veterinary professionals, and her colleague Claire Wittek, MPA, MSW, LGSW.

MVMA members and their team have access to:

• Individual therapeutic consultation to determine need and appropriateness for therapy/treatment. Sessions can be online or in person. Beyond the initial session, which is covered by MVMA, members and clinicians will determine plans for further therapeutic intervention. 
• Up to five additional sessions covered by MVMA to allow time to gain additional skills, tools or coping strategies to manage situations, regardless of insurance or financial barriers.
• Ability to reach Restorative Path Counseling and Wellbeing/Athena Diesch-Chham on short notice to any member/member clinic for crisis debriefing and emotionally charged/sensitive situations. 

Learn more at restorativepathcounseling.com. To access this benefit, reach out to Athena at [email protected] or (507) 338-0675.

Reach out to MVMA with questions at [email protected].