Community Focused, & Community Driven

Friendly South Lane Neighborhood Therapists
In 1988, South Lane Mental Health was started by members of the community for members of the community. Our community-focused feel has remained ever since. We all struggle from time to time; it’s important for people to have access to a therapist to help restore hope and get a sense of a renewed life.
At SLMH, we are passionate about the work we do and appreciate how involved the community is in supporting one another’s mental health. With locations around Cottage Grove, OR, it’s possible for members of the community to have access to mental health services in South Lane County.
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Our History
South Lane Mental Health is deeply rooted in the Cottage Grove community, with a rich history of caring and concern. In the winter of 1987, an unhoused woman with mental illness moved into the First Presbyterian Church in Cottage Grove. Because there were no community mental health or housing resources available, church members allowed her to stay. However, she began showing traits of paranoia and psychosis and was admitted to a Portland-area psychiatric facility for treatment.
Social workers recommended a residential placement for the woman upon her release, but there was no housing for persons with psychiatric disabilities in Cottage Grove.
In response, the First Presbyterian Church formed a committee to determine whether a local mental health service could be created in Cottage Grove. A community board of directors was formed and began the process of incorporating as a private non-profit.
The next year, the organization, originally named the “Bohemia Residential Community,” began providing residential services to five people in a house donated by the local Cottage Grove Woodard family and members of the Presbyterian Church.
South Lane Mental Health has since grown from five employees assisting 50 people annually to a fluctuating staff of approximately 89 helping an average of 1,400 South Lane County area adults and children each year. We are proud to be the region’s largest comprehensive mental health services provider.

Our Values
Agility
The needs and expectations of clients, staff, and community partners continually change and evolve. We strive to be flexible and responsive within this changing environment as we change or develop new mission-driven policies, programs, and services.
Anti-Oppression
South Lane Mental Health actively seeks to create an equitable and inclusive culture and environment within our agency. We acknowledge the institutional nature of oppression, including but not limited to racism, sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, and cissexism. We recognize the intersection of oppression and mental health and seek to deconstruct these systems with training, for staff and community, and being vocal allies for anti-oppression efforts within our local and State communities.
Community
South Lane Mental Health was created by, and continues to receive support from, our local community. In turn, we remain committed to identifying and addressing community needs. Client services are community-based. In addition to serving clients in our offices, we meet clients in their homes, schools, medical settings, and other community spaces. We strive to create an agency characterized by teamwork, cooperative decision-making, and mutual support.
Compassion
We recognize the profound impact of adversity and trauma, both direct and vicarious, in people’s lives. Therefore, we seek to extend compassion to our clients, our staff, and our community partners.
Diversity
Empowerment
Grace
Growth
Innovation
Introspection
Persistence
Through our extensive range of services, we demonstrate our willingness to support clients as they work to overcome long-term issues. Likewise, we are committed to staff development and advocacy for community change.
Respect
Funding Partners
- Banner Bank
- Baker Family Foundation
- Brad’s Chevrolet
- Chambers Family Foundation
- Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon
- Collins Foundation
- Coquille Tribal Community Fund
- Cottage Grove Community Foundation
- Cottage Grove Rotary
- Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation
- Dirt Cheap Copies
- Doyle & Donna Shepherd Foundation
- Donald E. Tykeson Foundation
- Energy Trust of OR
- Faye & Lucille Stewart Foundation
- First Presbyterian Church of Cottage Grove
- Ford Family Foundation
- Grantmakers of OR and SW Washington
- Harrison-Fuller Family Fund
- The Healy Foundation
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Lane Community Health Council
- Lane County Economic Development Department
- Lane County Health & Human Services
- Meyer Memorial Trust
- Murdock Family Trust
- Northwest Farm Credit Services
- Oregon Community Foundation– Oregon Fund
- Oregon Economic & Community Development Department
- Pacific Source Foundation
- Pacific Power Foundation
- Pacific Power Blue Sky
- PeaceHealth
- The Pride Foundation
- Providence Health Plan
- Roundhouse Foundation
- Safeway Foundation
- Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund
- Siuslaw Bank
- Spirit Mountain Community Fund
- Sunderland Foundation
- Taubert Memorial Foundation
- Three Rivers Foundation
- Trillium
- United Way
- USDA
- Wal-Mart Community Fund
- Weyerhaeuser Foundation
- Woodard Family Foundation
- Yarg Foundation
Additional Partners
- The City of Cottage Grove
- The Cottage Grove Police Department
- PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center’s Emergency Department
- Food for Lane County
- Centro Latino Americano
- Community Sharing
- Cottage Grove Safe Haven
- Great Days Early Education Center
- Head Start
- South Lane Family Relief Nursery
- South Lane School District
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South Lane Mental Health
Main Office
1345 Birch Ave.
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Phone: 541-942-3939
Fax: 541-942-9310
Email: slmh.info@slmh.org
Business Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM