{"id":135434,"date":"2026-01-28T21:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135434\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:05:06","slug":"free-mental-health-clinic-opens-in-sanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135434\/","title":{"rendered":"Free mental health clinic opens in Sanford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANFORD, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Conversations around mental health have been in the spotlight following the <a href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2026\/01\/21\/friends-remember-therapist-who-was-murdered\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">death of a therapist last week<\/a> in Winter Park. Rebecca White was stabbed to death by a former client, and another man was injured in the attack at her office, according to the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a new clinic opened to offer free mental health services in Seminole County<br \/>\n<br \/>One of the women who made the new clinic possible used to share an office with Rebecca White, who was stabbed to death last week<br \/>\n<br \/>Even while still grieving, the therapist community wants to continue to move the mission forward to bring awareness to mental health<br \/>\n<br \/>The Outlook Clinic in Stanford is aimed to help people without insurance receive free mental health services<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a <a href=\"https:\/\/mhacf.org\/outlook-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new clinic opened to offer free mental health services in Seminole County<\/a>. One of the women who made it happen used to share an office with Rebecca White.<\/p>\n<p>Cherlette McCullough is excited to show off the new rooms. She is a therapist and board member for the Mental Health Association of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is one of the days I am so proud of,\u201d McCullough said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a day two years in the making, but also on her mind isher former office mate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been just over a week, and it is still hard, it is still there,\u201d McCullough said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of in the therapist&#8217;s chair she\u2019s spent some time on the couch in a trauma processing group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealing happens in community and being able to sit with other therapists who have the same fears, that validates you and it feels calming in the moment,\u201d McCullough said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been tough, but her passion outweighs her pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOffering these services, these are the things that really motivate me to get up every day and to go back into the office or to get on the screen to do telehealth,\u201d McCullough said.<\/p>\n<p>Safety and security are top of mind. At her office, she plans to add a new silent alarm. The new Outlook Clinic inside the Neighborhood Co-Op in Sanford has passcode entry and additional security on site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is for specifically individuals that are uninsured, all the services provided by the mental health association for children as young at 6 years old, are completely free,\u201d said Marni Stahlman, the president and CEO of the Mental Health Association of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Counseling and psychiatric services for individuals, families and couples will take place in the new rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMental health really is health, it is a part of our everyday,\u201d Stahlman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANFORD, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Conversations around mental health have been in the spotlight following the death of a therapist last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3948,6466,274,571,4070,115,139,141,140,9429,1014,278,835,9136],"class_list":["post-135434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-health","tag-app-latest-health-stories","tag-app-top-stories","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sarah-winkelmann","tag-seminole-county","tag-top-stories","tag-vod","tag-your-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}