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Working to Find Solutions to a State's Mental Health Care Crisis

UNLV PRACTICE provides a training ground for Nevada's next generation of providers while also offering reduced-fee services to the community.

Valeria Martinez (second from right) is a student in UNLV's clinical mental health counseling master's degree program. She is a Communities in Schools graduate assistant interning for UNLV PRACTICE as a counselor-in-training. Martinez, under the supervision of licensed faculty, gains professional experience by leading group and one-on-one counseling sessions with real clients. (Becca Schwartz/UNLV)

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