Canvas Health - North Branch and East Central Crisis Services

A community behavioral health clinic and regional crisis response hub, Canvas Health’s North Branch location serves children, teens, and adults in east-central Minnesota. Part of a nonprofit founded in 1969, the center brings together psychotherapists, addiction counselors, and crisis specialists to provide mental health therapy, substance use treatment, and adult rehabilitative mental health services (ARMHS). Through East Central Mobile Crisis Services, their reach extends beyond scheduled appointments to people experiencing mental health emergencies across surrounding communities.

Work Through Trauma, Addiction, and Everyday Challenges

Clinicians use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to address anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns. Individual, couples, and family counseling also helps clients work through relationship difficulties. Substance use services include assessments, and intensive group sessions focused on managing triggers and relapse prevention. For adults whose mental health conditions interfere with everyday life, the ARMHS program provides practical skills training in managing symptoms, maintaining routines, communicating with others, and handling daily responsibilities.

Receive Crisis Care Beyond the Clinic

Available 24 hours a day, East Central Mobile Crisis Services responds to mental health emergencies across Chicago, Isanti, Pine, Kanabec, and Mille Lacs counties, including the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe community. Crisis teams travel to homes, schooles, and other community settings to assess immediate needs, provide intervention, and help stabilize clients without requiring an initial clinic visit. Telehealth crisis support is also available. The center also serves as a Naloxone access point, providing overdose prevention resources to people affected by substance use.