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Flourish Therapy, a Utah LGBT therapy service, relies on donors after partnership with Encircle ends

Provo • A Utah therapy service is using donations to provide subsidized mental health services after parting ways with a youth LGBTQ resource center that funded the operation.

About 200 clients followed their therapists after Flourish Therapy and the nonprofit Encircle split in May, The Daily Herald reported Tuesday.

Encircle moved to an in-house provider, but many of the mental health professionals invited to join Encircle followed Flourish director Lisa Hansen.

"The community reached out and donors just came out of the woodwork with small donations, up to larger ones, that have enabled us to help keep functioning while we are anticipating corporate grants" Hansen said.