Marilyn H. Spencer

The Bridges Health Collaborative Clinic is a Minnesota Department of Health grant-funded telebehavioral health service provided by Winona State University Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner PMHNP students and Masters of Social Work MSW students with licensed faculty supervision. We provide diagnostic assessments with the option to collaborate with and send medication recommendations to primary care teams. We also provide brief Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy FACT, which supports people in getting back on track with the lives they value one step at a time. We also can research and offer recommendations for services and supports in your area. Our goal is to fill a gap in access to mental health support by providing quality care in the convenience of people's homes.

Sign up for this service in four easy steps:

Step 1: Schedule a 30-Minute Introduction Visit
This introduction visit is completed using a secure video chat with one of our licensed faculty providers. This visit will help us learn a bit more about your background and goals for the program. It also allows us to test your technology to make sure that everything goes smoothly when you start the program. You can schedule your appointment on this page by clicking on one of the available dates and times. After filling out your contact information, you will receive an email notification from Patient Fusion saying that your appointment request is pending. You will receive a second email from Patient Fusion when your request has been approved.

You can also schedule your visit over the phone by calling the Bridges Health Office at 507 484-2221. The Bridges Health number has a secure voicemail, and you can leave your name and number. A Collaborative Clinic provider will return your call. We will help to schedule an introduction visit at a time that works for you. You will receive an email from Patient Fusion confirming your appointment date and time.

Step 2: Sign in to Your Video Introduction Visit
Before your visit, you will get an email from Updox, our secure video visit platform. This email will have a link to join your video visit at your scheduled time. The email will also have instructions for how to access your video visit.

Please log in to your video visit 15 minutes before your appointment time to make sure that your technology is working. When you join the visit, you will need to give permission for Updox to use your microphone and camera just during the visit.

After joining the visit, you will see a welcome screen, saying that you are in the Bridges Health Collaborative Clinic waiting room. You are in the right place! Your provider will be with you shortly.

If you have an difficulties accessing your video visit, call 507-990-1925 Dr. M. Helene Spencer, PMHNP faculty.

Step 3: Complete Telebehavioral Health Consent
During your video introduction visit, you will receive an email from Bridges Health with a link to complete our online treatment consent form. Copy and paste this secure link into your browser. We will discuss this form during your visit, so do not complete it until your visit.

Step 4: Schedule Your Assessment and Follow-Up Appointments
If we determine our free mental health services are appropriate and of interest to you, we will help coordinate these appointment dates and times.

We look forward to meeting with you!