Native Kenyan Dr. Betty Kola founded Buoyant Family Services Counseling and Consulting in 2017 with the goal of providing immigrants with mental health services from a compassionate practitioner who could also relate to many of their experiences. The ongoing mission of the practice is to promote and provide effective, strength-based, co-occurring, integrated services; embrace multiculturalism, efficiency, and empowerment; and be responsive to community needs, Kola said.
Buoyant offers a wide spectrum of psychiatric services for individuals of all ages, couples, and families seeking diagnosis or treatment. These include counseling, psychotherapy, mental status evaluations, intensive outpatient treatment, substance abuse therapy and co-occurring evaluations for patients with both a mental health disorder and substance abuse disorders, and supervised visitations for noncustodial parents who support both child safety and parent/child relationships.
Kola specializes in treating patients who have experienced trauma. She encourages people not to let fear or stigma keep them from seeking services and emphasizes that all clients can expect to be treated with respect.
“We are accredited,” Kola said. “We work with the highest standards possible.”
Buoyant Family Services Counseling
1941 S 42nd St Suite 106
Omaha, NE 68105
402.933.7577
bfscounseling.com
This profile originally appeared in the 2024 FACES of Omaha, presented by Omaha Magazine. To see the full book, see our flipbook here.
