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Episode 4 of X Generation Now's Silent Stages series focuses on mental health in the music community and features SIMS Exec. Director Patsy Dolan Bouressa alongside My Jerusalem's Jeff Klein as guests.

Learn more about SIMS Executive Director Patsy Dolan Bouressa in this interview with ShoutoutLA.

KUT and KUTX Present Pause/Play Podcast. Episode 6, "Mental Health During the Pandemic", includes a number of members of the Austin music community to discuss mental health and SIMS, as well as SIMS Executive Director Patsy Dolan Bouressa.

Austin Chronicle's Kevin Curtin features local musician Casey Seymour's new EP, Hidden Hills. Casey gives credit to SIMS to helping him on his journey to one year sober. "I had to reach out to SIMS Foundation to get my shit together. Luckily, they put me in touch with a counselor who's been so awesome and knows a lot about music."

Austin musician Nakia talks about how he collaborated with 8 year old Charlie Cotton to write the uplifting song, "It's Never Too Late". Proceeds from Bandcamp song sales benefit SIMS Foundation.

Austin Fit goes in depth on the founding of SIMS Foundation, our evolution into a pioneer of providing behavioral health services for the music industry, and tells the stories of two of the 3,000+ people we've helped in just the last five years.

The event, co-organized by the Amplified Sound Coalition and Austin Texas Musicians, served as a show of force for Austin’s music industry imploring City Council to provide dedicated funding toward a Music Venue Preservation Fund.

Patsy Dolan Bouressa, director of SIMS Foundation, said that every time a venue closes, her organization experiences an increase in calls.

As a part of Beau Henderson's series about “Mental Health Champions” helping to promote mental wellness, Beau interviewed SIMS Executive Director Patsy Dolan Bouressa.

SIMS Executive Director Patsy Dolan Bouressa was interviewed for the Untangling the Chords podcast, a series that focuses on the relationship between music and mental health.

Austin songwriter Amy Annelle talks about her song, "Distance Lullaby", and the help she's received through SIMS.

SIMS Executive Director Patsy Dolan Bouressa discusses our organization's mission to provide mental and emotional wellbeing to the Central Texas music community.