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Text Box: It is with regret that the Counseling Center announces the retirement of two long-term Center employees.  Retiring after 19 years as a Rehabilitation Assistant in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation program is Jackie Dearth.  Jackie was primarily responsible for designing and implementing social and recreational programming for persons with severe and persistent mental illness.    Also retiring is Rob Schlegel, B.A., L.S.W., Community Psychiatric Support Social Worker, who has focused for a number of years on working with the organization’s Amish clientele.  Rob was originally employed by the Center from 1987 to 1993 as a case manager and returned in 1999.  In total he has worked for the Center for 15 years. Rob will be replaced by Mark Dal Pra, M.A., L.P.C.C., who is currently working in the Counseling Center’s Specialized Children’s Services Unit.  Both retirees were honored at a recent staff reception.   Text Box:  

Text Box: The Center is currently carrying a waiting list of over 300 persons. While every effort is made to provide timely assessment services and determine specific client needs, the access for specialized programming – especially home-based intervention for children and youth, on-going counseling, residential care and psychiatric care can be temporarily difficult.  Hiring efforts are underway and much of the current backlog should be successfully addressed within in the next several months. Text Box: SUPPORT GROUP

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Text Box: Staff members of the Center’s Crisis Intervention Team recently attended a targeted training seminar on Emergency Mental Health:  Assessment and Treatment.  The Center maintains a staff of six master’s level professionals who provide 24-hour response to mental health emergencies in the Wayne and Holmes area.  The team is responsible for suicide assessment, de-escalation, crisis intervention, and screening for possible inpatient psychiatric care.  The team operates under the direction of Diane Meyer, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.   Members of the Center’s Employment Services staff are also receiving additional training in procedures for providing employment services to persons with mental illness and two members of the Center’s Counseling/Psychotherapy program have completed additional training in Motivational Interviewing.

Text Box: The local support group for People Affected by a Loved One’s Suicide (P.A.L.S.) is again operating in the Wayne-Holmes area.  Any interested person is welcome to attend the group which meets from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Counseling Center’s Benden West office.  Jean Brugger, M.S.W., L.I.S.W. is the staff member coordinating the group.  Jean can be reached at 330-264-9029.

 

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CENTER UPDATE

Monthly Newsletter for The Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties

Edition: March 2008