JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING
CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PROGRAM
PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP SITE DIRECTORY
Revised 10/14 updup
Please note: When arranging for your personal, face-to-face interview, we recommend that you confirm the agency street address and suite number before your appointment and bring a resume.
If you find any of the following contact information is incorrect, please contact Graduate Assistant, [email protected], so we can make necessary changes.
Advanced Psychotherapy Services 28916 Euclid Ave. Wickliffe, OH 44092-2531
Contact Person: Gary Echt, PCC-S (440) 944-6565
Treatment of adult sexual offenders and significant others. Evening hours available.
Alternative Paths, Inc. 246 Northland Dr. Medina, OH 44256
Contact Person: Colleen Barrett, LPCC (330) 725-9195 [email protected]
An exciting and challenging internship opportunity is available to qualified and interested candidates! The selected intern will work with the Emergency Services Team. Medina County is the fourth fastest growing county out of eight-eight in Ohio. The crisis team provides lethality and risk assessments at Alternative Path’s office and at three local hospitals in Medina County. The intern position would have the opportunity to work with an eclectic team of clinicians dealing with crisis and psychiatric emergencies. The intern will have a dynamic opportunity to observe and develop skills in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders with clients in crisis and psychiatric emergencies.
Applewood Centers 2525 East 22nd Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Contact Person: Carolyn Welker (216) 696-5800 [email protected]
Outpatient, Mental health treatment for children and adolescents. Early start, diagnostic assessment, group and individual.
Jones Campus (adolescent girls residential) 3518 W. 25th St. Cleveland, OH 44109
2 Contact Person: Nicholas Bachofsky PCC-S (216) 741-2241 [email protected]
Mental health services for residential girls.
Baldwin—Wallace College Counseling Center 275 Eastland Road Health Center Berea, Ohio 44017
Contact Person: Dr. Gerald Hayes (440) 826-2038 [email protected]
College students, including non-traditional, individual, group, skill development workshops, crisis intervention, career & Personal testing, consultation for the division of student affairs, individual and group supervision. (Some experience required.) Note: Applications due in Feb.
Beacon Health (Pathways) 7350 Palisades Parkway Mentor, Ohio 44060
Contact Person: Jackie Justus (440) 918-1000 x 202 [email protected]
Community mental health center, individual and group counseling.
Beech Brook Two Locations *When calling Beech Brook, tell them which location you want first
3737 Lander Road Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124
11801 Buckeye Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44124
Contact Person: Paula Atwood (216) 831-2255 [email protected]
Children, youth, families in a range of programs-residential, day treatment, adoption, foster care, outpatient clinic, community and patient education, school-based community services.
Outpatient family and individual counseling; emphasis on children.
3 Bellefaire JCB 22001 Fairmount Blvd. Shaker Heights, Ohio 44118
Contact Person: Carmela McMullen (216) 320-8925 [email protected]
Residential treatment for children; both individual and group counseling.
Bellefaire JCB Mission: Bellefaire JCB is an innovative organization that provides exceptional care and advocacy to enhance the emotional, physical and intellectual well-being of children, young adults, and families in the Jewish and general communities. In addition to providing direct services, Bellefaire JCB is committed to: 1) remaining on the forefront of the youth service and child caring fields 2)responding to emerging needs and 3) building knowledge which contributes to service to children, youth and their families. Bellefaire JCB provides its services without regard to race, religion, sex or national origin, and encourages all clients to develop positive identification with their religious and ethnic backgrounds.
Internships at Bellefaire JCB Bellefaire JCB offers many internship opportunities to students in the Master’s Program in Counseling at JCU. Bellefaire is conveniently located next to JCU. Our internships are supervised by licensed professionals who carry a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with the student.
Areas of learning opportunities include: clinical, individual therapy, group therapy, diagnosis, assessments, prevention, treatment, case management etc. Clients range in ages (mostly up to age 21) depending on the program.
Programs providing internships in these areas include: Adoption - Acting on behalf of children to help create permanency in their lives. Foster Care - Providing children safe, homes through preparation and support. Independent Living - Providing support and education to youth. School Based Services - Treating clients in the schools, and after school in the After School Program. In-Home Services - Treating clients at home including substance abuse, early start, and integrated treatment etc. Residential Treatment –Three levels of care including intensive, intermediate, and transitional. Community Counseling in Lorain Ohio – providing case management, wraparound, in-home, school, or outpatient counseling in our Lorain Ohio location.
Bridgeway, Inc. 8301 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44109 http://www.bridgewayinc.org
Contact Person: Natalie Wos (216) 281-2660 [email protected]
Community support services, counseling, crisis intervention, employment, vocational; Adult sex offenders service, family preservation, parenting and counseling services. Evening and Saturday hours available.
Catholic Charities Services of Cuyahoga County 7800 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44102
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Contact Person: Catherine Bixenstine (440) 843-5535
Outpatient counseling services for children and families; mental health diagnostic assessment; individual and group counseling.
Centers for Families and Children Western Reserve Building 4500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44103
Note: There are several satellite offices both east and west side. Confirm which location you will be going for your initial interview and ultimate assignment.
Contact Persons: Linda Miller (216) 325-9220 [email protected]
Mark Kaplafka, PCC-S (216) 431-5800 x 564
Outpatient individual/group counseling for adults and children; Employee Assistance Program; Intake, assessment and referral, short-term counseling; substance abuse issues, relationship problems, mood disorders, anxiety and parenting concerns.
Children's Advantage 520 N. Chestnut Street Ravenna, Ohio 44266
Contact Person: Tiffany Finley (330) 296-5552 [email protected]
Individual, family and group counseling with children and adolescence; outpatient mental health center; services to schools; day treatment; case management services, psychiatric services and prevention.
Children & Family Therapeutic Services 28917 Euclid Ave., Willowick, OH 44092
Contact Person: Laura Paynter cell: (440) 413-3334
Individual and group counseling in a school setting (private practice with contracts with schools).
City Mission 5310 Carnegie Ave.
5 Cleveland, OH 44103 www.thecitymission.org
Contact Person: Carrie Rickenberg (216) 431-3510 ext.236 [email protected]
Crossroads Men’s crisis Center, Laura’s Home women’s Crisis Center, Family Outreach Services. Individual and group counseling, long and short term programing, crisis management Must sign a statement of Faith from a Christian Perspective
Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders 25550 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 200 Beachwood, Ohio, 44122
Contact Person: Jean Doak (216) 765-0500 [email protected]
Group counseling, IOP, DBT approach, serves the eating disorder population.
Cleveland Christian Home 2202 Prame Ave. Cleveland, OH 44109
Contact Person: Lisa Melillo, Therapist – Intensive Treatment Unit (216) 688-4117 [email protected]
Individual, group, and family psychotherapy treating mild, moderate, and serious psychological problems and disorders in children, adolescents. They will also provide consultation to residential youth staff. They also have the option to complete formal and informal psychological assessment; crisis intervention is a component of the internship. The variety of clinical problems and concerns presented by CCH residents is extensive. These include adjustment and mood disorders, family problems and conflict, relationship concerns, anger management issues, anxiety disorders, sexual paraphilia’s, hyperactivity, character disorders, and at times psychoses.
Note: All interns seeking placement must first complete an application for employment, provide three (3) references, and submit to a criminal background check which includes fingerprinting. All interns are required to receive the same training as paid staff.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Psychiatry and Psychology/P57 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195
Outpatient Psychology/Psychiatry Contact Person: Karen Broer, PCC, Ph.D. (216) 444-0480 [email protected]
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Clinical setting in which interns can choose to spend time (depending on their interest) in Health Psychology, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Alcohol and Drug Recovery, and Adult Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatry; interns spend a major portion of their time with the adult outpatient population in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders; interns can attend psychiatry resident didactics, grand rounds, or other educational programs; interns run psychoeducational groups on stress management/relaxation in Alcohol and Drug Recovery.
Cleveland Clinic Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Contact Person: Rebecca Morris, PCC (216) 444-4776
Outpatient intensive program for persons with chronic pain. Includes group and individual counseling, biofeedback, chemical dependency treatment and trauma work.
Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute Lifestyle EAP 1950 Richmond Rd. Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Contact Person: Eval Steinel, PCC-S cell: 216-346-552 [email protected]
Good secondary site as not much direct hours. Opportunity to shadow clinicians, phone counseling, attend health fairs, psychoeducation and research.
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center 1370 Ontario Street, Suite 420 Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Contact Person: Mary Kate Hageman (216) 619-6194 ext.119 [email protected]
Crisis counseling, individual and group counseling, working with trauma.
The Cleveland VA Psychological Services (The Louis Stokes Medical Center) Cleveland VA Medical Services Central Office 10701 East Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44110
Contact Person: Monica Reider (216) 791-3800 [email protected]
Chemical Dependency, Trauma work with Veterans.
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CJ. Hendry & Associates, Inc. 25000 Center Ridge Rd., Suite 6 Westlake, OH 44145 www.cjhendry.com
Contact Person: Carol Ball, PCC (440) 892-7034 x 203 [email protected]
Private Practice setting, individual, Marriage and family counseling.
Coleman Behavioral Health 5982 Rhodes Rd. Kent, OH 44240 (Satellite offices available)
Contact Person: Amanda Zantow (330) 673-1347 [email protected]
Diagnostic assessments and Individual/ group outpatient mental health counseling.
Community Assessment and Treatment Services (C.A.T.S.) 8415 Broadway Cleveland, Ohio 44105
Contact Person: Tim Tress (216) 441-0200 x 108 [email protected]
Residential chemical dependency programs; individual and group counseling.
Comprehensive Pain Management Specialists 2215 East Waterloo Road, Suite 313 Akron, OH 44312
Contact Person: Richard J. Maroon, PCC-S [email protected]
Outpatient counseling and assessment, group co-facilitation, 20 hours per week expected. Note: Interested students should send cover letter and resume to above email address.
Counseling for Wellness/Kelly’s Grief Center 420 W. Main Street Kent, OH
Contact person: Aileen, Gockowski, PCC-S (330) 677-2000
8 Private practice and grief center providing individual and group counseling. Grief counseling as well as general counseling experience.
Counseling Solutions West Side Ecumenical Ministry 5209 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, OH 44102
Contact Person: Natalie Jernigan, PCC-S (216) 961-2962
Outpatient clinical mental health counseling, individual and group, diagnostic assessments.
Cornerstone of Hope 5905 Brecksville Rd. Independence, OH 44131 www.cornerstoneofhope.org
Contact Person: Julia Ellifritt, LISW-S (216) 524-3787 x 224 [email protected]
Provides individual and group counseling for children, teens, and adults dealing with issues around bereavement.
Compass Health Services 1839 Pearl Rd., Suite 201 Brunswick, OH 44212
Contact Person: Sandy Kurka (330) 273-0020
Private practice, individual and group counseling. Evenings and Saturdays available.
Crossroads: Lake County Adolescent Counseling Service 8445 Munson Road Mentor, Ohio 44060 www.crossroads-lake.org
Contact Person: Birgid Werley (440) 255-1700 [email protected]
Lyle Morris [email protected]
Adolescent, children and their families-outpatient, individual, group, family counseling, substance abuse, mental health counseling, school based counseling.
9 Note: This site only takes students starting in fall semester. Interested students should go to website to apply. Evening and Saturday hours available.
Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center 2806 Payne Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Contact Person: Emily Plank (216) 229-2420 x 238 [email protected]
Individual and group counseling; Adults, children in domestic violence situations, living in battered women's shelters
Elizabeth Richmond Counseling 12200 Fairhill Rd, #248 Cleveland, OH 44120
Contact Person: Elizabeth Richmond (216) 375-5608
Private practice with contracts with schools. Counseling students in a school setting. (Students are paid per counseling hour) Work will focus on diagnosis and treatment of clients struggling with mild to moderate mental health and behavioral problems including trauma-recovery, opposition, inattention, anxiety, and adjustments to family problems. Need to be available during school hours.
Emerge Counseling Services 900 Mull Avenue Akron, Ohio 44313 (Additional offices in Aurora and North Olmstead)
Contact Person: Colleen Bell (330) 867-5603 x 330 [email protected]
Christian counseling center. Children, adults, families, some group therapy, testing, career, partial hospitalization programs.
Family Behavioral Health Services 6559 Wilson Mills Road Jefferson Park Complex Building #3 Mayfield Village, 44143
Contact Person: Jennifer Morris (440) 460-0140 x 22 [email protected]
Private practice setting; individual, family, and group counseling. Mainly a secondary site.
10 Family Pride of Northeast Ohio 695 South Street #6 Chardon, OH 44024
Contact Person: Angie Daugherty, Director (440)-286-1553 [email protected]
In-home behavioral counseling to families.
Faust Psychological Services Lutheran Hospital 1730 West 25th Street, Suite 4E Cleveland, OH 44113
Contact Person: David Wright (216) 363-2363
Private practice - including assessment, diagnosis, psychological testing and individual and group treatment. Includes treatment of court mandated clients.
Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland 12201 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Contact Person: Buddy Bailey, Director of Behavioral Health (216) 707-3478 [email protected]
Serves primarily adults, some adolescents, no children. Provides individual, group, family, and couples counseling, presenting concerns include: HIV, drug treatment, and domestic violence; must go through training program; evenings available
Glenbeigh Outpatient Center of Beachwood 3789 Green Road Beachwood, OH 44122
Contact Person: Marilou Mertz (216) 464-5800 [email protected]
Outpatient Chemical Dependency treatment, mainly group work.
Guidestone (Berea Children's Home and Family Services) 202 E. Bagley Rd. Berea, OH 44017
Contact Person: Paula Fultz (440) 260-8319
11 Prospective students should call Central Intake at 440-260-8300 to request an application for Masters Level counseling Internships. (Dr. Britton also has copies of the applications). As part of the application process, the student is required to choose his/her preference of two tracts:
1. Community Mental Health: Interns will provide mental health, child welfare and/or juvenile justice services to children and adolescents in their home or school settings. The goal of these services is to positively impact client's mental health symptoms and increase his/her family support. Services are community based and can be offered in an intensive manner. Afternoon and evening availability is required. Maybe at Berea or Downtown offices.
2. Outpatient Mental Health: Interns will provide mental health counseling services to children, adolescents and adults in an outpatient office setting. Afternoon and evening availability is required. Work will take place mainly at the Berea office.
Also, there are several prac/internship slots available in the Residential Treatment Facility. This site located at Berea Children’s Home in Berea and is a Partial Hospitalization group program (PHP).
Hiram College Counseling Internship Hiram College Counseling, Health and Disability Services Hiram, OH
Contact Person: Dr. Kevin Feisthamel, PCC-S 330-569-5952 feisthamelkp@hira`m.edu
Individual and group counseling, workshops, and community events for students and alumni.
HOPE Counseling & Safety through Education Driver Intervention Program 26777 Lorain Rd North Olmsted, OH
Contact Person: Fred Stevens, PCC, LICDC, Director (440) 590-3404
Intensive IOP program at Hope Counseling as well as weekend DUI program. Assessment and treatment of chemical dependency. Group and individual counseling.
John Carroll University Counseling Center 4567 S. Belvoir Blvd. University Heights, Ohio 44118
Contact Person: Mary Beth Javorek (216) 397-4201 [email protected]
Individual and group counseling with college-aged students, and alumni.
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John Carroll University Student Career Development Center 20700 N. Park Blvd. University Heights, Ohio 44118
Contact Person: Cynthia Marco-Scanlon, PCC (216) 397-4237 [email protected]
Career counseling, programming, individual counseling, testing and interpretation.
Ken DeLuca and Associates 35888 Center Ridge Road North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039
Contact Person: Joe Ann Wallace (440) 327-1800
Private practice setting; counseling for individuals, family and children.
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland 6600 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, OH 44102 (216) 651-5428
Contact Person: Phyllis Harris Mental Health Services Coordinator
Individual and group counseling with the LGBTQ community. Note: No PCC-S on site; need to get own outside supervisor.
Lake Geauga Recovery Center 9083 Mentor Ave Mentor, OH 44060 (440) 255-0678
Contact Person: Anthony Niska (440) 205-2675 [email protected]
Outpatient Chemical Dependency treatment: Assessment, individual and group.
LifeBanc 4775 Richmond Rd. Cleveland, OH 44128
Contact Persons: Elissa Berman PCC-S (216) 752-5433
Individual and group counseling around issues of organ donation. Grief counseling.
Marymount Behavioral Health Services Center for Behavioral Health 12300 McCracken Road Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125 (Other locations: Lutheran, Lakewood, Huron Hospitals)
Contact Person: Jaklyn Severance, PCC-S 216 584-7243
Inpatient, mental health, chemical dependency. Partial Hospitalization.
Moore Counseling & Mediation 20690 Lakeland Blvd. Euclid, OH 44119
Contact Person: Martina Moore (216) 404-1900
Individual and Group counseling, Chemical Dependency, EAP, Mediation – Private Practice setting.
Mount Union College Counseling Services 1972 Clark Avenue CMB 1262 Alliance, OH 44601
Contact Person: Shannon Ortiz (330) 829-8190 Director of Counseling Services
Individual counseling, Career counseling, relationship counseling, consultation for students, staff, faculty and parents, psychoeducation. Note: There is a stipend for the position. Must apply early (Jan.)
Murtis Taylor Multi-Service Centers 13422 Kinsman Road Cleveland, Ohio 44120
Contact Person: David Brown (216) 283-4400 [email protected]
Counseling for adults, adolescents and children; SMD population; groups.
14 Neighboring Mental Health Services 5930 Heisley Rd. Mentor, Ohio 44060
Contact Person: Don Cook (440) 942-1398 [email protected]
Adults, families, individual, group, serving a variety of clinical populations and varying severity of needs. Vocational services. Support and educational programs.
New Directions, Inc. 30800 Chagrin Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44124
Contact Person: Debbie Farrow (216) 591-0324 x 213 [email protected]
Adolescent chemical dependency-residential outpatient, aftercare programs, group, some individual. Many clients have been abused and have multiple problem areas.
North East Ohio Mental Health Service (Connections) 24200 Chagrin Blvd. Beachwood, Ohio 44122
Contact Person: James Vernon (216) 831-6466 x 262
Community Mental Health Center. Individual and group counseling; SMD population; older adult services
Notre Dame College Counseling Center 4545 College Rd. Cleveland, OH 44121 (216) 373-5211
Contact Person: TBD. This person will be hired soon. *Contact Dr. Paula Britton ([email protected]) if you are interested in this site.
Individual and group counseling to college students, psychoeducation, programming
Oakview Behavioral Health Center, Southwest General Health Center 18697 Bagley Road Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
Contact Person: Kristin Fox (440) 816-8200
15 Outpatient and short-term residential center for Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Treatment. Includes Intensive Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization treatment groups using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Individual and group counseling experiences available.
Parmadale Children's Home (Catholic Charities) 6753 State Road Parma, Ohio 44134 http://ccdocle.org/facility/parmadale
Contact Person: Joan Hinkelman (440) 843 5535
Adolescents and families, residential services, educational, partial hospitalization, foster-care, in-home therapy, case management, individual, group & family therapy.
Portage Path Behavioral Health 340 S. Broadway St. Akron, OH 44308
Contact Person: Blaine Muehlbauer, PCC-S (330) 253-3100, ext. 122
Community Mental Health in Downtown Akron. Individual, group counseling, assessment and crisis work.
Premier Behavioral Health Services 8701 Mentor Ave. Mentor, OH 440600
Contact Person: Terese Strathern Misencik (440) 266-0770
Private practice, multidisciplinary practice with psychiatric services. Divers population including young children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics. Individual counseling groups testing, family work with possible forensics and nursing home experience. CBT and DBT interventions.
Psychological & Behavioral Consultants 25101 Chagrin Blvd. Suite 100 Beachwood, OH 44112
Contact Person: Donald K Sykes, Jr. (216) 831-6611, ext. 180 [email protected]
Students are required to work 2 days within the Intake Department working with patients over the phone. Co-therapy in an IOP group. Observation of individual counseling sessions.
16 Ravenwood Mental Health Center 12557 Ravenwood Drive Chardon, Ohio 44024
Contact Person: Lisa Gibaldi (440) 285-3568 x2028
PHP Program involving working with chronic and acute clients as well as individual, group, and family work; groups include psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and art therapy as well as family support and community integration
Recovery Resources (Two Locations)
3950 Chester Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44114
2900 Detroit Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113
Contact Person: Steven Schreiber (216) 431-4131 x1110
Individual, couples, and family counseling, community support services (formerly case management), partial hospitalization, dual diagnosis, mentally ill, chemically dependent, forensic mentally ill; intensive outpatient treatment. Special populations: HIV substance abuse, criminal justice, women's and children's treatment.
Signature Health 38879 Mentor Ave. Willoughby, OH 44094
Contact Persons: Patty Smith, PCC-S (440) 953-9999 x130 [email protected]
Susan Hayes, PCC-S (440) 953-9999 x126 [email protected]
A variety of mental health and chemical dependency services for adults and children including counseling, community support, partial hospitalization and group counseling.
Solutions Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. 246 Northland Drive Medina, OH 44256
Contact Person: Dawn Rist (330) 723-9600
17 Outpatient mental health and chemical dependency treatment services to children, adolescents, and adults. Includes: diagnostic assessment, group counseling and intensive outpatient programs, behavioral health counseling (individual and family), crisis intervention, community services and prevention programs.
Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime 1276 W. 3rd Street Marion Building, Suite 210 Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Contact Person: Marylou Bartkus (216) 443-5630 [email protected]
Individual and group counseling; drug and alcohol assessment; case management.
Windsor Laurelwood 35900 Euclid Ave. Willoughby, OH 44094
Contact Person: Chantel Dlugos (440) 953-3000
Mental health and Chemical dependency outpatient treatment, mainly groups, (IOP, PHP) Evenings available
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