Western Reserve Counseling Service, Inc.

11/29/2016

Thank you to all who give to so many worthy causes, including your support of . Your donations truly help improve the quality of life in the communities you work and live. PLEASE consider supporting Western Reserve Counseling Service with your online donation to http://www.westernreservecounselingservice.org/Make-An-Online-Donation.html. Our agency supports the care of children, adolescents and adults from many families in Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and Cuyahoga Counties. All donations are greatly appreciated!

Our counseling services support many including victims and family members of ; individuals coping with the tragic and sudden loss of family & friends; many dealing with burdens caused by an increasing drug and alcohol crisis; families coping with challenges of divorce, difficulties raising children, financial burdens and so many other mental and/or behavioral health challenges.

09/23/2016

Western Reserve Counseling Service deeply appreciates the funding the agency receives from the Lake County ADAMHS BOARD as it helps our agency to counsel clients who otherwise could not afford to be cared for. We were proud to support their Celebrity Art Auction event yesterday, helping them to raise funds for the Friends of Lake ADAMHS (FOLA)! Special thanks to Jeff Sivyer of Record Time for his generous contribution of time and talent to put together a nice basket for their Chinese Auction!

09/10/2016

On behalf of the staff and Board of Directors of Western Reserve Counseling Service, we wanted to personally thank the many members of the Good Running Club for their generous financial donations to our agency. We deeply appreciate their financial support during Mental Health Awareness month in September! Your support will help our agency to serve more children, adolescents and adults facing a wide variety of personal, professional and mental and behavioral health issues! This includes Lake County based victims and family members impacted by Domestic Violence abuse!

09/02/2016

Thanks Hannah Princic and Karen Koeth-Szmania for manning the Western Reserve Counseling Service, Inc. booth for the United Way of Lake County Campaign Kickoff event. WRCS is proud to be one of many awesome community agencies funded by the Uwlc LakeCounty as it allows us to offer needed general counseling and mental health services to Lake County residents. PLEASE SUPPORT THE UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN AT YOUR WORK PLACE OR PERSONALLY!!!!

06/16/2016

Thank you to the many guests and sponsors who supported our 2nd Annual Stress Free Zone yesterday at our office! Besides being a fun night for all, proceeds benefit the counselling care of victims and family members impacted by our local domestic violence abuse! Sadly, over 70% of children and adolescents who grow up with DV abuse are likely to become future offenders!!! Our family counseling programs work to stop the Cycle of Abuse!

Thank you again for your generous support of our agency and programs!!!!

06/09/2016

One week to go until our agency's primary fund raising event, our 2nd Annual Stress Free Zone event on June 15th from 4:30pm - 7pm. You can have fun relieving stress with fun activities including chair massages, adult truffle making, Wi bowling, great giveaways and more! Your support will help us to serve victims and families impacted by domestic violence abuse. Go to www.westernreservecounselingservice.org for information, to register, to purchase raffle tickets or make a donation!

04/22/2016

Thank you Western Reserve Junior Service League for your support of Western Reserve Counseling Service, Inc. and so many other local agencies, including Extended Housing, Beacon Health, Downtown Painesville, Lifeline, Inc., WomenSafe, Inc., the Green House, Exchange Club of Painesville OH, Lake County Council on Aging and many, many more!! With their financial support, as part of our Cultural Diversification efforts, we will be able to translate our client records and forms to Spanish to better serve the Hispanic and Latino community in Lake County! Our community is truly blessed by the quality of non-profit agencies and organizations that improve our quality of life! Clearly, this includes the Western Reserve Junior Service League!

02/25/2016

Special thanks to the Lake County ADAMHS Board and the Lake County Family First Council for bringing Dr. Robert Anda, M.D., M.S. to Lake County to speak on "The Progressive Nature of Adverse Childhood Experiences". Dr. Anda provided many sobering facts and made an effective case for the need for more care and support devoted to recognition and care serving youth who have been exposed to childhood trauma; the importance of effective parenting; and the need to build self-healing communities that will help reduce the exposure of children to trauma over future generations! Lake County is blessed to have a great quality of care infrastructure, but we need to continue to adjust and improve. As Dr. Anda quoted, " we need to create a different path for the future...with hope, meaning and purpose"

12/17/2015

Our staff and Board of Trustees want to wish all of our clients and Facebook friends a safe and happy holiday season, as well as an even better New Year! We truly value serving Lake County and surrounding communities since 1973 with quality care and counseling services and deeply appreciate it when they choose Western Reserve Counseling Service to support their mental health and behavioral heath needs.

11/14/2015

Thank you to St. Gabriel's for selecting our agency for one of their Community Projects, helping us with our wallpaper removal efforts! We had 7 volunteers from their parish help us, including Anthony Aveni (also one of our Board members), Dave, Chris and Joey Hasak, and Bill, Joan and Anna Gallagher. We are blessed to have caring and giving people in our communities that help to create a great quality of life in Lake County.

11/11/2015

The staff and Board of Trustees of WRCS thanks ALL Veterans who have served our country. It can be confusing to say 'Happy Veteran's Day', given the many who gave their lives, or forever had their life changed due to physical and emotional injuries! But let's also remember that there are many other victims, including family members, friends, coworkers, etc who mourn their loss!

This picture speaks volumes to the truth of this special day. WRCS offers counseling to support PTSD and all forms of grief! Call us at (440) 352-8954 if we can ever be of service!

10/30/2015

United Way of Lake County Presents Domestic Violence and Abuse in Lake County

Unfortunately, domestic violence physical and emotional abuse exists here in many Lake County neighborhoods, negatively impacting our families, friends and co-workers. Sadly, there are so many unreported incidents! Special thanks to the United Way of Lake County, many of our LC community leaders, local DV abuse survivors and other supportive community agencies for joining together to put on the "Voice for the Voiceless" event featuring Michelle Knight. PLEASE take a few minutes to watch the video which helps bring awareness and perspective to our Lake County crisis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trqo3ydXrjc&feature=youtu.be

10/23/2015

Western Reserve Counseling Service staff and Board of Trustees were proud to represent our support of Domestic Violence victims, survivors and family members impacted in Lake County! Special thank you to Michelle Knight for speaking of her own abuse story, and her recovery journey! We were all moved and inspired by her! Thanks also to the United Way of Lake County for hosting this event.

10/21/2015

Survey Participation

Your input is needed!. As one of our agency funders, we know how important United Way of Lake County is to our community. Please take 10 minutes to take this online survey to help United Way of Lake County plan for the future: tinyurl.com/UWLCsurvey.

Thanks in advance for your support!

Survey Participation

10/15/2015

United Way of Lake County

Unfortunately, to many victims face domestic violence and many other forms of s*xual abuse, s*x trafficking, bullying, etc., YES, these are prevalent in our own neighborhoods, schools, and at work. Thanks to the United Way of Lake County for hosting Michelle Knight on October 22nd at LaMalfa. This event will allow many to hear more of her personal abuse and recovery, but it will also to help to raise awareness of our local Domestic Violence crisis and support services in Lake County! Please go to www.uwlc.org for more information, to register or to make a donation to support our efforts. To see more about our event and Michelle Knight, go to http://on.wkyc.com/1RIpkEc.

Western Reserve Counseling Service is proud to partner with United Way of Lake County, Forbes House, WomenSafe, Inc., the Green House and Beacon Health in support of this event, and in delivering needed counseling, shelter, advocacy, education and other forms of treatments and services to victims, survivors and family members impacted by ! Let's all work together on stopping the . !

United Way of Lake County

09/29/2015

According to WebMD, new data suggests even more reason to care for your children's emotional and behavioral health needs during their child and adolescent years! Call 440-352-8954 or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions on our agency's counseling approach to caring for your family members.

"The most striking and perhaps sobering finding in our study is that high levels of childhood distress predicted heightened adult disease risk, even when there was no evidence that these high levels of distress persisted into adulthood," said study author Ashley Winning, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

"Greater attention must be paid to psychological distress in childhood," Winning said. "It is an important issue in its own right and may also set up a trajectory of risk of poor health as people age."

09/29/2015

This is so true, on many levels! Thanks United Way of Lake County for bringing Michelle Knight to Lake County, and for your support of so many causes and organizations, including our agency!

A big thanks to our Michelle Knight event partners Forbes House, WomenSafe, Inc., the Green House , Beacon Health , & Western Reserve Counseling Service, Inc. for the support and great service they provide the residents of our community!

09/28/2015

Painesville is blessed to have many quality organizations working together to provide the highest quality of care possible. WRCS is proud to be one of these, offering needed counseling services to Northeast Ohio, and to be a co-sponsor for the Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce and Painesville Rotary Candidates and Issues event last Friday at Hellriegel's Inn. We all have the responsibility to vote, and to know and understand the various candidates and issues to provide effective leadership. It is important for them to put this event on for our Painesville area. Thanks you to both organizations for allowing us to be part of this event, and to all the guests who came to listen and learn!

09/24/2015

Please join Western Reserve Counseling Service, Inc., Forbes House, WomenSafe, Inc., the Green House, Beacon Health and the United Way of Lake County in support of this special event to raise local awareness of our Lake County domestic violence (DV) crisis. Michelle Knight will share her personal and tragic story, along with her own path to recovery. We will also feature the local agencies who offer various services to victims, survivors and family members impacted by DV. For more information, and to register online, please go to www.uwlc.org.

09/16/2015

WRCS was proud to participate in the United Way of Lake County Government Campaign kickoff at Veterans Park in Painesville. Lisa Moore is pictured at our agency booth with Commissioner Kevin D. Malecek discussing our domestic violence services and the United Way's October 22nd 'An Evening With Michelle Knight: A Voice For the Voiceless' Dinner at LaMalfa. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Tickets can be ordered online at www.uwlc.org/civicrm/event/info or call Gayle Sikula at (440) 352-3166.

08/15/2015

WRCS is proud to support Lifeline and Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio with their annual Dancing Under the Stars event, held last night at LaMalfa. Over 400 attended the fun evening, but only a select few danced in a fun competition of local professional dancers, paired with local celebrity dancers.

Congratulations to both Joe Hughes and Jeff Sivyer, both WRCS Board members, for their celebrity dancing efforts in support of this great cause. Special congrats to Joe Hughes, as he and his partner, Erin Shelby, won 1st Place in the Judges Choice for technical performance and showmanship.

07/17/2015

WRCS is proud to be one of the many local businesses and organizations supporting our Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce. Thank you to Lisa Moore and Karen Szmania, key members of our Administrative team, for working hard to represent our mission in the community at our booth

07/09/2015

Special thanks to the many sponsors, guests and volunteers who were able to attend our 1st Annual Stress-Free Zone event. We had over 120 in attendance, and at least from what we can tell from the comments and pictures, all had fun, while learning tips & techniques on how to recognize and reduce stress caused by today's hectic life style. Funds raised from this event will be used to support our education and treatment of victims and family members impacted by Domestic Violence abuse.

07/08/2015

Everything set for tonight's event. We can't wait to see everyone!

06/30/2015

We are one week away from our 1st Annual Stress-Free Zone event on July 8th, from 4:30 - 7pm at our Victoria Square office in Painesville. We want to make sure we want to invite our FB friends to join us. Funds raised from this event will support our education and treatment of victims and family members negatively impacted by Domestic Violence abuse in Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake and surrounding communities. While the NFL and other high profile people are seen publically when incidents occur, this IS a local crisis, happening to your family, friends, neighbors and peers!

To register, or for more information, please go to www.westernreservecounselingservice.org and you can register online or make online donations. For questions or other assistance, please call (440) 352-8954.

06/24/2015

We are blessed and appreciative of having been selected by Lake National Bank as their United Way of Lake County Day of Caring Project. Special thanks to Mariah Cornell, Paul Catalano and Jen Kenny for volunteering to help paint our offices, and to Andy Meinhold, President of Lake National Bank for being an ardent community supporter and for giving his employees work time to support their volunteer interests.

06/19/2015

Our agency is fortunate to have an excellent staff of administrative and professional counseling resources who support our mission to improve the lives of others. Going well above and beyond her support of Western Reserve Counseling Service, Karen Szmania is also one of the many Ymca Dream House! volunteers who take their personal time to design and decorate the various rooms in the Dream House. Karen's creativeness, decorating design experience and understanding of form/function contribute to the success she had with this year's home, as she was the lead designer for their dining room. Good luck to the lake County YMCA for a positive fund raising result with the Dream House.

06/11/2015

Western Reserve Counseling Service, Inc. - Stress Free Zone Event

Please join us for our 1st Annual Stress-Free Zone Fund Raising event, Wed, July 8th at our Victoria Place office. Your attendance, donations and sponsorship support will help our efforts to educate and treat victims and family members involved in Domestic Violence and impacted by negative behavioral health disorders that impact children, adolescents and adults. If you can't join us, please donate, even a small amount, as it all helps.

Reservations and donations can be made online at http://www.westernreservecounselingservice.org/Stress-Free-Zone-Event.html. For more information, contact our office at (440) 352-8954 or Ali Hughes, our event chairperson at (440) 897-6920.

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05/31/2015

A special Thanks to our event and activity sponsors, including Bella Donna Salon and Spa, Dollar Bank, Lake Business Products, Lake Health, and Lake Metroparks. A special Thank You to Sandy and Pete Hamo for providing access to their therapy dogs!

FOR ONLINE RESERVATIONS, OR MORE INFORMATION, go to
http://www.westernreservecounselingservice.org/Stress-Free-Zone-Event.html

05/31/2015

Please join us at our 1st Annual Stress-Free Zone event on July 8th. Funds raised from this fun, after work event will support our agencies education and treatment of children, adolescents and adults coping with domestic violence and other behavioral health issues. For more information, or to register or donate online, go to http://www.westernreservecounselingservice.org/Stress-Free-Zone-Event.html.

05/21/2015

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Our agency offers client friendly office hours, including evenings and weekends. We also provide a sliding fee scale for qualified clients (from our partnership with United Way of Lake County and Lake ADAMHS) and accept , , and many insurance companies.

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05/19/2015

Thanks to Great Lakes Mall for hosting a Senior Citizens day today, bringing various agencies and businesses together who serve our older adult population. WRCS offers counseling services to support their needs, and joins Lake Health, Laketran, Lake County Counsel on Aging, Lake County General Health District, Hospice and many, many others to support their needs.

05/14/2015

Your mental health is as important to properly care for, as is your physical health. Getting professional help is NOT a sign of weakness, but rather a sign of strength and intelligence!

Since 1973, our agency has supported children, adolescents and adults with various issues caused by life's crazy cycle of ups and downs. Thanks for the financial support we receive from United Way of Lake County, Lake ADAMHS and so many others!

05/09/2015

WRCS offers counseling support to victims, children/adolescents, offenders and families who experience anger management, s*xual assault and Domestic Violence (DV) abuse, among many other individual and family issues. We are pleased to be invited to the Leroy Community Chapel's DV program today, led by Pastor Mark Spansel, and guest speaker, Justin S. Holcomb. Mr. Holcomb is an ordained clergyman, as well as featured speaker and author of several books on DV. Special thanks for allowing our agency to join you to help represent the full scope of this national and local crisis.