Offers meetings that feature guest speakers on Mental Health topics. Open discussion is encouraged and is followed by a review of opportunities and resources available within Geauga County.

The Bipolar Peer Support Group is an opportunity for people living with this disorder to connect, find validation, and potentially learn some new coping strategies. Two trained co-facilitators will maintain a safe environment for people of all backgrounds to share space. Please feel free to come and talk—or just listen—as we discuss the ups and downs of living with bipolar disorder and how to make the most out of life.

Offers job placement and job coaching for individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness or developmental disabilities. Provides pre-screened workers matched to needs of an employer and individualized on-the-job training. Provides contracted work crews. Educates employers concerning disabilities.

Provides a tool designed to simulate a conversation with a doctor in order to guide a person through a series of questions regarding their emotional well-being and readiness to seek help. Program launches after person completes online screening and scores positive for having symptoms of depression or alcohol abuse. Screenings are anonymous, not intended to be a diagnosis but to help indentify signs of mental health and/or addiction issues.

An affiliate group within the Center (separate from Center membership) that provides community education about psychoanalysis and the influence of psychoanalytic thought on the arts and humanities. Offers regular workshops, and discussions of films and plays for members. Sponsors free public lectures on various subjects relating to psychoanalysis. Assists in fund raising to support the Center.

Provides psychological evaluations and assessments, general counseling services, including individual, family and groups, medications assessment and management and case management services. Transportation services for clients may also be available for clients with case managers. Also provides psychiatric medication services, including monitoring. Counseling specializes in depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizo-affective disorder, mood disorder, antisocial personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Offers peer support groups for a variety of local communities. Groups vary by focus and include groups oriented specifically towards alcohol and others oriented towards all substance use disorders. Formats include traditional Alcoholic Anonymous groups, Christian oriented groups, Atheist/Agnostic groups, LGBTQ2+ friendly groups.

Offers late evening/early morning peer support by phone to anyone in need of non-crisis support. Provides peer support, resources and referrals.

Provides funding and oversight for community mental health services throughout the state. Reviews and certifies mental health service providers throughout the state.

Provides a peer support program to match adults coping with severe mental illness with a community volunteer for friendship and social skill building. Provided through a partnership with Compeer International. Opportunties in the program may include: - One-to-One Friendship Program: Offers face-to-face contact with adult volunteer. - Compeer Calling: Provides telephone support (may be offered in addition to face-to-face support). - Compeer Community: Offers group events and celebrations among Compeers to strengthen social skills. - Peer-to-Peer: Matches clients with one another in supportive, one-on-one friendships. - Skillbuilders Program: Promotes social ties through structured life skills training.

Provides a resource center that supports resilience by connecting service members, veterans, their families, health care providers and others with information and resources about Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injuries.

Mobile apps can be effective tools that make therapy more accessible, efficient, and portable for those with anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, PTSD, and other related disorders. ADAA provides a list of Mobile apps that are available to the public. When you are trying to select an app for its benefits and ease of use, read the reviews shown by ADAA members. These volunteer reviewers are mental health professionals with degrees in psychology, medicine, social work, and counseling; they are not involved in the development or marketing of mobile apps.

Conducts child development research and offers publications related to child development, child development research, parenting, and education.

Provides information and refferral on agencies providing mental health services to Geauga County residents.

Provides information and referrals to consumers about mental health and addiction services, supports and organizations in Ohio. Assists individuals with consumer rights issues and investigates consumer complaints.

Offers Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training. The training teaches safe and effective approaches to handling crisis incidents involving a mentally ill individual. Also offers various CEU workshops.

Provides assistance with navigating insurance benefits, accessing resources to treatment and medication, appealing a claim denial, and addressing mental health coverage differences.

Provides an annual weekend of workshops, seminars, group supervision of active students, and classes featuring a distinguished psychoanalytic clinician and educator. Some events are free and open to the public. Continuing Education Units (CEU) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are available for mental health practitioners.

Provide presentations to educate the community about mental illness and help to eliminate the stigma surrounding it. Individuals with mental illness share their experiences of living with and recovering from mental illness to college and university students, nurses, doctors, social workers, and any other professional group in the community interested in this type of educational insight.

Offers seminars on mental health topics for organizations and groups.

Offers a variety of educational workshops including heart health, preventing stroke, diabetes information, mental health, parenting, and others.

Provides classes and support groups that teach individuals how to advocate for themselves or in support of someone with a mental illness; also provides advocacy on behalf of individuals with a mental illness or on the behalf of people who support a loved one with a mental illness; actively advocates on legislative issues involving mental health.

Resolves complaints of alleged rights violations brought against providers of community mental health services. Serves as the third party in dispute resolution. Also provides assistance to individuals and agencies regarding ADA and other disability issues.

SAMHSA provides an online locator for comprehensive information about mental health services and resources and is useful for professionals, consumers and their families, and the public.

Provides speakers who can discuss a variety of behavioral health topics including different types of mental illnesses, alcohol, drug and other addictions, mental health and the elderly, living with mental illness or addiction, Medicaid, the role of the board. for community agencies and groups who wish to learn about Board-funded mental health, alcohol and other addiction services and treatment available in the County.