Outpatient Therapy

Bellefaire JCB mental health professionals provide individual, family and group counseling. Using modern, evidenced-based practices, treatment plans are tailored to the specific needs of each client and family. Commonly addressed problems include:

• Parent-child conflicts
• Attention deficit-related disorders
• Oppositional behaviors
• Problems with mood, anxiety or motivation
• Victimization from sexual or physical abuse or neglect
• Aggression
• Adjustment to stressors

Psychiatry Services

Ongoing outpatient psychiatry services are available for children and adolescents in need of medication to address mental health diagnoses. Psychiatry services include a complete psychiatric evaluation followed by ongoing psychiatry appointments.

Healthy Moms, Happy Families

At Bellefaire, we understand that having a baby can be an overwhelming experience and that it is normal to feel conflicted. Approximately 10-15 percent of women, however, experience depression during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth. Undiagnosed/untreated maternal depression can lead to chronic depression in mothers and have negative, lasting effects on the children. Our services are designed to meet the unique needs of moms-to-be and new moms who may be experiencing signs of stress, anxiety or depression. Offering a range of treatment options, our licensed counselors and therapists specialize in teaching women ways to cope with these feelings, manage family conflicts, and use local resources.

Intensive Home-based Treatment (IHBT)

Intensive Home Based Treatment (IHBT) services are provided for children, youth and families. Clients are typically in the program for three to six months, receiving three to six hours of service per week. Afterwards, they are transitioned to less intensive outpatient care in the community in which they live. The program uses a multi-systems approach to help families creatively solve their problems and includes interventions for family preservation, cognitive behavioral therapy and wraparound services.

While working on family issues, the IHBT counselor coordinates services with the courts, schools, peers, therapists and other interested parties. The goal is to empower the family to help the youth operate functionally and safely within the community. The program includes:

• In-home assessment
• Individual and family therapy
• Collaboration with other professionals
• Ongoing consultation and monitoring
• Aftercare planning

Co-occurring Substance Abuse/Mental Health Integrated Treatment

Best practice research shows that providing combined mental health and substance abuse counseling is the most effective treatment for adolescents with co-occurring disorders. Our master’s degree level counselors are dually trained/licensed in mental health and substance abuse treatment and provide individual and family counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention and case management services, which include linkage and advocacy with school, courts and other community resources. Held in the family’s home or in the community, counseling sessions often include the entire family system to help adolescents heal.

After School Program

Bellefaire JCB’s After School Program provides intensive group counseling to children ages 6-14 by licensed mental health clinicians with training and experience in child and family counseling. Children referred to the program must meet defined clinical criteria and demonstrate at least minimal ability to participate in group treatment.

School-Based Services

Counseling
Bellefaire provides ongoing individual, family and group counseling in schools, allowing children and families to access behavioral services in a familiar, convenient setting. Teachers and other school staff are encouraged to provide frequent and direct input into treatment planning and interventions.

Consultation/Education/Prevention
School-based consultation services allow mental health counselors to provide targeted behavioral interventions in schools. Services include consultation with parents and school staff; student observation; and participation in meetings related to youth, their functioning, and the impact their mental health issues have on the academic setting.

Bellefaire also facilitates groups for students, parents and school personnel on topics such as conflict resolution, grief recovery, anger management, divorce/separation, social skills, self-esteem, and coping with depression. Workshops for teachers and staff include managing mental health challenges in the classroom, de-escalating behaviors on the school bus, and designing behavioral interventions to deal with issues such as impulsivity and attention deficit behaviors.

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Outpatient Counseling

Bellefaire JCB has a long tradition of providing effective outpatient and community-based behavioral health and substance abuse counseling in Northeast Ohio. Working continually to remain flexible and responsive, our services are designed to help meet the changing needs in our community. Available for children and adults, all services can be paid through Medicaid, limited commercial insurance providers or self-pay.

Therapeutic services address acute signs of behavioral/mental health symptoms and substance abuse disorders, including those highlighted below. Individualized treatment plans are developed to meet the specific needs of each client.

Behavioral and Mental Health

• Parent-child or child-sibling relations
• Oppositional behaviors
• Depression, anxiety, self-esteem
• Sexual or physical abuse
• Teen dating violence
• School-related issues including bullying
• Life changing events including divorce
• Grief, loss or trauma
• Aggression or stress management
• Attachment disorders
• Adoption and foster care adjustment issues
• Attention deficit-related problems

In addition to the counseling services described above, Bellefaire has a program dedicated to assisting adolescents and adults engaged in substance abuse. After assessment, services include:

• Individual, group and family therapy
• Case management and discharge planning
• Support for sustained sobriety and relapse prevention
• Linkage to community-based recovery programming

Psychiatry Services

Ongoing outpatient psychiatry services are available for children, adolescents and adults in need of medication to address mental health diagnoses. Psychiatry services include a complete psychiatric evaluation followed by ongoing psychiatry appointments.

School-Based Services

Counseling
Bellefaire provides ongoing individual, family and group counseling in schools, allowing children and families to access behavioral services in a familiar, convenient setting. Teachers and other school staff are encouraged to provide frequent and direct input into treatment planning and interventions.

Consultation/Education/Prevention
School-based consultation services allow mental health counselors to provide targeted behavioral interventions in schools. Services include consultation with parents and school staff; student observation; and participation in meetings related to youth, their functioning, and the impact their mental health issues have on the academic setting.

Bellefaire also facilitates groups for students, parents and school personnel on topics such as conflict resolution, grief recovery, anger management, divorce/separation, social skills, self-esteem, and coping with depression. Workshops for teachers and staff include managing mental health challenges in the classroom, de-escalating behaviors on the school bus, and designing behavioral interventions to deal with issues such as impulsivity and attention deficit behaviors.

Outpatient Therapy

Bellefaire JCB mental health professionals provide individual, family and group counseling. Using modern, evidenced-based practices, treatment plans are tailored to the specific needs of each client and family. Commonly addressed problems include:

• Parent-child conflicts
• Attention deficit-related disorders
• Oppositional behaviors
• Problems with mood, anxiety or motivation
• Victimization from sexual or physical abuse or neglect
• Aggression
• Adjustment to stressors

Psychiatry Services

Ongoing outpatient psychiatry services are available for children and adolescents in need of medication to address mental health diagnoses. Psychiatry services include a complete psychiatric evaluation followed by ongoing psychiatry appointments.

Healthy Moms, Happy Families

At Bellefaire, we understand that having a baby can be an overwhelming experience and that it is normal to feel conflicted. Approximately 10-15 percent of women, however, experience depression during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth. Undiagnosed/untreated maternal depression can lead to chronic depression in mothers and have negative, lasting effects on the children. Our services are designed to meet the unique needs of moms-to-be and new moms who may be experiencing signs of stress, anxiety or depression. Offering a range of treatment options, our licensed counselors and therapists specialize in teaching women ways to cope with these feelings, manage family conflicts, and use local resources.

Parents and Children Together (PACT)

The PACT family counseling program provides intensive counseling services to families who are experiencing stress due to many factors including those identified below.

• There may be a child or teen who is experiening social or emotional problems such as ADHD, depression or anxiety.
• A family may be overwhelmed with financial, housing and childcare responsibilities.
• A child may be acting out with aggression or have self-control problems.
• A family may have experienced a trauma, separation or loss.
• A child may be struggling with school problems, juvenile court involvement or conflicts within the neighborhood.
• Parents may be frustrated and/or tired of trying to deal with problems on their own.

Our program supports children and adolescents in coping with mental health diagnoses and help parents to understand and manage their child’s emotional and behavioral problems. We train parents and youth in improving effective communication skills through:

• Anger management
• Conflict resolution
• Stress/anxiety management
• Improving self esteem

The PACT team advocates with schools, juvenile courts, community agencies and other mental health professionals. We refer families to community resources, mental health services and positive social and recreational activities.

Bellefaire also facilitates groups for students, parents and school personnel on topics such as conflict resolution, grief recovery, anger management, divorce/separation, social skills, self-esteem, and coping with depression. Workshops for teachers and staff include managing mental health challenges in the classroom, de-escalating behaviors on the school bus, and designing behavioral interventions to deal with issues such as impulsivity and attention deficit behaviors.

After School Program

Bellefaire JCB’s After School Program is intensive group counseling offered to children ages 6-13 and facilitated by licensed mental health clinicians who have training and experience in child and family counseling. Children who are referred to the program must meet defined clinical criteria and must demonstrate at least minimal ability to participate in group treatment. Clinical issues addressed include, but are not limited to:

• Coping Skill Development
• Anger Management
• Impulse Control Development
• Feelings Identification and Verbalization
• Communication Skill Development
• Interpersonal Skill Development
• Self-Esteem
• Trauma and Crisis

Funded by Medicaid (including Buckeye Community Health Plan, CareSource, Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Paramount Advantage and United Healthcare Community Plan of Ohio), the After School Program runs year-round, Monday through Friday, with the exception of holidays, four quarterly breaks for staff training, and one week in December. Group hours during the school year are 4-6:35 p.m. and in the summer group hours move to 9:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. The transition dates between sessions are based on local school calendars and vary from year to year. Children attend the program on their designated days.

The program will provide limited transportation to Bellefaire JCB’s location, where groups are held, throughout Akron. Routes are approximately one hour in length prior to and after the group. Parents are required to be at home when their children are dropped off. During the academic year, children are generally picked up from their school. Questions regarding transportation? Please call 234.208.4320.