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Professional Counseling Associates is a private counseling practice located in Wooster, Ohio. We serve the residents of Wayne and surrounding counties in Northeast and North Central Ohio.
While we are general practitioners who diagnose and treat a variety of conditions, we have a special interest in working with children and adults who are victims of abuse and other traumatic experiences, including life-threatening illness. We offer evening and Saturday appointments for your convenience.
Professional Counseling Associates provides services to individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations. We work with adults and children. We want to be your partner in understanding and handling the challanges you face so you can live a healthy and satisfying life.
We look forward to meeting you where you are and working with you to find solutions that improve your understanding of yourself, your circumstances, and others around you.
Insurance: Professional Counseling Associates is an in-network provider for many major health insurers. Among these are Aetna , Anthem , Humana , Medical Mutual , & SummaCare . We also file claims with other insurance companies that may pay an 'out-of-network' benefit for you.
We are a certified provider for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation . Through this program, we are able to provide services to injured Ohio workers in order to help them return to work.
Individual, Couples, & Family Therapy: Your initial appointment is an assessment of your condition billed at $150.00 for 50 minutes. After your first appointment, all other appointments are billed at: $70.00 for 25 minutes, $110.00 for 50 minutes, and $165.00 for 75 minutes.
Group Therapy: Your initial appointment is an individual session to assess your condition and determine if the group is a good fit for your needs. The initial appointment is billed at $150.00 for 50 minutes.
All group appointments are billed at $50.00 for 75 minutes.
Organizational Consultation: $135.00 per hour.
Our Payment Policy will be provided to you when you come to your first appointment. We will ask you to review this policy. Payment is required at the time of your appointment.
If at any time your ability to pay changes, we will be happy to assist you in finding services you can afford.
Mr. Casper is a professional counselor licensed to practice in Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan. He is a graduate of Cincinnati Christian University where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Counseling.
Mr. Casper has worked with a broad range of conditions and has extensive experience working with adults and children who have been victims of abuse and trauma. He has a special interest in working with patients and family members who are facing life-threatening illness.
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American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Kidney Fund
Cleveland Clinic
Akron Children's Hospital
Wooster Community Hospital
Office Hours
Monday - Thursday: 5pm - 9pm
Friday: Closed
Saturday: 9am - 1pm
Professional Counseling Associates, LLC
2200 Benden Drive, Suite 6
Wooster, Ohio 44691
(330) 262-1228
If you or a loved one have ever heard the words "You have cancer", you know the fear and disbelief of facing your own mortality...the reality that life always ends in death, sometimes sooner than we expect. But does a cancer diagnosis mean we will pass on from this life now or as a result of this disease? Sometimes the answer is 'yes'. However, with the advances made in medical science, more and more frequently the answer is 'No, this disease may not and does not necessarily have to take my life.'
While the end result may be hearing the words 'You are cancer-free', the battle against life-threatening illness can leave the patient and caregivers worried, depressed, confused, and tired. Whether you are a patient or a family member/caregiver, the journey can take an emotional toll. By working in cooperation with your medical doctors, we work to address emotional conditions that emerge during your journey so you can focus your energy on fighting the disease, not your emotions. We work to support your mind and soul as your physician works to heal your body.
We believe effective emotional support in cooperation with your healthcare team is an important part of your overall care. Whether you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer or another life-threatening/life-limiting illness, caring for your emotional health is an important part of coping before, during, and after treatment.
Trauma is just another word for situations people find themselves in that may be, or may be perceived as, life-threatening. Whenever we have an experience in which we feel we may be seriously harmed, or even die, our emotions are rattled to the core. Whether someone experiences a serious accident or illness, severe abuse or mistreatment, or physical or sexual assault, the event is sometimes so intense the immediate response of the body and mind is to avoid the very possiblity of the event reoccurring in the future.
Problems occur because the natural defenses to avoid future pain tend to be 'turned on' at all times, in many situations, and not just when a person is in a threatening or unsafe environment. Sometimes the person who has experienced a traumatic event begins to view all situations as 'dangerous'. When this happens, relationships can be negatively impacted. As a person avoids people and situations to remain safe, they lose critical support systems and become more isolated. In severe cases, a person may even become afraid to leave their home or may find their ability to complete everyday tasks at work and in the community more difficult.
Trauma does not have to rule your life. If you have experienced a traumatic event, chances are you will never be as if trauma never occurred in your life. However, you can deal with the pain and gain understanding into how these events have impacted you. By doing so, many times people learn the pain and experience is only a part of their life and not the 800 lb. gorilla it often feels like prior to treatment.
Business Analysis
We provide services to organizations in order to analyze current processes and implement more effecient ways of conducting business.
If processes are broken, both time and money are being wasted. We will help you align your business processes with your organizational goals.
Services are provided by a Certified Business Analyst (CBA).
Project Management
Projects come in many shapes and sizes. Some-times organizations need an independent third party to manage a project. When this the case, we can help.
We help behavioral health organizations by planning, organizing and executing a number of quality improvement initiatives. We can assist with patient outcomes, patient satisfaction assessment, and accreditation projects.
Projects are lead by a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Human Resources & Clinical Consultation
Human Resources consultation is available to organizations regarding hiring, discipline, and termination decisions.
Clinical supervision is available to behavioral health students and residents.
Clinical consultation is available to behavioral health organizations.
Have you ever felt not quite yourself, more tired than usual, not as interested in regular hobbies and activities? Many people feel this way from time to time, but when this feeling hangs on for more than a week or two, you may be experiencing something more than the occasional 'blues'. Depression can make you feel less capable, tired, worthless, and irritable. In some cases, it can even bring thoughts of ending your life because it 'isn't worth living anymore'.
Depression comes in many forms and for many of reasons. Sometimes depression can be caused by physical factors such as a thyroid problem. Many times, it results from emotional pain and unresolved conflicts. When you are experiencing depression, it is important your healthcare provider look at both physical and emotional aspects of your condition so proper treatment can be delivered.
Whether your depression originates from physical or emotional factors (or both), your symptoms are telling you something is out of balance in your life or in your body. When symptoms persist, evaluation by a heatlhcare professional is an important first step in working toward feeling better.
Anxiety is worry or fear that gets a bit out of control. While it is normal and healthy to feel uneasy about things from time to time, sometimes worry can become persistent and keep us from interacting with others, or our environment, the way we normally would.
Many times worry or fear is about a certain situation (ie. riding in an elevator, being in closed spaces, animals, being in a large crowd, etc.) and a person can point to an event, or series of events, that led to their being concerned about that particular thing. Other times, anxiety is less definable - a feeling of overall dread and apprehension that something bad will happen where the reasons for the fear are not apparent.
In either case, anxiety can range from being a small inconvience or an emotionally crippling condition. Like depression, it can be caused by both emotional and physical factors. When appropriate, evaluation by a physician may be required to properly treat excessive worry or fear.
Sometimes a comprehensive assessment of mental and emotional functioning is helpful in determining how to address problems a person is experiencing. When this is needed, we provide a comprehensive review of a person's functioning called a Psychological Evaluation. This in-depth assessment requires three to four appointments and includes the administration of psychological testing.
We receive many requests from physicians for psychological evaluation of a patient when the reasons for their symptoms are not readily apparent or an opinion is needed to determine if physical symptoms may be originating from mental or emotional factors. When the evaluation is complete, we can provide you with an overview of your current functioning and send a report to your physician that provides important information and recommendations.
More than anything else, a comprehensive psychological evaluation helps your heathcare team make good treatment decisions by providing information about what may be out of balance and in need of clinical attention. When mental and emotional factors are leading to physical symptoms, addressing these conditions often results in relief from the physical symptoms and an improved outllook on life.
