Counseling

Meeting you where you are

JFCS’ Counseling program provides compassionate, person-centered, trauma-informed mental-health services to adults, children, teens, couples and families facing life’s challenges. Our priority is to provide support based on trust, empathy and understanding to ensure that our clients feel safe, empowered and able to make progress toward their goals.

Our Counseling team – with combined 50 years’ experience – and program:

• Include licensed and master’s level providers (MSWs and LCSWs)
• Provide culturally competent, confidential and effective services
• Offer our clients as many treatment options as possible
• Accept private pay, sliding scale, Medicare and secondary insurance, as well as commercial insurance according to plan provision
• Meet clients where they are

L to R: Laura Cohen, Douglass Ruth, Missy Fry

What does this phrase “meeting you where you are” really mean? 

• Our clinicians work with clients in the physical space that works best for them and also in their most comfortable emotional space. “It has to do with a person’s right to self-determination that we always honor,” says Missy Fry, LCSW, CAGCS, behavioral health social worker.

• We see clients by appointment-only at our downtown offices and in our new space at the Eastside Jewish Commons (EJC); in their home when warranted; and online thanks to the advantages of telehealth.

Laura Cohen, LCSW, ACSW, child and family therapist, says, “The power of therapy is being present with that person and in that moment.”

Our counseling services include:

• Psychotherapy for adults
• Specialized geriatric psychotherapy
• Behavior management therapy for children
• Short-term solution-focused therapy
• Processing and support groups
• Psychoeducational groups and presentations
• Parenting strategy seminars
• Staff training and development

For more information, click here to contact the Counseling department.

Mental Health Spotlight

In addition to one-on-one psychotherapy, JFCS offers Mental Health Spotlight to shine a light on areas where all people – children through older adults, including self-identified disabled members of our community – struggle and can seek help. Mental Health Spotlight’s goal is community outreach and providing pertinent information about topics our clinicians are tuned in to through their client work.  

Mental Health Spotlight is not one-on-one therapy. It offers groups, workshops and presentations — spaces for anyone in the community to connect with others and share what’s on their mind.

Click here to learn more about this important program or check out our group sessions currently being offered below. 

SPACE: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

Is your child or teen struggling with anxiety? Is it impacting how you and/or your family function(s)?

If so, consider contacting JFCS’ Child and Family Therapist Laura Cohen, a licensed clinical social worker. She is offering a new treatment option called SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) that provides parents with skills and tools to help their child cope with and overcome anxiety.

Click here to learn more.

Learn more about our Counseling program:

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Click here for a list of Behavioral Health Community Resources