Clinical Counselor

• Gail A. Papay   M.Ed., LPCC is an independently licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who embraces the opportunity to empower clients to resolve their problems and strive to reach their potential. She has experience with severe mental health issues in residential treatment and experience in private practice working with individuals, couples, and groups. Gail addresses client concerns relative to grief, depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, stress tolerance, chronic pain management, difficult relationships, self-esteem, parenting challenges, aging issues, military issues, and trauma for which desensitization techniques are applied.  Gail’s focused attention to individual client needs is achieved by utilizing a range of techniques from various evidence-based therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Behavior (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT), Narrative Therapy, Solution-focused (SFBT), Person-centered (CPT), Dialectical Behavior (DBT), and relaxation techniques. Gail earned her Bachelor’s degree from Hiram College and her Masters of Education in Community Counseling from Kent State University. She holds several professional affiliations.

“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything is worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” Philippians 4:8, NASB1995

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.”   Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Shawnda Hochstetler, M.Ed., LPCC-S is a State-of-Ohio Independently Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with supervisory credentials. She has over 18 years of counseling experience, which includes residential, private practice, community-based, hospital, and law enforcement institutions. Shawnda works with a variety of ages and populations. Her focus is on treating anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, PTSD, bipolar/manic, aging, grief, life adjustments, occupational concerns, difficult relationships, thought disorders, etc.She believes that "counseling is a combination of art based in science, which is expressed in the improved lives of my clients."