Jessica A. Oates, LPCC-S, PMH-C, is the owner of Insight Clinical Counseling and Wellness, now with ten offices – five offices in Columbiana County, four in Mahoning County and one in Jefferson County – that employ 130 contractors and employees. They provide individual counseling, couples counseling, group
counseling, case management and wellness services. They also offer telehealth services, providing mental
health services all across the state.
“The East Palestine location was our fourth office to open in 2020 and the reason that I wanted to open here is that this is my hometown, and these are my roots,” Jessica says. “Mental health has always been my passion – to give back to my community. I want this to be a safe place for everyone who walks through the door to work on their struggles and on things that are bothering them. I also want to focus on mental wellness, which includes helping people get where they want to go in life.”
Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in community clinical mental health counseling, both from Youngstown State University. She prides herself on ensuring her clinicians are highly trained and specialized in the most up-to-date evidence-based modalities available in
the mental health field.
Insight Clinical Counseling has clinicians that focus on trauma as well as perinatal mental health, which includes postpartum anxiety, depression, infertility, loss and grief. They also provide mental health services to school districts, including East Palestine, and they offer on site group services for some of the local area nursing homes and developmental disabilities facilities. This summer, they are launching a sports mental health program, working with teams, coaches and students of all ages on the mental
aspect involved around athletics.
Jessica explains, “Our focus here really is on reducing the stigma around mental health. So, if our library asks us to come and do a talk about wellness, we’re showing up. If there is an event going on at the school, we’ll be there. Insight has grown exponentially in the last five years, and I think that really comes down to our reputation. I think that the best evidence that we have that we are doing really great work is when people are telling other people about how they’ve responded to therapy and making a referral.”
Jessica is very proud of their Insightful Empowerment Scholarship program, which is a scholarship program offered to ten individuals over the course of ten years that will pay in full a master’s
degree in clinical mental health counseling or in or social work from Youngstown State University. The hope is that not only will there be new trained clinicians in the future, but that they might be an East Palestine resident or someone in the community that betters their own life and the lives of others
in the area.
Those interested in their services offered should visit the website to get started. Their ‘request an appointment’ button allows you to answer a few questions and a member of their intake team will contact you to match you with the clinician that best fits your needs. You can also call our intake
team directly at 330-397-6007.
Jessica says, “We very much know that when people are picking up the phone to call in for mental health services, sometimes that’s not your finest day and that’s okay. We hold space for everyone, no matter where they’re at in their journey. And we’re going to be present for you no matter what that looks like.”
To learn more visit their website insightclinicalcounseling.com or their Facebook page.