Portage Path Behavioral Health News

It is a heartbreaking time. Violent deaths, protests, riots and unrest in the midst of a worldwide pandemic are tugging at the seams that hold us together as a human family.   Portage Path Behavioral Health has always been — and will always be — inclusive and...

Portage Path is slowly opening our facilities to in-person care for those who need it. Our Akron clinic is open and our North Summit clinic in Cuyahoga Falls will open June 8th. Barberton will open later this month. Masks are mandatory inside all facilities and you...

Portage Path is carefully formulating our plan for reopening our outpatient facilities. We do not plan to do so until we feel our clients and staff will be as safe as possible. When we do begin to move forward, opening will occur in phases.  In the meantime, we will...

Are you using Doxy to connect with your provider? Below you will find instructions and troubleshooting tips to help the process run smoothly.

Portage Path remains open for Telemedicine appointments and is working toward providing Telehealth through Doxy.me, which allows a live video appointment as we continue to be here to meet your needs! Don't worry if you're not good with technology or can't get it set...

Q&A: Mental health expert urges creativity, mindfulness to cope with anxious days at home

Attention: 3/19/20 Due to the COVID-19/Corona virus, Portage Path will continue to provide services via telephone and tele-health. We will continue to offer initial assessments, counseling, and medication through telephone and tele-health and make every effort to...

Due to changes in the Summit County Adult Mental Health System, the Adult Admission Unit, which had been the front door to Mental Health services for adults, has been disbanded. Effective March 2nd, 2020, Portage Path Behavioral Health and Community Support Services...

On Tuesday, June 19th, WKSU aired a piece on financial barriers to mental health treatment in Ohio. For his piece, Mark Arehart came to Portage Path for guidance and interviewed three clients and Vice President of Outpatient Clinical Services, Sean Blake, LPCC-S. This...

Portage Path psychologist, Chivonna Childs, Ph.D.  sat down with Betty Lin-Fisher from the Akron Beacon Journal to discuss Depression, what it is and isn’t, and what we can do about it. In the Healthy Actions piece, Chivonna stresses that is it okay to be sad, and...

Portage Path Behavioral Health was proud to partner with Western Reserve Playhouse for their production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.  Portage Path was asked to provide clinical guidance to the actors and director during the rehearsals to ensure accuracy and a...