Outpatient Services
Outpatient Services at Portage Path Behavioral Health are designed to improve a client’s quality of life by improving their state of mind. Clients and clinicians work together to change behavior and build skills that lead to a healthier life
Our Outpatient Services
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Individual Therapy
Our team of psychologists, counselors and social workers are here to guide you on your path to recovery and help you reach your goals. Therapy can be difficult to define because it means different things to each person. Your therapist will collaborate with you to identify goals and help you achieve them through a variety of evidence-based practices and strategies, guiding you to a better emotional place.
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Co-Occurring Treatment
Co-Occurring services at Portage Path Behavioral Health are designed to help those experiencing mental illness and substance use disorders to take control of their recovery and return more quickly to their best possible life, with few relapses. Portage Path Behavioral Health offers both individual and group therapy programs for our co-occurring clients.
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Medication Management
What separates Portage Path from other providers? We have the unique ability to coordinate client therapy and medication through Genoa Pharmacy, located inside our Akron clinic. We have a large team of psychiatrists and advanced practice nurse practitioners who work closely to make sure treatment is effective and affordable.
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Case Management (CPST)
We offer case management services, also called Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) to help clients manage multiple life and health issues so they can focus on their emotional issues during individual therapy. CPST helps support the client with agency and community resources along their journey in the recovery process.
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Peer Support
Our Certified Peer Recovery Supporters promote healthy lifestyle changes through lived experience of a mental health or substance use disorder. Ask your Peer Supporter about The Zen Den; a peer support wellness and resource space made possible by a generous donation!
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Pathways Group Therapy
Pathways is a day treatment program designed to help clients reduce symptoms, gain stability and build essential life and problem-solving skills. Participants make changes to positively impact their lives and regain a sense of hope for the future.
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Crossroads and Bridges Group Therapy
Crossroads is an Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program (IOP) for co-occurring clients that provides a safe, structured environment where clients can build essential life and problem-solving skills, and improve their treatment readiness. Upon completion of the program, clients are referred to aftercare programs customized to meet their recovery needs.
Bridges is a custom-designed program for co-occurring clients that helps clients make progress faster and avoid relapses. Clients learn positive coping skills that allow them to make lifestyle changes.
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Treatment Groups
Group therapy offers a safe environment where you can express feelings without being judged. You can gain peer support and validation that you are not alone on your journey. Ask your Portage Path provider for our most up to date available treatment groups.
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Telehealth Services
Telehealth or Video appointments are a convenient option for some clients to receive care via video conference. To schedule a telehealth appointment, please call our support team at 330-253-3100.
About Portage Path
Portage Path Behavioral Health is a non-profit community mental health center that helps people recover from mental illness, regardless of their ability to pay.
More than 8,000 Summit County (Ohio) residents move toward recovery each year through our comprehensive array of clinical services including:
- Psychiatry
- Medication management
- Individual and group therapy
- Co-occurring treatment
- Emergency evaluation
- Crisis stabilization
- Day treatment (Pathways program)
- Case management
- Peer support
- On site pharmacy
Portage Path Behavioral Health’s high quality services are partially paid for through insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or under contract with the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board – County of Summit ADM Board. Enhanced services and innovation are funded through private donations from individuals, companies, and foundations who care about the community.
All of our services and facilities are accredited by the Joint Commission, a nationally recognized organization that accredits and certifies health care organizations and programs in the United States.
Founded in 1971 as a small, regional provider of behavioral health care, Portage Path has grown to three outpatient locations and an emergency facility with services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
