Catherine Swope

Catherine C. Swope is a licensed professional clinical counselor in the state of Ohio and also serves as our Child and Family Services Director. She attended Ashland Theological Seminary, graduating in 2011 with a Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling. She completed her undergraduate at Florida International University with a degree in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on psychology and education.

Catherine has over thirty years of experience in the counseling field through counseling in a pastoral role for adolescents and families since 1985 and has worked professionally with youth and families through a non-profit since 2004 in which she works with teens, families, court-involved families, and separated and divorcing parents.

She has several areas of interest working with children, youth, and family issues, performing marriage and couples counseling, divorce counseling, adolescent counseling, behavior issues, addressing substance use disorders, anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, as well as life transitions. Her style is to work collaboratively with the individual or family including the many systems, such as juvenile court, juvenile court child protective services, and local mental health agencies that the individual or family may be involved with. She uses several different treatment modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered therapy, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, family systems, attachment styles, and motivational interviewing.

Catherine has a heart for helping youth and families in need and uses her pastoral experience, clinical skills, and lived experience to counsel and help children, youth and families through a trauma-informed lens to promote growth, healing, and hope.