Counseling and Wellness Center

01/26/2026

📣 We’re OPEN! 📣

Counseling & Wellness Center will be open Tuesday, January 27th.

Most scheduled appointments have already been contacted and offered in-person or telehealth options, based on provider availability and licensure.

📍 Locations:
• 936 Market St., Parkersburg, WV
• 225 Main St., Belpre, OH

📞 Contact Us:
WV: 304-422-7300 | OH: 740-401-3088

Thank you for your patience and flexibility! We look forward to supporting you! 💚

01/25/2026

❄️ Weather Closure Notice ❄️

Due to weather conditions, Counseling & Wellness Center will be CLOSED on Monday, January 26th to ensure the safety of our clients and staff.

🌐 Most appointments will be moved to Telehealth. If you have an appointment and you haven’t been contact for telelhealth option, please be sure to call us at 304.422.7300.

Please stay safe, stay warm, and take good care of yourself. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting with you soon. 🤍

01/17/2026

Hi, I am Dakota Goldsberry, a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Play Therapist. I work at Counseling and Wellness Center in Parkersburg, WV and volunteer through our nonprofit, GiveMore Connections.

I am excited to share a project that is very close to my heart and central to the work I do as a clinical mental health clinician.

Some of the clients I serve are nonverbal, minimally communicative, or experience selective mutism. This could be a result of anxiety, trauma, ADHD, Autism, or other presenting concerns which can impact communication. AAC or Augmentative and Alternative Communication is speech. For some individuals it is their primary language. For others it is how communication remains accessible during anxiety, trauma, or nervous system shutdown. Either way, it is a valid and necessary form of communication. As a Play Therapist, my goal is to ensure that all clients are given equal access to care - whether that’s through play, accommodations, or assistive devices.

I am raising funds to bring dedicated AAC speech access into our therapy office so clients can communicate needs, emotions, boundaries, and experiences in the ways that work best for them. This includes an iPad and AssistiveWare AAC apps that support both symbol based and text based communication. These tools will be shared clinical resources used ethically to improve accessibility, safety, and full participation in therapy. I will be training multiple providers on utilizing these resources so accessible care is maximized.

This work is part of GiveMore Connections and reflects my ongoing commitment to neurodivergent affirming and accessible mental health care. Communication should never be a barrier to receiving support. I need your help. We need to raise $2,000 to get this program running. Your gift is 100% tax deductible.

If you are able and would like to support this effort, you can donate here:

https://gofund.me/307ef992b

If you are not able to donate, sharing this post also helps more than you know. Thank you for supporting access, inclusion, and honoring every voice.

Dakota Goldsberry, EdS, MA, LPCC-S, THLT, NCC

12/29/2025

🎄✨ CWC Christmas Door Decorating Contest – People’s Choice Award! ✨🎄

Our team has been busy spreading holiday cheer, and now we need YOUR help!
Swipe through the photos to see each of our festive office doors and vote for your favorite 🎁🎨

🗳 How to Vote:
👉 Click the link below and choose your favorite decorated door
👉 One vote per person
👉 Please vote using the link so your vote is counted

📅 Voting closes: January 7th
🏆 Winner announced: January 10th

💬 Tell us in the comments which one made you smile the most!

Thank you for helping us celebrate creativity, teamwork, and a little extra holiday joy at Counseling & Wellness Center! 💚❤️

🔗 Vote here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CTM2QS2

12/24/2025

12/02/2025

Due to the Weather, Counseling & Wellness Center will open at 11:00am today. If you have an appointment scheduled before 11:00, please call us to reschedule. Stay safe and warm!

10/31/2025

We want to take moment to recognize our winner of our 2nd annual pumpkin decoration contest at CWC. We love this because all of our clients get to take tickets to vote for their favorite pumpkin and the competition is tough because we have some crafty people who do amazing things!

This years winners:
1st - Radar (Ice Craam Pumpkin)
2nd - Emily Stutler (Movie Theater Pumpkin
3rd - Meagan Powers (with some help from her daugher)
And since Meagan PowersMeagan was already gone for the photo shoot, we improvised with her step in 😂

Until next year!! Thanks for having fun with us! Happy Halloween 🎃

10/30/2025

Some people dress up for Halloween to be all kinds of creative things like superheroes, princesses and other fun characters! Our crew decided to go the executive route and dressed up like our CEOs!

10/25/2025

🌟 Provider Spotlight: Holly Gerstell, LPC 🌟

We’re thrilled to highlight Holly Gerstell, a dedicated Licensed Professional Counselor with dual licensure in West Virginia and Ohio. Holly is passionate about helping children, adolescents, and families thrive by providing a safe, nurturing environment where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered. 💙

Holly uses a compassionate, evidence-based approach, drawing from CBT and EMDR to help clients process trauma, manage anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioral challenges, and develop healthier coping strategies. She also brings extensive experience working with clients diagnosed with autism.

At the heart of Holly’s work is the belief that everyone has the capacity for growth. She’s deeply committed to creating a space filled with empathy, warmth, and trust walking alongside each client with compassion and unwavering support on their path toward healing and growth. 🌿

Help us celebrate the incredible work Holly does here at Counseling & Wellness Center!

08/05/2025

Meet our Belpre receptionist Shannon!
- Shannon runs the front office & she rocks it! Thank you, Shannon! We are so grateful for you!

07/29/2025

Meet our first floor front office team!
- Brandi & Jamie thank you, for all you do at the Counseling and Wellness Center!

06/26/2025

If you struggle to keep up with cleaning, you are not alone. When you're living with depression, tasks like washing the dishes and doing laundry can feel overwhelming. In one of our most recent articles, we explore some simple tips that can help.
Click here to read the article: https://www.counselingandwellnesscenter.com/articles/cleaning-with-depression