YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Annaleise Fisher recently joined Jewish Family & Community Services as a counselor.
Fisher’s primary responsibility at JFCS is to provide individual counseling services to people from all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. Counseling is available for individuals experiencing concerns such as anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, relationship challenges, life transitions and adjustment difficulties.
“My goal is to help clients gain insight, better understand and manage emotions, develop effective coping strategies, strengthen communication and boundary-setting skills and prioritize self-care,” she said.
She plans to expand services through counseling groups, couples counseling, educational programs and other supportive resources.
Fisher’s past experience includes providing counseling services in both community mental health and private practice settings. She has primarily worked with adults age 18 and older, but she also has experience working with adolescents, couples and groups. She has experience in providing clinical supervision to counselors-in-training and newly licensed counselors. Since 2014, she has taught college, both undergraduate and graduate level courses, as well as continuing education courses.
Fisher earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with a minor in biology from the University of Mount Union and a Master of Education degree in clinical mental health counseling from Kent State University. She also earned an Education Specialist degree in counseling, also from KSU. She is licensed as a counselor in Ohio and is a licensed professional clinical counselor with a supervisory designation.
Fisher is a member of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and serves as secretary of the Ohio Counseling Association.