Cleveland Integrative Counseling

Cleveland Integrative Counseling is delighted to welcome Dr. Cristina Nedelcu to the practice!

Cristina brings over 30 years of experience in various roles: practitioner, educator, researcher and published author. We are thrilled to have her as part of our team of qualified clinicians.

Cristina’s areas of expertise are developmental outcomes of domestic and international adoptees, self-harm and other self-destructive behaviors in late adolescence and young adulthood, struggles related to developmental transitions of families and individual clients, stresses of acculturation and environmental adaptation for immigrant families. She is a first generation immigrant from Romania and is fluent in 3 languages: Romanian, English and French.

Cristina is accepting new patients and families.

To welcome Cristina, or ask specific questions, please e-mail: [email protected].

To schedule an initial appointment with Cristina, please call (216) 600 8008 or e-mail [email protected].

Quick Facts About Cristina:
Theoretical Frame Work: Attachment Theory and Object Relations, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Bowen Family Systems.

Ideal Client/Family: late adolescents/young adults who struggle with anxieties related to developmental transitions: separation and individuation, building identity, and healthy intimacy, who are experiencing various behavioral issues in the midst of these transitions. Adoptive families, domestic and international; individuals who self-harm and their families; and immigrant families. Divorce/separation and associated family dynamics, including the most painful ones: parental alienation and the parentified children.

Research Focus: adolescents and young adults who self-harmed and developmental milestones and attachment classifications of international adoptees from Eastern Europe.

Location: Telemedicine

Billing: Private Payment

E-Mail: [email protected]

Appointments: (216) 600 8008

Website: www.clevelandint.com

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Back by popular demand, Cleveland Integrative Counseling is delighted to offer a SPRING 4-week yoga series featuring Abby Brown, MS, CTRS, RYT-200. This online series provides easy to digest 60 minute sessions, targeting anxiety reduction through basic yoga flow, mindfulness and movement snacks. Ages 10 - 17.

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Mindful Movement: Spring Series 4-week yoga series focused on providing well rounded opportunities for anxiety reduction through mindfulness and basic yoga flow

Cleveland Integrative Counseling is delighted to welcome Sarah Weiss, MSSA, LISW-S to our child, adolescent and family counseling practice. Sarah is a licensed clinical social worker from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University with over 15 years of experience in the field. Sarah draws from her vast clinical experience working in private practice, schools, and hospital settings, where she has worked with children, adolescents and families.

Sarah has extensive experience working with children and families affected by chronic illness and has a strong interest in working with families dealing with the effects of the pandemic.

Sarah uses therapeutic techniques including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) combined with some practices of mindfulness. She includes the entire family in the therapeutic process as she feels it is important for everyone to be heard and work together towards goals. Sarah meets with families, parents, and children/adolescents in whatever dynamic is most appropriate, with the understanding that this may change throughout the therapeutic process.

To schedule an appointment with Sarah Weiss, please call (216) 600 - 8008. For more information, please visit our website: www.clevelandint.com.

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NEW yoga for anxiety reduction 4-part series. Cleveland Integrative Counseling is delighted to offer a NEW 4-week yoga series featuring Abby Brown, MS, CTRS, RYT-200. This online series provides easy to digest 60 minute sessions, targeting anxiety reduction through basic yoga flow, mindfulness and movement snacks. Ages 11 - 17.

For more information or to register, please visit:

Mindful Movement: Winter Series 4-week yoga series focused on providing well rounded opportunities for anxiety reduction through mindfulness and basic yoga flow

Children who are heading back to the classroom this fall are facing unusual challenges, and one of them is anxiety about being separated from their families after months of togetherness. For some kids it will trigger separation anxiety, in addition to the anxiety they may feel about leaving their safe harbor from the pandemic. Parents are now tasked with the complicated mission of dealing with all this anxiety and uncertainty: reassuring children that it’s safe to be away from them, while also encouraging them to be careful and preparing them to be flexible in case the situation changes. How do you do that? Here are some pointers.

Back-to-School Anxiety During COVID | Child Mind Institute Heading back to school this fall might trigger separation anxiety for kids. Here's how to help them cope, no matter what the school year brings.

Anxiety and Coping With the Coronavirus | Child Mind Institute Tips to help parents cope with anxiety during coronavirus.

News of the coronavirus COVID-19 is everywhere, from the front page of all the papers to the playground at school. Many parents are wondering how to bring up the epidemic in a way that will be reassuring and not make kids more worried than they already may be. Here is some advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute.

Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus | Child Mind Institute What parents and other adults can say to kids about the coronavirus COVID-19. How to answer their questions and keep kids feeling safe.

Everyone resists going to school once in a while, but school refusal behavior is an extreme pattern of avoiding school that causes real problems for a child. If your child is experiencing issues with school refusal, there are things that can be done to help.

Kid Refuses to Go to School | School Refusal Behavior | Child Mind Institute How to recognize what's called 'school refusal' and how to get kids back in class. Tips for parents and caregivers to get your child back to school.

In this excerpt adapted from Pause and Reset: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Overcoming Problems With Gaming, Nancy M. Petry, PhD, offers guidance on how to effectively limit gaming to a healthy level. Whether the goal is to prevent a child’s gaming from becoming excessive, or to roll back play that seems out of control, Dr. Petry offers practical, parent-tested strategies for getting a handle on the role of video games in your child’s life.

Healthy Limits on Video Games | Child Mind Institute To prevent or overcome a child's problems with video games, combine healthy limits on screen time with rewarding non-screen activities.

Cleveland Integrative Counseling is now offering SPACE. SPACE is a short term parent-based treatment option that reduces childhood anxiety. SPACE teaches parents how to develop a supportive role rather than accommodating their child’s anxiety (and subsequently strengthening it), all while restoring their child’s autonomy. SPACE offers a practical solution for parents of children with anxious childhood emotions such as OCD, panic disorder, separation anxiety, and specific phobias, that are unable/willing to attend treatment themselves or in compliment to a child's on-going therapy. If you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment, please call or email 216 600 8008 [email protected]

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Thank you to Connecting for Kids for inviting me to write an "Ask the Expert" article on what to do if your child refuses to engage in therapy. In the piece, I detail a new parent-based therapeutic option, SPACE.

https://connectingforkids.org/Monthly-Connect/7914573

I recently attended a training at Yale with Dr. Eli Lebowitz, associate director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program at the Yale Child Study Center and lead author of the SPACE technique.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment for SPACE, please visit: www.clevelandint.com or call 216 600 8008.

Connecting for Kids - Ask the Expert: What do I do if my child refuses to participate in therapy? Connecting for Kids (CFK) provides education and support to families with concerns about their child. We serve all families, including those children with and without formal diagnoses. CFK offers educational programs, support groups, a Parent Match Program and numerous resources.

Thank you, Milestones Autism Resources, for sharing the article I wrote on the importance of mental health care for the siblings of children with special needs.

https://www.milestones.org/resources/blog/2019/08/07/ask-the-expert--supporting-siblings-in-a-special-needs-family