Counselor-In-Residence Program

The Counselor-in-Residence (CR) Program places professionally supervised mental health clinicians directly into residence halls to address the mental-health concerns of residents and Residence Life staff. CRs are doctoral students in Clinical Psychology or Counselor-Education programs who have a Masters degree and have completed atleast two years of supervised clinical training.  

The objective of the CR program is to support the academic and personal growth of students through the provision of on-site and easily accessed consultation and mental-health support services. Services include:

• Preventative & Psycho-educational Programming
• Supporting the counselor-on-call during emergency and crisis situations
• Follow-up services to residents and staff following crisis situations
• Consultation with Residential Life staff on mental-health issues
• Brief counseling with residents and Residence Life staff, including:
• • Weekly “drop-in” hours
  • Appointments with self-referred and staff-referred students
  • “House-call” visits with students following staff referral
  • Group or individual follow-up sessions following disturbances in the residential community

How to contact the Counselors-In-Residence (CR)

Counselors-In-Residence Office:

            Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

               Location: 122 Jefferson Hall

               Office adjacent to Jeff Library

               (Phone number for non-emergency purposes only):

               (740) 593-0769

The office phone should be used only for non-emergency purposes (such as to request an outreach). A CR will NOT be able to respond to you immediately if you were to leave a message on the answering machine. 

If you need to speak with a CR outside the office hours, please contact your RA or RD. They would help you locate a CR or a staff from CPS.          

Staff:    Eric Zimak, M.S.

          ez331705@ohio.edu

  Petya Demireva, M.S.

  pd302705@ohio.edu 

            * Do not use E-mail if you need immediate assistance or to communicate confidential information.  

For more information about CR program or if you are a doctoral student in a psychology, counseling or related field and interested in becoming a counselor-in-resident, please contact:

Susan B. Young, Ph.D.

Director of Training

Counseling and Psychological Services

Ph: 740-593-1616