mental health resource finder
Created to connect Dayton families with local mental health resources—supporting wellness, access to care, and a healthier future for every child.

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With the help of experienced social workers, get connected with available mental health services in the community.
Peace of Mind Therapeutics
Peace of Mind Therapeutics is a private outpatient mental health practice located in the heart of downtown Dayton Ohio. Services are provided by a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of nursing experience and 14 years experience as a nurse practitioner. We provide quality individualized care to meet the needs of our clients. Peace of Mind Therapeutics strives to provide peace across the lifespan.
Peace Through Play – Behavioral Health Therapy
Peace Through Play – Behavioral Health Therapy – Evening and weekends are full, if you can schedule during normal work house, she can see you within a week. She is able to do telehealth kind of things which is not ideal for the service she is able to provide, but she is trying to make it work. It’s a lot of parent training and teaching parents how to do play therapy type things with their children. Her office is located in the Life Plus Health and Wellness Group/ For Insurance, she bills Anthem and UHC and should be able to…
Personal Growth Counseling
Rosalie Stluka, LISW and Kay Schamp, LISW provide services for children ages 7-18 with various mental health concerns. For more information please call or visit their website.
Pinnacle Psychological Services Of Northwest Ohio
Pinnacle Psychological Services Of Northwest Ohio, Rachel Hummel-Sass PsyD offers Counseling for ages 5 and up. Rachel works with children and adolescents with family conflicts, LGBTQ+, chronic illness and terminal illness, and parenting.
Pinpoint Behavioral Health Solutions
Pinpoint Behavioral Solutions provides a holistic approach to helping individuals and family’s navigate through current or past events causing them current unwanted distress.
PKM Life Transitions
PKM Life Transitions provides counseling services to children ages 10 and up, but will review this case by case and may see children under the age of 10. This agency provides services for substance use, OCD, and depression. The center will accept most major insurances, as well as CareSource, Medicaid, Paramount, and Cigna. Please call or visit this agency’s website for more information.
Poppy’s Therapeutic Corner, LLC
Poppy’s Therapeutic Corner, LLC, is a private group practice located in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, providing counseling (telehealth and in-office) for children ages 4 and older.
Positive Leaps – East Gate
Positive Leaps specializes in physical or verbal aggression, tantrums, poor peer relations, control issues, defiance, impulse control issues, violence, ADHD, anger issues, irritability, anxiety, depression, stealing or hoarding, sleep issues, and at-risk behaviors (e.g., running away from home) for ages 3-18 (Outpatient only).
Positive Leaps – West Chester
Positive Leaps specializes in physical or verbal aggression, trantrums, poor peer relations, control issues, defiance, impulse control issues, violence, ADHD, anger issues, irritability, anxiety, depression, stealing or hoarding, sleep issues, at-risk behaviors (e.g. running away from home) – No autism unless very low support needs. They accept Medicaid, CareSource, Molina, Buckeye, United Healthcare, WellCare; and other major health insurance companies serving Southwest Ohio, and out of network providers. Positive Leaps see’s children ages 3 to 18 for outpatient and 3 to 8 for day treatment.
Positive Pathways
Insurance: Kentucky Medicaid, Anthem, Coventry Cares, Passport, WellCare MCO’s.