Rhea Pierron

Rhea Pierron Rhea Pierron is the Development Manager/Program Liaison for Mental Health America of Licking County. She helps each program coordinator/manager with promotional and planning needs, identifies funding opportunities, assists with writing grants for the programs, and performs administrative tasks. She is a member of the Newark Kiwanis Club. Rhea earned a BSBA degree from […]

Kitty Roahrig

Kitty Roahrig Kitty Roahrig is the Parent Support Program Coordinator for Mental Health America of Licking County. She is certified in multiple levels of the Triple P Positive Parenting Program as well as Parenting Inside Out. Prior to working at MHA, she worked as a Health Aide for the schools. Kitty has an associate degree in mental […]

Above all else, be kind

How are you doing right now? No, really, how are you doing? We’re so quick in our society to say, “Great!”, “OK” or “I’m fine.” Right now many of us are just barely getting by. We’re collectively fatigued by all of what is going on – COVID-19 hovering over our world and affecting so many […]

Having Respect for Others to Improve Mental Health Respect, according to Webster, is to regard with special attention, to care for or to consider worthy of esteem. The goal of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris in 1948, was to grant status worthy of respect to all […]

Managing Stress Under the Coronavirus Quarantines As we all stock up on supplies, hunker down and try to keep ourselves and our families safe from COVID-19, one element to the uncertainty surrounding this global health issue that we can’t overlook is the effect on our mental health. MHA’s national screening data showed a 19 percent […]

Managing Depression and Anxiety in Children

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES), which looks at the impact of childhood trauma on health and well-being later in life, frequently comes up in talks about mental health and addiction. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s new Student Wellness and Success plan allocates funds statewide to school districts to provide services that students need to thrive, […]

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