Welcome to Ravenwood Health
Ravenwood Health is a Trauma Informed Agency that strives to provide a safe and compassionate community that supports and respects the unique journey of each person’s path to healing, creating hope for all those who walk through our doors.
History:
Mental health services were first made available via a public sector organization to residents of Ashtabula County in 1961 under the auspices of the Mental Health Clinic. This was prior to President John F. Kennedy’s national community mental health movement, and prior to the creation in Ohio of the separate county mental health board system. Originally a small office with only a part-time psychiatrist and a half-time secretary, the early Mental Health Clinic primarily provided medication to patients discharged from state psychiatric hospitals. Eventually, social workers, psychologists and other care givers were added to diversify and broaden the publicly funded mental health care provided within the community. The Mental Health Clinic of Ashtabula County was officially recognized as a private, non-profit organization on July 28, 1964.
A companion provider to the Mental Health Clinic during this era, the Family Services Agency, offered outpatient counseling services. Both providers grew with the passage of time, due to the increasing demands and opportunities for services precipitated by the de-institutionalization of state psychiatric hospitals.
In 1986 these sister agencies merged to form the current Community Counseling Center. Since that time, Community Counseling Center has grown into a multi-purpose corporation of diverse service components, whose mission is to “engage the community in recovery". As a community organization, CCC has grown through the commitment to de-institutionalization, the introduction of brief therapies and evidence-based practices, community psychiatric supportive treatment, the proliferation of available psychiatric medications, and merger, expansion, and contraction.
Through its six decades, Community Counseling Center provided quality, cost-effective, and comprehensive behavioral health services to the residents of Ashtabula County and beyond. Programming targets to provide maximal benefit to the largest number while attending to the evolving priorities and policies of the larger behavioral health system. Through it all, the agency has treated the behavioral health needs of this community with expertise, devotion, adaptation, and fiscal accountability.
On Monday, February 2, 2026, Ravenwood Health and Community Counseling Center joined forces to strengthen their impact and ensure long-term sustainability for the communities we serve. The merged organization will continue to offer high quality services for our clients and a more enriching work environment for our team members.
