Pennsylvania Clinical Staff

(412) 531-9600

 

JoAnne V. Crough, MA, LPC

Treatment Issues:  Anxiety, Depression, Grief/Loss, Marital Counseling, Mood Disorders, Panic Attacks, Stress, Women’s Issues
 

Education and Training:  Master of Arts in Counseling from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.  Post-master's work at Waynesburg College's Graduate and Professional Studies Program in Counseling Psychology.

Background and Experience: While putting her career aspirations on hold until her children were older, JoAnne taught at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, served as coordinator and chair of numerous service organizations including a refugee resettlement project through her local church, and was a volunteer crisis pregnancy counselor. All of these experiences contribute to her effectiveness as a counselor as she is quite in tune with (and probably currently experiencing!) the very real stressors of life in this world.

 

Special Interests and Services: Includes anxiety, depression, grief/loss, marital counseling, mood disorders, panic attacks, stress, women’s issues. 

 

Additional Information:  JoAnne has been happily married since 1984 and a mother since 1985. During the years that she was not formally practicing counseling, she was engaged in the daily duties of raising a family of three children.  JoAnne speaks Italian and Spanish in addition to English.

 

Marjorie Mills, MSCP, NCC, LPC

Treatment Issues:  Anxiety, depression, domestic violence, grief

 

Education and Training:  Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Chatham College.  Completed an internship on an inpatient behavioral health unit at St. Clair Hospital.  Licensed in Pennsylvania as a Professional Counselor

 

Background and Experience:  Marjorie has worked as a spiritual counselor at St. Clair Hospital.  She has also worked as a domestic violence counselor.

 

Special Interests and Services:  Counsels adults struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, and loss, and is especially interested in women's issues.

 

 

LPC = Licensed Professional Counselor

The counselor has completed his/her master's degree from an accredited institution, has a minimum of 3,600 hours of actual clinical experience, and has passed a written examination administered by the State of Pennsylvania.  The counselor is then licensed by the state to provide counseling services.  The counselor must show proof of 30 hours of continuing education every two years and have no unresolved disciplinary action in order to maintain his/her license, which is renewable every two years.

 

MA = Master of Arts degree

This is awarded after successful completion of advanced study after a person has earned his/her bachelor's degree.  This typically involves an additional two years of full-time class work at an accredited institution and often includes additional clinical experience in the chosen field of specialized study.

 

MSCP = Master of Science in Counseling Psychology

(See MA above.)

 

NCC = Nationally Certified Counselor

The counselor has met national standards for counseling developed by professionals in the field as opposed to state legislators; this does not qualify an individual for automatic state licensing.  This requires that the individual has graduated from an accredited institution with at least 48 semester hours of graduate coursework, completed 3,000 hours of work as a counselor, has a minimum of 100 hours of face-to-face supervision with a qualified professional, and has passed the National Counselors Examination for Licensure and Certification.