Counseling Center Location:
11 Campus Center
Lower Level

Email:
starkcounseling@kent.edu

Phone:
330-244-5048

Fax:
330-244-3283

Want to set up an appointment?

When you submit your request, your information goes directly to Emily Ribnik, PCC-S. She will contact you directly to discuss scheduling you
first appointment.

Inclement Weather Statement:
If the campus and all of its offices have been closed due to inclement weather, all counseling appointments are canceled and staff will contact students to reschedule.

If classes have been canceled, but campus offices remain open, Counseling Services staff will contact students that morning to offer to reschedule appointments for that day. Students will not be penalized for missing an appointment on a day that classes are canceled.


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Herbert W. Hoover Foundation Counseling Center

Everyone periodically runs into snags in life. The Herbert W. Hoover Foundation Counseling Center is here to help you regain your focus and balance. You don't have to face your problems alone. Our focus is your success, both at Kent State University and beyond. We promote education, healing and personal empowerment through our clinical and educational services.

Some of the benefits of counseling include, but are definitely not limited to: emotional well-being, personal growth, enhanced communication, personal empowerment, and the opportunity to gain skills that will enhance your health, academics, relationships and life!

Services for Students:

• Individual and group counseling
• Educational workshops and events
  
• Referrals to community resources
  
• Coordination with other student support offices as needed
  
• Interviews or class presentation information and materials by request
  
• Walk-in and scheduled sessions available
  
• Sessions are safe, private and confidential
• All sessions are free for students
  

Note: In order to utilize full-semester counseling services at the Stark Campus, students must have at least half of their courses registered at Kent State Stark. This does not apply to walk-in or crisis counseling.


Eligibility for Summer Services:

• Be enrolled at Kent State Stark for summer (at least 50% of courses must be at Stark)
• Was enrolled in Spring 2012 AND enrolled for Fall 2012 at Kent State Stark (at least 50% of courses must be at Stark)
• Incoming freshmen or new students that will start in Fall 2012 at Stark will be managed on a case by case basis

 

Services for Faculty & Staff:

• Class visit and/or presentation on a variety of mental health topics by request
  
• Referrals to community resources and EAP
  
• Trainings and workshops
  

Reasons for Counseling:

• Relationship issues
  
• Adjustment issues
  
• Difficulty dealing with grief or loss
  
• Worry or anxiety problems
• Anger issues
  
• Self-esteem issues
  
• Alcohol or drug use or abuse
  
• Sexual identity
  
• Family issues
  
• Burn out
  
• Marital problems
  
• Concerns about life after graduation
  
• Concerns about friends and/or family
  
• Stress
  
  

Counseling Center Staff

Emily Ribnik
Professional Clinical Counselor & Supervisor

Thank you so much for taking the time to read about the Counseling Center. Knowing when and where to go for help is the biggest step in personal growth, and we are here to support you however we can. I look forward to seeing you and being part of your journey!

 

About Emily
Emily is a licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a Supervisor endorsement, or PCC-S. In 2003, she graduated from Kent State University with a B.A. in Psychology, and later in December 2007 graduated with her Master’s in Education in Community Counseling. She has recently completed an additional semester of doctoral level work in order to be a designated clinical supervisor in her field in order to assist and guide others to become proactive and ethical counselors in the state of Ohio. While attending school, Emily worked in the Kent State Department of Residence Services for 7 years and focused her attention on student success and wellness programming.

For the past 5 years, Emily worked at Coleman Professional Services in Portage County. She worked exclusively in the agency’s Access Office which is a 24-7 mental health crisis center and hotline hub. While there, she specialized in crisis intervention and suicide prevention. While at Coleman Professional Services, Emily was active with the Portage County Suicide Prevention Coalition and was also both certified in and a coordinator for the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), a training program for police officers and other first responders to enhance their skills with crisis intervention and working with mental health clients in crisis out in the community. Emily has presented twice at the state-wide All Ohio Counselors’ Conference and also twice at the National CIT conference on a variety of topics including crisis intervention, suicide prevention, officer safety, and community collaboration to support mental health recovery initiatives. 

Emily has always kept close relationships with Kent State University and is thrilled to be back working directly with the student population.