Cathy Knezevich, M.Ed., PCC
Ms. Knezevich’s goal as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor is to help people live a more fulfilled life, whether they are managing emotional issues or life challenges. She works with older teens, adults and seniors; individually, as couples and families. She also runs a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP) for adults with more difficult emotional, behavioral or life challenges. Ms. Knezevich’s style is to balance acceptance with change to help people explore feelings and behavior patterns and make significant changes in a supportive environment. Some specialties are EMDR (with a professional referral), a powerful therapeutic technique originally designed for trauma survivors; mindfulness and meditation, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), DBT, art therapy, and solution focused therapy.
Ms. Knezevich obtained her Master’s Degree from Cleveland State University, in community and agency counseling. She has worked in private practice since 1994 and has established 2 DBT IOP therapy programs as well as co-facilitated a dual diagnosis IOP. Ms. Knezevich has advanced training in critical incident stress debriefing and has volunteered as the assistant clinical director of the Lake-Geauga Critical Incident Management Team for 18 years. She has worked as a social worker and case manager at Laurelwood Hospital, a therapist in the outpatient Victims Resource Program, and started her career as a volunteer for the program.
Position:
Clinical Director, Mental Health IOP
Address:
8224 Mentor Ave, Suite 208
Mentor Ohio 44060
Email:
cknezevich@behavioralwellnessgroup.com
Phone:
440-392-2222 EXT 304
Fax:
440-565-2349
Articles
To read these articles click the link below:
Testimonials/Reviews
Testimonial Disclosure Statement: Testimonials herein are unsolicited, anonymous and are received after care has been received in an attempt to assure healthy therapy relationships and confidentiality.
(Cathy Knezevich, DBT IOP) “Ability to continue treatment while living my own life and learning and growing as I work through the program. Relevant material for my daily life. Cathy was a wonderful therapist!”
(Cathy Knezevich, DBT IOP) “You learn to really care about the people in the group and getting their feedback was great - as was Cathy’s. She always asked the right follow up questions to get you to dig deeper about a situation and when reviewing material, she’d ask situations that apply to be sure you understand which was really helpful to drill it down. I cannot think of an area I would improve. I asked for a hard copy of the material and it was ready within 24 hours- incredible turnaround time. I feel I am a better person for having attended this group. Not only do they actually care, how you are doing, they make sure you don’t leave without tools to continue improving every day. I am SO happy I chose this for my IOP.”
"Cathy Knezevich (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, IOP) I really appreciate your kindness, both in this and in the tremendous support you have been for me since I first joined the DBT IOP group. The skills and knowledge I have gained (and continue to develop) are incredibly helpful and have transformed my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you! ... Words fail to adequately convey how grateful I am for you and for your Group!"
(Cathy Knezevich, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) "Honestly, meeting Cathy and attending this IOP are two of the best things that have ever happened to me. They both changed my life and I’m eternally grateful. I miss Cathy and our group sessions! We all became super close, and I felt some grief when it ended."
