Clinical Counselor

Hello, my name is Paul Snowball and I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with supervising endorsement. I hold a masters degree in counseling and have been practicing, as a clinician, for over 25 years. I’ve spent most of my professional career working at Cleveland State University, as a clinician in the Counseling Center.  I’ve worked with many clients from diverse backgrounds, who’ve presented with a wide range of concerns.  I work with clients to address depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, with motivational, academic, career, and other challenges. My primary theoretical approach is relational and psychodynamic.  I also integrate cognitive behavioral and mindfulness concepts and other strategies.  I believe genuine caring and effective communication are the bedrock of the helping process.   

Licensed Independent Social Worker

Background: I received a Master of Science in Social Administration and I am licensed by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (lic. # I.2002115), supervised by Felicia Acton (Psy.D.). I’ve pursued my passion of assisting children and young adults manage and preserve their mental health in outpatient, school, community, and group settings.

In my practice, I strive to help children externalize their problems and develop emotional intelligence in fun and creative ways. Mindfulness and trauma-informed care are the foundations of my practice, as I believe these principles are essential building blocks in the development of empathic, resilient, and compassionate human beings. As an eclectic therapist, I select the appropriate framework and intervention that best suits your child. However, before any interventions take place, your child and I will work to develop a therapeutic alliance, setting the groundwork of treatment.

I believe in working within the family system and as a result, I engage parents in their child’s treatment, as appropriate. I primarily work with children age 5 and older and young adults ages 18-35. I also have experience counseling adults in inpatient and outpatient settings. Most of my experience has been in areas of anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, ADHD, emotional intelligence and regulation, conflict resolution, and social skill development.

Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Barach is the author of scientific and clinical articles on dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). He is Senior Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a past president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Within the dissociative disorders field, he is known for having first highlighted the link between disordered attachment and the origins of dissociative disorders. He also chaired the committee that authored the first set of treatment guidelines for adults with DID. In addition to his writings on dissociation, Dr. Barach also wrote (with R. F. Stamps) The Therapist’s Internet Handbook, published by W. W. Norton. He has served as a script consultant for broadcast media and as a reviewer for several journals.

Dr. Barach treats adults and couples. His specialties are the treatment of depression, anxiety, dissociative disorders, and work with adult survivors of abuse or other traumas. Dr. Barach has an integrative approach to therapy. He focuses on helping clients change patterns of thinking and acting that block them from getting what they need or want. He has had training in clinical hypnosis and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR, an evidence-based treatment for PTSD).

Dr. Barach has been a Clinical Psychologist since 1983. He attended Johns Hopkins University and the University of Michigan, receiving a BA in Psychology with Honors. He completed an MA and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Case Western Reserve University.

He is a psychologist at Louis B. Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, where he conducts evaluations for veterans who are applying for compensation and pension. He formerly was a psychologist at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Psychiatric Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he evaluated felony defendants and provided expert testimony on issues such as Competency to Stand Trial, Sanity at the Time of the Act, mitigating factors, Movement to Nonsecured Status, and eligibility for civil commitment. Dr. Barach has also served as an expert for both plaintiff and defense attorneys in civil matters, such as psychological malpractice and personal injury lawsuits.

Clinical Psychologist

Throughout his 30-plus years as a Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Paul Becker has dedicated himself to finding practical solutions to human problems. Working with adults, adolescents, couples, and families, he utilizes a cognitive-behavioral, solution-oriented approach. Dr. Becker strives to help clients identify and achieve their goals whether working in his private practice or consulting in the community. His clinical practice is focused on working with clients in their resolution of obsessions, phobias, and depression, as well as helping survivors of abuse.

Dr. Becker is a Life Trustee of Bellflower Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, a past Vice-President of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Board of Trustees, and has consulted with community agencies, developed community-wide service networks, and served as an associate director of a mental health center. He is a member of the anxiety Disorders Association of America and the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation. He enjoys photography, gardening, and keeping up with his grandchildren.

In addition to providing outpatient therapy and clinical supervision at Horizons, Dr. Becker also maintains a private practice at Becker Udelf & Associates in Woodmere and provides outpatient therapy at Keogh Bendo & Associates in Tallmadge. Dr. Becker continues to offer consultation services to organizations as part of his professional work.
Dr. Becker supervises the work of Psychology Assistant, Christine Comstock, Ph.D, and assigns cases to her.

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