Location: 146 W. Home St.
Hours: Monday – Friday (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Walk-in Hours: Monday – Friday (11 a.m. – 12 p.m.)
Phone: 614-823-1333
Email: counseling@otterbein.edu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otterbeincounseling/
Sarah Perry, Director, LPCC-S
Sarah joined the Counseling Center team in November 2022 and is thrilled to bring her nearly 15 years of counseling, supervision and program coordination experience to benefit the students and staff of the Otterbein Community. Sarah received a B.A. from The Ohio State University and obtained her M.A. in Counseling from Nyack College/Alliance Graduate School of Counseling in Nyack, NY along with coursework from Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio. Sarah most recently comes to Otterbein from Syntero, Inc. where she provided outpatient counseling and was a school prevention clinician, supervisor and mental health and substance use school program coordinator for three K-12 public school districts in Franklin County Ohio. She has also worked in the private practice setting seeing clients ages 13+. Sarah is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) trained and also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) strategies and skills into her work with students. As a counselor, Sarah believes that it is her job and privilege to help empower students to learn about and use external and internal tools and resources to create their own journey towards healing and health. She is client-centered and strengths-based in her approach to helping others. When not working, Sarah enjoys going to concerts and listening to live music, traveling, and checking out new coffee shops and restaurants with family and friends in the Columbus area. She is also a dog lover and Disney fan and frequently wishes she had a magic wand! (Don’t we all?!)
Sarah Perry, Director, LPCC-S
Maria Piersall, ATR, LPCC-S
Maria Piersall was educated at the College of Wooster, Lesley University, and The Ohio State University. Maria joins the Otterbein University Counseling Staff from OSU where she served as a senior staff clinician. Maria’s clinical approach is relational, and strengths based. She incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and holistic strategies into her therapeutic work. It is important to Maria to create an environment that is empathic and healing, where students feel safe and empowered to reach their goals.
Maria enjoys spending time with loved ones, being outdoors, music, art, and travel.
Maria Piersall, ATR, LPCC-S
Bob Crawford, MA, LPCC-S MA
Bob obtained his counseling degree from Ashland Theological Seminary after completing his undergraduate degree in chemistry and a Master’s degree in music performance. He has worked for over 25 years (yikes!) with clients of all ages utilizing a variety of counseling modalities to help his clients make sought out changes in their lives. In his free time, you might find him reading or watching a movie, whittling or knitting, or simply sitting and dreaming about his next project.
Bob Crawford, MA, LPCC-S MA
Denise Harrison, LISW Counselor
Denise Harrison, MSW, LISW (she/her) believes that healing and transformation occurs through connection and an individualized approach to counseling. She will help you by developing your personal strengths and by teaching you practical skills to get you through change and stressful situations, perfectionism, depression and/or issues with motivation or focus. As a therapist, she is described as understanding, knowledgeable, and eclectic in her therapeutic approach. Denise is recognized as an Anti-Oppression-Informed Practitioner by the NASW Ohio Chapter and strives to create safe counseling spaces for BIPOC and LQBTQ students. She is originally from Chicago, IL, and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she received a bachelor’s and Master’s degree in clinical social work. In her free time, Denise likes to attend local festivals with her family, listen to music, and stream shows (anything supernatural or that makes her laugh).
Denise Harrison, LISW Counselor
Julie Doel, MLS Administrative Assistant
Julie went to Ohio State University and holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from the State University of New York at Albany. She has worked in public, academic and school libraries and taught courses at Ohio Dominican University. She enjoys helping people and solving problems. In her free time, she likes reading time travel novels, quilting and playing catch with her chiweenie.
Julie Doel, MLS Administrative Assistant