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Mental Health Matters
When we experience challenges or notice significant changes in our functioning, it can be beneficial to seek support. Just as we visit the physician for a routine check-up, having a mental health check-up is essential to our well-being. Remember that you are not alone and help is available.
Here are some local mental health resources that you can utilize
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Our Vision is to provide leadership and services in a community-wide effort to foster positive, optimal mental health and to assist the community to find ways to prevent, reduce, and minimize the residual effects of mental health struggles.
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Southwest Ohio is a grassroots education, support and advocacy organization originally founded as NAMI Hamilton County in 1979.
We offer educational programs, support groups, and an information and referral phone line
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Central Clinic Behavioral Health
Established in 1923, Central Clinic Behavioral Health (CCBH) was the first mental health nonprofit organization in the State of Ohio and one of the only community clinics serving both children and adults.
Today, the organization continues to respond to the greater Cincinnati community’s needs by providing expert mental health and addiction services.
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Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
Each day, we connect with people who are struggling to be well, both in mind and body. We work with them in our multiple office locations and residential facilities, as well as in the community—whether that be on street corners, in workplaces, or in their homes.
We go wherever we’re needed to help people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges.
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A Sound Mind Counseling Service, LLC is a private practice staffed by behavioral health clinicians. We are committed to providing quality therapy to people of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Our private practice provides a full range of mental health services.
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It may seem simple or just “common sense”. Repetition is a good thing.
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Proofread, proofread, proofread
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Make sure your essay represents who you are
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College Application Essay
Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a College Application Essay
In general, this is how It’s Done.
Explore essay prompts and select a topic.
Start your college essay outline before jumping in.
Write the essay and leave time for multiple drafts.
Edit and proofread your essay.
Submit your essay.
Tips for a Stellar College Application Essay
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Write about something that's important to you.
It could be an experience, a person, a book—anything that has had an impact on your life.
Don't just recount—reflect!
Anyone can write about how they won the big game or the summer they spent in Rome. When recalling these events, you need to give more than the play-by-play or itinerary. Describe what you learned from the experience and how it changed you.
Being funny is tough.
A student who can make an admissions officer laugh never gets lost in the shuffle. But beware. What you think is funny and what an adult working in a college thinks is funny are probably different. We caution against one-liners, limericks and anything off–color.
Start early and write several drafts.
Set it aside for a few days and read it again. Put yourself in the shoes of an admissions officer: Is the essay interesting? Do the ideas flow logically? Does it reveal something about the applicant? Is it written in the applicant’s own voice?
No repeats.
What you write in your application essay or personal statement should not contradict any other part of your application–nor should it repeat it. This isn't the place to list your awards or discuss your grades or test scores.
Answer the question being asked.
Don't reuse an answer to a similar question from another application.
Have at least one other person edit your essay.
A teacher or college counselor is your best resource. And before you send it off, check, check again, and then triple check to make sure your essay is free of spelling or grammar errors.