Spero Group Counseling

02/07/2026

This month’s staff spotlight is happening during International Play Therapy Week! Dr. Jessica Cosby is a licensed professional counselor and a registered play therapist-supervisor. She has provided clinical counseling services in Clarion County for over twenty years. Jessica pursued an interest in play therapy early in her career, bringing developmentally and culturally sensitive care to children in the community. Later, she completed the training, supervision, and experience necessary to earn credentials as a play therapist supervisor.

In 2021, Jessica co-led a training program to expand play therapy services in Clarion County, supported by System of Care federal grant funding. She has been a Pennsylvania Association for Play Therapy (PA APT) board member for 10 years and received the PA APT Guerney Award for promoting play therapy in Western PA. More recently, Jessica joined Spero Group, LLC, with her play therapy colleagues to support Spero’s school-based clinical mental health therapy program and will continue to provide clinical care to the community. Spero Group will be offering play therapy training to community providers as early as June 2026. This week, Jessica presented a live webinar co-sponsored by Carlow University on Eventbrite titled Social Justice in Play Therapy.

01/30/2026

Your compassion can change a day - or a life. 💜 Reach out. Listen. Show up. Be the reason someone feels loved today. And if you need someone to talk to, you can call, text, or chat 988 anytime.

01/22/2026

Comfort is expensive. It costs you progress. When things feel easy, nothing is being built. You’re just repeating what you already know works. That repetition might feel productive, but it locks your capacity in place. Every meaningful step in my career forced me into environments where I didn’t...

01/14/2026

⭐️Staff Spotlight⭐️

As a Licensed Professional Counselor with a background as a Physical Therapist Assistant for sixteen years, Amy brings a unique, integrative perspective to mental health care. Her clinical approach is grounded in a strong belief in the mind–body connection, recognizing how emotional experiences are held and expressed through the body. She is trained in EMDR and specializes in somatic-based mental health therapy, helping clients process trauma, reduce distress, and build resilience by working with both physiological and psychological responses. This holistic framework allows her to support healing that is not only cognitive, but deeply embodied and sustainable. Each client is viewed as a whole person rather than focusing on symptoms alone, recognizing how factors such as stress, sleep, nutrition, movement, relationships, and life experiences influence emotional well-being. By integrating evidence-based counseling techniques with awareness of physical health and lifestyle patterns, balance, resilience, and self-awareness can be parts of long term wellness.

12/05/2025

Did you know that box breathing can help to regulate your nervous system?!
The structured rhythm indicates safety to the brain and increases our ability to tolerate stress.

How does box breathing help our mental health...
1. Reduce stress and anxiety
2. Improves emotional regulation
3. Grounds you in the present moment
4. Improves focus and clarity
5. Helps with sleep
6. Builds resilience over time

Box breathing helps regulate your autonomic nervous system. The structured rhythm signals safety to the brain, slows physiological arousal, and increases your ability to tolerate stress or anxiety. 🔸It shifts the body from a stress response (fight-or-flight) into a relaxation response (rest-and-d...

11/20/2025

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Burnout isn't caused by working too much. It's caused by neglecting yourself while working. Most people don’t burn out because of the workload. They burn out because they forget to care for themselves while they work. Here’s the truth: Your brain needs fuel, space, and kindness — just like you...

11/01/2025

Monthly Staff Book Recommendation!
This months book is recommended by Angie Shirey, LCSW

Written by marriage and family therapist Dr. ROBERT Glover, A Nice Guy is a man who believes he is not okay just the way he is. The nice guy is convinced he needs to become what he thinks others want him to be so his needs get met. Dr. Glover shared that common Nice Guy patterns may include difficulty setting boundaries, being dishonest, codependency, people please, avoiding conflict, being passive-aggressive and having unsatisfied relationships.
Through this book, Dr. Glover has helped many men process from nice guy syndrome. Through reading the book reading this book individuals will learn how to release toxic shame, soothe anxiety, face their fears, connect with others and experience success withing their work and career.

10/22/2025

10/10/2025

Librarians at the New Bethlehem Public Library recently completed a training on verbal de-escalation techniques.
ToriLynn from Spero Group LLC was happy to help enhance this important skill to keep our Library a welcoming and safe place for everyone to enjoy

09/23/2025

We admire Kara’s passion and dedication to investing in herself so she can keep making a difference for others!

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Raybuck, a resident of Frogtown, is employed by Spero Group, LLC, in Hawthorn as an Outpatient Therapist and a School Based Counselor through Next Step Therapy Inc. in Seneca…

11/23/2022

Hi Friends! In the spirit of Thanksgiving, feeling gratitude, and showing kindness to yourself and to others, help out the people around you. Check in with them and think about how you can be the best member of your community.

Happy and safe Thanksgiving to you all!

11/17/2022

Happy Thursday to you all! Going into the weekend...focus on yourself and interrupt those negative feelings with some positivity. Let us know if it helps!