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      Mental Health Awareness Month
      • May 6, 2021
      Communications

      Mental Health Awareness Month

      Mental health is just as much of a priority as physical health. The two are equally important to living well. And while we acknowledge May as Mental Health Month, we know the work is one day at a time all year round. We remind you of tried-and-true self-care strategies and nudge you to implement them into your daily or weekly routine. This year has been hard and building ourselves back up is vital to personal and relational well-being. We also encourage you to invest in menta
      30-Year Pleggacy
      • Jan 13, 2021
      Communications

      30-Year Pleggacy

      Carla and John Plegge are celebrating 30 years of service to CCHO and our family of ministries. This milestone, affectionately known as the Pleggacy, includes bringing equine therapy to the residential campus and then to the general public at One Heart Stables. There were two horses at CCHO in 1990 when the Plegges arrived to start their ministry career as house parents on the Wooster residential campus. This was a role they were devoted to for 17 years—encouraging, supportin
      Control or connection
      • Nov 5, 2020
      One Heart Stables

      Control or connection

      Our team of Encompass Equine Therapists has received valuable training from The Natural Lifemanship Institute. This trauma-informed organization is focused on healing through relationship. Their annual conference, held virtually this year, was themed Interconnected. “When the future is uncertain, staying grounded becomes both necessary and transformational––for each of us, as well as our clients and horses.” Today on the blog, Melissa McMullen, LSW, highlights an important co
      Finding hope
      • Oct 6, 2020
      Book Recommendations

      Finding hope

      Today on the blog, Encompass Equine Therapist Krista Overmire, LPCC, offers encouragement and resources from her favorite author. For more than four years, Krista has been part of the equine therapy program at One Heart Stables (OHS) on the Christian Children’s Home of Ohio campus in Wooster. With the assistance of the OHS therapy horses, she has supported outpatient and residential clients through life’s many challenges. My absolute favorite author is Kim Meeder. I read her
      Counseling Awareness Month
      • Apr 13, 2020
      Communications

      Counseling Awareness Month

      Encompass Christian Counseling and our family of ministries is filled with licensed professional counselors who help children and adults achieve their goals through empathy, insight and faith. We are deeply grateful for the contributions of our agency’s counselors throughout the year and acknowledge them especially this month in observance of Counseling Awareness Month. Our organization utilizes counselors in homes, offices, schools, courtrooms and stables. In the midst of a
      A new day for Ashley
      • Jun 23, 2019
      One Heart Stables

      A new day for Ashley

      Christian Children’s Home of Ohio (CCHO), the parent organization of Encompass is celebrating 50 years of ministry this year! Throughout 2019, we will be sharing 50 Stories for 50 Years of Ministry to demonstrate the transformational work God has done through our family of ministries (CCHO, Encourage Foster Care and Encompass Christian Counseling). Today, we’re excited to share Ashley’s video with you as story 17 in our 50 Stories for 50 Years of Ministry series. It is an hon
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