- About the agency
We built the agency we wished existed for our own families.
- About the agency
We built the agency we wished existed for our own families.
Sincere Counseling & Treatment Centers is a licensed behavioral health agency serving youth, adults and families across central Ohio and surrounding counties.
- Our story
Founded by clinicians who kept seeing the same gap
Our founders spent years inside county systems and hospital units watching the same pattern: a young person stabilises, discharges, and then waits eleven weeks for an outpatient appointment. By the time the appointment arrives, the crisis has repeated.
Sincere was opened to close that gap. We hold licences for both residential and outpatient care so a person can step down inside the same agency, with the same clinical team, on the same treatment plan. No new intake packet. No starting over.
Today we operate two licensed residential programs and a community-based outpatient practice, and we accept referrals from county children’s services, juvenile courts, hospitals, schools, primary care physicians and families directly.
- What guides us
Five commitments we hold ourselves to
Dignity first
People are addressed by name, involved in their own treatment planning and told the truth about their care. Restrictive interventions are a last resort, reviewed every time they occur.
Evidence over instinct
Our clinical models are trauma-informed and evidence-based, and every clinician receives ongoing training and documented supervision — not a binder on a shelf.
Families stay in it
Guardians and chosen family are part of treatment from intake to aftercare. We schedule around working parents and provide interpretation on request.
Documentation on time
Referral partners get progress reports, court letters and discharge summaries when they were promised. Reliable paperwork is part of good care.
Least restrictive setting
Residential care is a stage, not a destination. Every plan names the setting we are working toward and what needs to be true to get there.
Culturally responsive
Our staff reflects the communities we serve. Care plans account for language, faith, identity and cultural context because those things affect whether treatment works.
- Leadership
The people accountable for care
Executive Director
Dr. Amara Whitfield, LISW-S
Twenty-two years in public behavioral health, including six years directing a county crisis system. Oversees agency licensure, quality and clinical standards.
Director of Residential Services
Marcus Bell, LPCC-S
Leads both residential programs and staff development. Certified trainer in trauma-informed de-escalation and crisis prevention.
Director of Intake & Referrals
Priya Raghunathan, MSW
Your first call. Manages referral review, funding verification and placement scheduling with county and hospital partners.
2011
Agency founded
64
Staff
across programs
11
Counties served
7
Languages supported
- Next step
Work with us, or come work for us
Work with us, or come work for us
We’re always open to conversations with referral partners and to applications from clinicians who care about doing this properly.