Major changes underfoot at local counseling agency

By: 
Robert Maharry

As of last week, the staff at Heart and Solutions in Grundy Center got substantially larger, and the caseload is growing exponentially along with it.
           
The counseling office, co-owned and operated by husband and wife duo Julie and Joe Johnson, is bringing on several employees and clients from Monarch Therapy in Parkersburg as founder Rusty Eddy shifts his focus toward his re-election campaign for the Butler County Board of Supervisors.
           
“It’s been kind of a process,” Mrs. Johnson said. “But (Eddy’s) primary goal was that his clients continue to be served… Monarch stopping that service doesn’t mean that the clients have to stop.”
           
Most notably, Heart and Solutions will take over Monarch’s Behavioral Health Intervention Services (BHIS), an in-home offering that focuses on younger children with potential issues. BHIS clients are located across the state, and the staff at the Grundy Center office—located at 604 8th Street near Hurley and Associates and the county Farm Bureau headquarters—has now grown to around 13 employees.
           
The Johnsons have been in Grundy Center for nearly four years now, and they’re excited to grow the business with a whole new set of services. Julie, a Massachusetts native, has found her adopted hometown to be a welcoming environment and a great place to raise a child with Joe, who grew up in Allison. 
 
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