Summit Behavioral Health
Our team can help you cope with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, eating disorders, or other types of mental illness.
Services
- Addictions treatment
- Counseling
- Adolescent psychiatric treatment
- Senior services for adults age 60 and older
- General behavioral health for mental health issues
Inpatient Behavioral Health provides individualized treatment for patients in crisis at Chambersburg Hospital. Short-term care is provided for patients with a primary behavioral health diagnosis (mental health) who are not responsive to outpatient treatment.
The staff provides round the clock structured and supportive environment, and one-to-one supervision for patients who are at risk for harm to self or others.
Patients benefit from diagnostic assessment, stabilization, and individualized treatment programs.
Treatment Options
- Assertiveness training
- Discharge planning
- Family support
- Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
- Medication Education
- Patient-Community Meetings
- Goal setting and treatment planning groups
- Reality orientation
- Relaxation skills
- Self-esteem building
- Stress management
- Wellness education
- Individual counseling is also provided when indicated
Visitor Information
Visiting hours are 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. daily with additional hours on weekends from 1 - 2:30 p.m.
For safety reasons, we ask visitors to secure their personal belongings (purses, cell phones, etc.) in a locker provided for your use prior to visting.
Your Team
Our treatment team consists of board certified adult, child, and geropsychiatric psychiatrists, nurses, nursing assistants, occupational therapists and certified occupational therapy assistants, registered nurse counselors, and a nurse manager.
The service is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Mental Health, and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (TJC).
In a time of crisis, call the Crisis Services at (717) 264-2555 or 1-866-918-2555, or go to the nearest emergency room.

At Summit Behavioral Health, outpatient psychiatric services are less restrictive, yet intense for the elderly, adults, children, and adolescents.
Treated Conditions
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Manic-depressive Illness (bipolar disorder)
- Anxiety Disorders
- Phobias
- Panic Disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Attention Deficit Disorder
Treatment Options
- Consultation for Bariatric Surgery
- Diagnostic Evaluations
- Individual Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Children and Adolescent Therapy
- Assertiveness Therapy
- Medication Management
- Men’s Issues Therapy
- Play Therapy for Children
- Older Adults (Geropsych) Therapy
- Women’s Issues Therapy
A referral is required by a family physician. Please complete and bring with you one of the following new patient packets:
Your Team
Our treatment team consists of board certified adult, child, and geropsychiatric psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed mental health therapists, and nurses.
The service is licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Mental Health, and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
In a time of crisis, call the Crisis Services at (717) 264-2555 or 1-866-918-2555,
or go to the nearest emergency room.

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Jill Finkle, LCSWSpecialties: Play Therapy, Children’s Groups, Social Skills, Individuals and Families, Young Children through Adult Degrees: BS, University of Pittsburgh; Masters in Social Work, Temple University |
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Melissa Grove, NCC, LPCSpecialities: Play Therapy, Filial Play Therapy, Groups, Individuals, Families, Children-Adults Degrees: BA in Sociology/Psychology, MS in Mental Health Counseling-Shippensburg University |
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Leslie Harne, NCC, LPCSpecialties: Play Therapy, Filial Play Therapy, Adolescent Issues and Groups, Foster Care/Adoption Issues, Abuse Issues, Young Children through Adult, Individuals and Families Degrees: BA in Psychology, Penn State; Masters in Counseling Psychology, Frostburg State University |
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Steven Rager, LPCSpecialties: Anxiety, Depression, Adolescents through Older Adults Degrees: BA in Psychology, Shippensburg University; Masters in Mental Health Counseling, Shippensburg University |
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Janine Reynolds, LCSWSpecialities: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, DBT, Substance Abuse and other Co-Occurring Disorders. Adolescents through Older Adults Degrees: BA in English-Oberlin College. Master in Social Work-Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Candace Rutherford, LCSW-C, LCSW, Clinical ManagerSpecialties: Eating Disorders, Anxiety/OCD, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child/Adolescent Issues, Individuals and Families, Young Children through Adult Degrees: BS in Social Work, Shepherd College; Masters in Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Social Work |






