The Counseling Center provides short-term individual counseling to currently enrolled students. Students who present with concerns that may require longer or more intensive treatment, or expertise not available in the Counseling Center, are assisted with a referral to off-campus practitioners who are able to provide such care.
The Counseling Center has options for Telemental Health when the clinician assesses this as appropriate to meeting the student's needs and with consideration of legal and ethical standards. Please review the Counseling Center's Telemental Health Informed Consent.
Individual counseling is an opportunity to talk confidentially with a counselor about personal concerns and to facilitate your holistic development and pursuit of academic and personal goals. The counselor and client collaborate to define personal concerns to discuss and to reach mutually agreed upon goals for counseling. Concerns addressed may include:
Sessions are typically 45 minutes every other week. Most students experience improvement within 1 - 5 sessions. If needed, a referral to a private therapist or community service will be made as early as possible.
The Counseling Center offers after-hours emergency coverage for urgent mental health concerns such as suicidal thoughts, sexual assault, and other trauma. Call the Counseling Center at (828)262-3180 and select the option to speak with the counselor on-call.
For additional resources see our Emergency Services page.
