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Counseling and
Behavioral Health
Services
Individual Counseling
In order to meet significant student
demand and use its resources most
effectively, the Counseling Center
utilizes a short-term individual therapy
model and group therapy.
Short-Term Individual Therapy
Short-term Individual counseling is a process
through which clients work one-on-one with a
trained counselor—in a safe, caring, and
confidential environment—to explore their
feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through
challenging or influential memories, identify
aspects of their lives that they would like to
change, better understand themselves and others,
set personal goals, and work toward desired
change.
Services Provided by the
Counseling Center
Some of the concerns that are commonly
addressed in short-term counseling at the
Counseling Center are:
Personal: Stress, anxiety, depression, anger,
loneliness, guilt, low self-esteem, grief
Relationship: Romantic relationship, roommate
problems, family problems, social life
Developmental: Identity (e.g., personal,
cultural, sexual orientation, gender identity),
adjustment to college, healthy lifestyle choices,
decisions, life transitions
Substance Use: Concerns for self or others
related to alcohol or other drug use/abuse
Academic: Performance anxiety, perfectionism,
academic difficulties
Other Concerns: Effects of trauma, sexual
assault, abuse, concerns from childhood or
adolescence, body image, food preoccupation,
disordered eating
Psychiatric Services
Referral to Community
Resources
Students whose needs require long-term support
will generally be referred to community resources
for ongoing treatment. Similarly, students whose
needs require a particular type of expertise that is
not available in the Center are also referred to
community resources.
Even in cases where a student’s ongoing needs
necessitate a referral to community resources, the
Counseling Center can often assist the student in
managing the presenting concerns and provide
support until the student is able to connect to the
appropriate community resources.
The Counseling Center may provide referral
services through phone consultation, during the
initial session, or as these factors become more
apparent during the course of services.
You may wish to review our Scope of Practice.
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