How can we help?
The Counseling faculty are available to help students who wish to improve the quality of their academic and personal lives. We provide the following services.
Direct Care
- Focus on holistic wellbeing
- Non-cognitive skills development*
- Present and future decision-making
- Mentoring, coaching, guidance
- Goal setting and time management
- Career counseling
- Academic counseling
- Purpose coaching
- Crisis response
* Non-cognitive skills are related to motivation, integrity, and interpersonal interaction. Examples include: emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, mindset, resiliency, and verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
Basic Needs Support
We can connect you to resources for:
- Food insecurity/Hunger
- Homelessness/Housing insecurity
- Emergency grants
- Department of Economic Security (DES)
Counseling Classes and Workshops
We offer a variety of Counseling and Personal Development (CPD) classes – many of which transfer as university electives. In addition, our faculty present on a wide range of personal growth workshops throughout the semester. If you have an idea for a workshop, let us know!
Community Referrals
Counseling faculty do not practice as mental health clinicians; therefore, you may be referred to one of the following community resources:
- Psychotherapy
- Long-term therapy
- Clinical mental health care
- Diagnosis and treatment plans
- Resolution of significant past traumas
- Specialized care (PTSD, addiction, family therapy, etc.)
- Medication
- Ongoing crisis and trauma care