For foot problems there are foot doctors, for eye problems there are eye doctors. Psychological problems are real and there's a doctor for that, she said. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, but she mostly does individual therapy at the center. She speaks with a beautiful soothing French accent and shows a genuine concern for people. She has worked at the center for nine years, so she has a lot of experience helping people deal with depression.
Counseling is free for students.
Couillard can't prescribe medication, but she can send students to the Student Health Center in the TSC, first floor, with a recommendation to the doctors there. She said the counseling and health centers work together to give students the help they need. Often the health center gets students with physical symptoms of depression and sends them up for counseling, and the counseling center sends students down to the health center for medication. Couillard said most students come in for counseling by themselves because they want to change something about their lives or attitudes. Often they will come after friends, family, or a doctor recommends counseling.