Students' family, close friends and other supportive people may not be nearby. Counseling Services provides privacy and a sensitive, skilled listener to help address problems that can interfere with academic life. It might help you to know that the bulk of our work is with people experiencing difficulty with ordinary life events. We are, however, trained to recognize and arrange for treatment of serious mental disorders. Unless you request a particular counselor, you will be given the next available opening.
Counselors have regular hours throughout the day on weekdays.
Location Offices are located on the second floor of the Garrison-Foster Health Center, next to the stairwell. Confidentiality Confidentiality is very carefully observed. Confidentiality Policy requires that we have specific permission from the student if we are to talk with faculty, deans, parents or others about the student. The exception to this, understandably, is if we have reason to believe there is imminent danger to an individual. Although it is possible to read and study on one's own, students come to college expressly for the opportunity to work with professors and to participate in structured educational activities.