Hampton has worked for the Counseling and Psychological Services since 1981. Through her time at HSU, Hampton has noted a change in the issues facing students. With the increase in issues facing students, more and more of them have come to use the Health Center. We just provide them with information and let them make their own choices. If students come into the center due to domestic abuse, the center's counselors are prepared to help them in whatever way they want.
People have different responses in a violent relationship.
Jennifer Sanford, a staff psychologist, who has been at HSU for two years, said what she does as a counselor is help the victim realize the abuse. We help them realize it is abuse and talk with them about resources. We can help students develop a plan for themselves. Such as, if they decide to stay in the relationship, we help them devise a plan to keep themselves safe. She said it started in the grass-roots movement, when a group of Humboldt County women came together from all walks of life to develop the crisis line, which is available to callers 24 hours a day.