Students and parents are required to demonstrate their acceptance of the rules and regulations governing confidentiality by executing a Patient's Rights and Responsibilities form prior to enrollment at Phillips Exeter Academy. Licensed professional counselors are available to individual students or groups of students for confidential discussion of problems relating to emotional growth, social or personal adjustment, academic achievement, or any issue important to the student. Contacting the receptionist at the Health Center, ext. Parents are also encouraged to contact a counselor if they have concerns about their son's or daughter's emotional well-being. In case of an emergency, a counselor is also on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Students begin counseling in a variety of ways.
Sometimes counseling is self-initiated and sometimes students are referred by faculty or friends or through the Academy's Student Assistance Program. ASAP, The Academy Student Assistance Program, is described in the policy section of the E Book. Counseling is a service separate from the Dean's Office and College Office. The ounseling Department also sponsors the Student Listeners peer-counseling program. In addition to teaching a full-year health course for incoming ninth graders and new tenth graders, our health educators coordinate and conduct workshops, small discussion groups, and individual information sessions on issues including sexuality, drugs and alcohol, eating disorders, and stress.