Students seeking assistance with wellness or health concerns are encouraged to visit Student Health and Counseling Services or to take advantage of the variety of wellness programs offered throughout the academic year. Students needing medical care will be referred to their own physician or to St. Catherine's Family Practice Center in Tallent Hall. Student Health and Counseling Services contracts with the Family Practice Center for acute outpatient health care services. The confidential physician visit is free, however, laboratory work, x-ray, and special procedures require payment of a fee. The Alcohol and Drug Prevention program through Student Health and Counseling Services offers professional confidential counseling for students who may have problems related to alcohol or drugs.
Services are also available for co-dependents and adult children of alcoholics.
Educational information, presentations and counseling are offered free of charge. Assistance for disabled student access to campus facilities and supportive physical assistance is available through Student Health and Counseling Services. PHE gives presentations and plan special events on alcohol, sexuality and relationship issues. Confidential, short-term, free personal counseling is available to students who have concerns or personal problems that are interfering with their success. Counselors assist students in such areas a s overcoming relationship problems, self-esteem, stress, depression, lack of motivation, anxiety, addictive behavior, inability to solve problems and make decisions, lack of assertiveness, or poor adjustment to the college experience.