Mission, Values, and Vision
Our Mission
Counseling Services supports student success through navigating emotional, psychological, interpersonal, and academic concerns to develop and support overall individual and community wellness.
Our Vision
Counseling Services seeks to cultivate a multiculturally centered, ecological, and trauma informed clinical practice for student utilization of mental health services.
Our Values
Counseling Services values and maintains the highest professional ethical standards in fostering psychological well-being and development. We value integrity, openness, cooperation and collegiality. We appreciate and respect diversity and individual differences.
Our Commitment to Social Justice
Philosophy of Care
At Counseling Services, we use a brief model of care (e.g., 50-minute hour, biweekly appointments, by-the-goal approach to monitoring progress in treatment and making decisions about when discharge is clinically indicated). To succeed in this approach to service delivery, we ask the following of clients:
- To be able to establish a relatively trusting relationship with a counseling provider
- To be able to reasonably articulate how their pain/distress/discomfort/problem affects their ability to function intrapersonally, interpersonally, academically, and occupationally
- A high level of motivation
- To be accountable for setting and intentionally working toward treatment goals
