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    Student Counseling Scope of Clinical Practice

    Concerns Within Our Scope of Practice

    • Coping effectively with and talking through immediate life stressors
    • Gaining concrete skills to cope with new challenges
    • Reducing emotional distress, fostering resilience
    • Life skills building
    • Problem resolution
    • Development of stress and time management for success in the college environment
    • Interpersonal concerns regarding friends, family, roommates, romantic partners, etc.
    • Self-esteem concerns
    • Transition to college support
    • Identity development related to various dimensions of identities (sexual, racial/ethnic, religious, gender, etc.) and connection to healthy supports on campus
    • Academic performance, motivation, and perfectionism or other issues that affect academic performance
    • Provide diagnosis and treatment for minor or short-term mental health issues such as mild to moderate anxiety and depression
    • Non-complex traumatic events (Single event trauma): car accident, death, bullying 1x, etc.

    Concerns Beyond Our Scope of Practice

    • Active/Impairing significant eating concerns/disorders
    • Active/Impairing drug or alcohol problems as the primary presenting issue
    • Students with ongoing, persistent behavioral issues or safety concerns
    • Untreated psychotic disorders
    • Clients who need weekly or more frequent sessions, including clients with frequent crises, incidents, or episodes requiring clinical intervention
    • Students who require services beyond the expertise of staff
    • Student who is already in treatment with another mental health provider
    • Students seeking documentation for Emotional Support Animals
    • Students seeking therapy for the sole purpose of obtaining documentation for another university office
    • Mandated clinical services
    • Couples or family therapy
    • Students who have a history of multiple hospitalizations due to a psychiatric concern
    • Comprehensive psychological evaluations of any type, including but not limited to: forensic evaluations, custody or divorce assessments, academic disability, neuropsychological exams, ADHD assessments, etc.
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