The experienced counseling professionals at ΘνΓΓΙη's University Counseling Center provide care and consultation to ΘνΓΓΙη students.
Our staff members are highly trained clinicians who can assist with a variety of issues, such as adjustment to college life, troubling changes in mood and chronic psychological conditions. We are fully accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS).
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University Counseling Center Providers
Hours, Location and Parking
During the academic year, the UCC is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed on University holidays. Summer and winter break hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The UCC is located on the second floor of Wuller Hall, above the Eckelkamp Center for Campus Ministry (just west of the clock tower). Once you exit the elevator or staircase, make a left and follow the directional signs.
If you are a student, parking on campus is determined by your parking pass. If you are a visitor, you may park in the visitor's section of the Laclede parking garage. There is a charge to park in this garage.
Law students can park free of charge in the designated "Clinic Parking" spaces in the Queen's Daughters Lot (3700 Lindell Blvd.). You must obtain a parking pass from our clinic prior to the appointment and display it in your vehicle to avoid being ticketed.
Cost and Insurance Information
All services in the UCC are free of charge for students who pay the student wellness fee to the University. Personal insurance is not required or accepted at the UCC. Services outside of the UCC may require insurance and vary by provider.
Our Core Values
In addition to the Jesuit value of cura personalis β€” care for the whole person, the University Counseling Center, more commonly known as the UCC, aligns itself with core values and principles that guide our work ethic and reflect our commitment to students and campus partners.
Knowing that many ΘνΓΓΙη students seek counseling services during the most vulnerable times in their lives, having integrity is a number one priority of the UCC. Leading with honesty, ensuring that we are accountable, maintaining confidentiality, demonstrating respect, serving with humility and creating spaces where students feel safe are of utmost importance.
Given that ΘνΓΓΙη serves students from all over the world, and all students deserve a place where they feel welcome, seen and heard, the UCC operates from a communal perspective. Our desire to be a positive influence and contributing member of the well-being ecosystem necessitates affirming all student identities, honoring differences, and embracing uniqueness while promoting acceptance and belonging.
Whether a student needs individual counseling or crisis support or a faculty member is seeking mental health resources, the UCC wants our campus community to know that we strive to be as responsive as possible. In doing so, we aim to develop and maintain a high level of trust and reliability. We work hard to ensure we are available to meet demands and understand the value of utilizing supportive partners when necessary.
As the institutional landscape changes and evolves, student counseling needs can shift, requiring the UCC to position itself to center growth as one of its core values. Along with providing ongoing professional development training in best practices, the UCC integrates creativity and innovation into our approach to service delivery, the creation of well-being initiatives, and our programming.
Personalized Well-being Model and Culture of Community Care
At the University Counseling Center, our team is committed to supporting the well-being needs of all students by taking a holistic approach to mental health care that is personalized and collaborative in nature.
To this aim, each student seeking counseling support will first be offered a comprehensive wellness consultation with one of our mental health professionals, which will help to identify the most appropriate interventions, resources, and plan of care. Recommendations will be provided based on the student’s concerns, goals, history, and current functioning. These recommendations will also be determined by various assessment results and the counselor’s clinical judgment.
These services are designed to offer care in the least restrictive manner possible — recognizing that distress isn’t always best served through counseling sessions but may instead involve helping the student access one or more community-based resources on or off campus.
As we continue to trust and empower all community members to recognize their influence in supporting students, we center our intervention structure within a sphere of care that promotes flourishing and resilience. In doing so, we believe there will be improved access to therapeutic counseling services, enhanced collaboration with campus and community partners, and greater individualized pathways to care that are focused on and consider the unique needs of each student.
Diversity and Anti-Racist Statement
The University Counseling Center is committed to embracing the unique identities and characteristics of all ethnicities, faiths, orientations, abilities and life experiences. Students can expect that our professionals will work with them in a safe and nonjudgmental fashion by creating an environment of support and acceptance.
The UCC recognizes the destructive impact that stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination have on one’s ability to function optimally and, therefore, strives to confront, dismantle and eradicate the inequities caused by racism, xenophobia, transphobia and other harmful oppressive conditions and systems.
The UCC also understands that Black, Indigenous and People of Color are often subjected to maltreatment, marginalization and silencing, especially within mental health systems of care β€” to which our staff responds by making a commitment to ongoing training and education, amplifying the voices of the BIPOC community and unconditionally rejecting all forms of racism.
Accreditation
The University Counseling Center holds accreditation through the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS). This accreditation is awarded to college and university counseling centers that meet the criteria for demonstrating a high level of professionalism and quality.