Counseling

Counseling Staff:

Jamie Sweet Douglas
MA,NCC,LMHC,LCAC,LMFTA
Counseling Center Director/Counselor
Chapel 16A
765-361-5592

Laura Dolph
MA, LMHC Counselor
Chapel 16B
765-361-6252

Services:

No-cost, professional, confidential counseling for Wabash College students and their dependents. Consultation for student organizations and student leaders. Consultants to faculty and staff on general student mental health issues.

By Appointment Only

Fall 2020:  Counseling sessions will be conducted remotely through Zoom for Healthcare
Contact counseling@wabash.edu to make an appointment.

We are here to assist students and their dependents with objective, professional assistance for a broad range of issues. As well as helping them manage the stress of college life and to promote healthy and effective life choices.

Your contact with the Counseling Center is confidential between you and the counselor to the fullest extent of the law (FERPA). Some examples when information has to be released include when there is an imminent danger to someone or a report of current abuse of a child or elder. Other releases of information, except to a treating professional, can also affect the privacy of your information, be sure to ask and understand when you seek services.

Some reasons Wabash students come to the Counseling Center:

• Personal and academic questions
• Advice for family problems
• Stress
• Anger
• Grief and loss
• Conflicts with family or friends or peers in their living units
• Alcohol and other drugs
• Anxiety
• Relationship challenges
• Motivation problems
• Depression
• Test anxiety
• Sexuality
• Concerns about a friend
• Generally feeling "stuck" about something

Appointments

If you would like to schedule an appointment with the Counseling Center, email us at: counseling@wabash.edu

If you get voice mail, you may leave a confidential, non-emergency message for counselors that we will return at our earliest opportunity, which may be the next school day. You may also use email to request an appointment, at counseling@wabash.edu. Remember, email is not a confidential form of communication.

Emergencies

Suicide Prevention Resources

Valle Vista Health Systems (Greenwood)
1-800-447-1348.
Suicide/emergency assessment; free, in-person assessments; available inpatient and outpatient mental health and care and area referrals

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)  suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Crisis Text Line for persons of color:  Text STEVE to 741741

Suicide Prevention Hotline
800-SUICIDE (784-2433).
(TIP: Be patient, this is a National Hotline that is referred to a local call center.) The caller will speak with a referral specialist, with a possibility of a referral to a local facility or providers.

Lafayette Crisis Center/211
765-742-0244
Assess and refer specialists for many types of crisis situations from Suicide, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Support Groups, and Treatment Facilities. If on another call, the referral specialist will triage the incoming call for seriousness and may make a warm transfer to an appropriate treatment resource.

Other Mental Health Resources

Alcohol and Drug Information:

• 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
  A national clearinghouse with 24-hour counseling, information, and referral services.

Screening Tools for Alcohol and Drug Use:

• Drug Use Screening Test
• Alcohol Screening Test

Depression:

• Depression and College Students
• All About Depression.com
• National Screening for Depression

Anxiety:

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Information

Eating Disorders:

• National Eating Disorders Association

Supporting Emotional Health, from before to during college career
American Psychiatric Association and Jed Foundation

• TransitionYear.org

Sexually Transmitted Diseases:

• American Social Health Association

Other Health Issues - Travel:

• Center for Disease Control
• CDC: 800-227-8922

• HTTPS://WWW.NAMI.ORG/VIDEOS