This week clinicians from the UCC will be setting up shop around campus, under tents (and with ice cream!) to offer brief mental health screenings and consultations to our community. We first began doing this in the fall of 2013 – though four years ago […]
One of the most important opportunities that the UCC has – and sometimes most challenging – is working to reduce the stigma associated with seeking support from a mental health professional. It’s hard for many of us to validate our emotional challenges as being real […]
I thought it might be useful to take a few moments to talk about our clinical availability at the UCC, and how we intentionally manage that. To start, we generally operate under a brief therapy model with an individual counseling “limit” of 12 sessions per […]
It’s Sunday, September 10, which means it’s also World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide prevention and intervention are issues about which I feel particularly passionate, and I’ve spent the large majority of my 15 years as a mental health professional learning, teaching, and working with […]
The University Counseling Center has created a thriving groups program, with six groups of varying types being offered for the fall semester. WHY JOIN A GROUP? Groups are a great modality of choice for counseling support for many reasons. Groups offer an opportunity to meet […]
The following message was sent to the WFU community on behalf of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion on September 3: Dear Wake Forest Students, Faculty, and Staff, The current political climate around the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is one of uncertainty […]
I’ve just finished leading my Project Wake group’s discussion of Susan Cain’s “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking.” This is the second time I’ve had the opportunity to facilitate a discussion about introversion with a group of first […]
Dr. Joanne Clinch (Clinical Director of the Student Health Service) and I got to spend a few hours with about 650 of our NewDeac21 parents and families last night in Wait Chapel, right about the time that first-year students were having their floor meetings. […]
A hearty welcome to the class of 2021! I expect there has been much anticipation for this day, the coming orientation period, and for your first year in college. I just dropped off my two sons for their first day of school today as well […]