Counseling and Consultation

Overview of Services

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Counseling and Consultation provides confidential psychological and psychiatric services for enrolled ASU students. Counseling and psychiatric services are primarily short term and include developmental, preventive and educational services. Members of the multidisciplinary staff include psychologists, counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, and a psychiatric nurse practitioner. All staff members have training and experience in issues facing university students and are committed to helping students adjust to campus life and meet their academic goals. Fees are charged for some services. C&C provides the following services to the ASU community:

Personal individual, couples, and group counseling

Consultation services for students, their friends, roommates, and/or family

Crisis intervention

Career testing

Limited psychiatric services

Workshops and presentations

Testing support services for graduate school entrance exams

  

Mission Statement

Counseling and Consultation (C&C) at Arizona State University is a unit in the Division of Student Affairs that works in collaboration with the broader university community to support the academic mission of the university by engaging in activities that facilitate the student learning experience, student success in persistence and graduation, and efficiency and effectiveness of student services. C&C in its delivery of high quality psychological services, actively works to model and to promote:

the valuing of human differences on individual, organizational, and community levels, and

the facilitation of human potential.

Goals

Counseling and Consultation at Arizona State University has identified four major goals for the work of this administrative unit.

1.

To facilitate student development through the implementation of direct and indirect psychological and psychiatric services, including assessment, counseling, crisis response, consultation, outreach, and program evaluation, which are effective and appropriate to the missions of the University and the Division of Student Affairs.

2.

To provide effective training for graduate students in psychology and closely related fields.

3.

To enhance and promote the valuing of diversity through actions that reflect an understanding of and respect for differences and similarities.

4.

To intentionally contribute to staff development in support of high quality service delivery and to the development of the field through staff professional activities.

C&C has a strong commitment to meeting the needs of diverse people and creating an environment where all students feel welcome.