Community Outreach
The UT Counseling Center is committed to reaching out to all UT students, faculty and staff. We work together with a variety of campus departments, offices and organizations to address the mental health needs of the entire campus community. This is done in a variety of ways including:
- providing psycho- educational presentations on topics such as QPR Suicide Prevention, working with distressed students, accessing Counseling Center services, and coping in stressful situations,
- teaching two for-credit courses – Personal Relationships and Stress Management,
- creating and offering stress and wellness workshops on topics such as assertiveness, time management, and self-care for wellbeing,
- providing community support for University events such as university wellness fairs, freshman welcome week, Take Back the Night, and parent’s weekend,
- forming liaison relationships with other campus departments such as housing, athletics, and greek life in order to better meet students’ mental health and/or wellness needs,
- working on Campus committees such as the GLBT Commission, VolAware, and the Student Affairs Diversity Committee,
- sponsoring Campus programs focusing on mental health and wellness such as the annual VolAware Street Fair and the annual Wellness fair, and
- providing psychological consultation to the campus community.