Students’ unmet mental health needs pose barriers to learning and development. Because of school counselors’ training and position, we are uniquely qualified to provide education, prevention, intervention and referral services to students and their families. Although school counselors do not provide long-term mental health therapy in schools, we provide a comprehensive school counseling program designed to meet the developmental needs of all students. As a component of this program, school counselors collaborate with other educational professionals and community service providers to ensure that students and their families have access to mental health services. Ethical guidelines support counselor’s referring to outside resources.  Some the of reasons why a counselor may make outside referrals are when: the presenting problem is outside of the counselor’s scope of training and expertise, the counselor is without the sufficient resources to provide appropriate mental health response, when a student requires more support and attention to address or solve a problem, and when a student needs are greater than those the counselor can provide in the school setting.

*Parents can always go to their Family Physicians to get referrals for their child. 

You can also see a  list of resources below.

NAMI- Mental Health Resource Guide- Click here 

Community Resource Guide for the Upstate of SC- List provided by The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health-Click here