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The Counseling Center strives to meet students where they are and create space for students who have historically been lesss likely to use services at the Counseling Center. By meeting students in their communities, the Counseling Center reduces barriers and responds to student needs.
Answering to Diverse Student Needs
Answering to Diverse Student Needs
The Counseling Center adapted to the ongoing pandemic by providing virtual drop-in spaces through Zoom at the campus community centers:
African American Cultural Center | 417 student contacts
GLBT Center | 141 student contacts
Multicultural Student Affairs | 198 student contacts
Women's Center | 303 student contacts
The Counseling Center also collaborated with other campus partners to increase access to services:
Military and Veteran Resource Center | 37 student contacts
Intensive English Program | 5 student contacts
Office of International Students | 431 student contacts
Totaling 1,532 student contacts through campus centers and orgs
Totaling 1,532 student contacts through campus centers and orgs
Reaching All Students
Reaching All Students
All major demographic groups utilized services from the Counseling Center in 2020-2021. In terms of gender expression, women continue to utilize services at a higher rate than men, and men’s utilization dropped to 33 percent this year from 36 percent last year. Continued support and resources have been devoted to The Shop group to ensure that men of color feel comfortable accessing services at the Counseling Center. Historically racially and ethnically marginalized students continue to seek services at a proportional or higher rate than their percentage of population on campus.
Creating space for peer connection
Creating space for peer connection
Group counseling continued to be a highly utilized service in the Counseling Center. Over 50 counseling groups were offered between Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Groups range from approximately 10 general Understanding Self and Others (split into Undergraduate and Graduate) and the remaining are identity and/or experience-based groups focusing on identities and/or experiences such as Latinx students, survivors of interpersonal violence, students recovering from eating disorders, neurodiversity groups, veterans, LGBTQ-identified groups, students in recovery from substance use, and more. In the survey sent out to students who had participated in group counseling, some of the additional comments were:
“This group genuinely changed my life. I am so grateful to my other group members.”
"Just having the space to bring ANYTHING to without judgement...also the openness of group members and facilitators."
"The most helpful part about group was that it helped me feel less alone and like my worries and emotions were valid. I know that other people are going through similar things to what I am (or the exact opposite), and feel better."
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