Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Plan
Dial or Text 988 for the National Suicide Hotline
If you or someone you know is experiencing an immediate life-threatening emergency, call SHU Police at 724-830-4999 or dial 911 immediately.
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Every life matters, and even one loss to suicide is one too many. No college campus is immune to the impact of mental health challenges or suicide. Our campus is committed to fostering a supportive community that prioritizes student health, wellness, and suicide prevention. Through campus-wide initiatives, we promote mental health awareness and well-being while providing faculty, staff, and students with training to recognize warning signs and respond with compassion, support, and appropriate intervention.
Crisis Services & Suicide Prevention Hotlines
You have options. Click on the link above to access on campus, local, and national crisis support providing 24/7, confidential support to people in crisis.
Mental Health Services
On Campus
On Campus
Counseling Services
Admin 5th Floor
Mon-Fri 8am-4pm
724-838-4295
Seton Hill University Counseling Services provides quality mental health services and promote the overall well-being of SHU's diverse student body. Counselors strive to uphold strict confidentiality and the clinical and ethical standards of their professions. The Counseling Center staff welcomes, values, respects, and supports students of all backgrounds, cultures, and identities. Counselors are available to assist students in developing an understanding of themselves, their environment, and their potential. Individual and group services are provided to students who are making personal, academic, social, or career decisions. All on-campus counseling services provided are free, confidential, and can be provided in-person or virtually (as long as the student is within the state of PA). Same-day appointments are available (some booked online or walk-in during business hours).
Off Campus
Off Campus
Looking for therapy off campus? We have you covered! We have partnered with Thriving Campus to support our students in finding their "right fit" therapist. Therapists on Thriving Campus specialize in working with college and graduate students and get the challenges you face in this time of transition and self-discovery. Click above to do a search! If you need additional help, schedule a consultation at our Counseling Center and we are happy to get you connected!
Outreach & Prevention Plan
Outreach & Prevention Plan
In addition to providing counseling services for students and consultation services for staff, the counseling center has fostered a number of suicide prevention efforts including outreach, education and suicide prevention trainings throughout the academic year. Programs are aimed at increasing awareness and improving suicide prevention skills.
Awareness & Connection
Within the first month of the fall/spring semesters, all students will receive an email from the Counseling Center with information about mental health support resources.
Counselors and the Prevention Specialist visit all 1st year and transfer seminars to talk with students about dimensions of wellness, substance use, personal safety, and accessing services.
All Athletes also engage in programming targeting mental health, wellness, and substance use each academic year as well as annual mental health screening.
Counseling staff provide opportunities for mental health, substance and suicide screening throughout the year at Fresh Check Day, Health Fair, and anonymously on our website. The Counseling Center also promotes use of Crisis text line, 988 and other crisis resources regularly.
All student dorm rooms are equipped with crisis, emergency, and counseling resources.
Training Opportunities for Students, Faculty & Staff
Get started with a brief training:
Helping A Peer (for students)
Fostering Student Mental Health (For SHU faculty & staff: Email support@setonhill.edu if you need a Canvas account)
Want to learn more?
Programs such as Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), and QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Gatekeeper Training, are offered campus-wide and are available for staff, faculty, resident assistants and student. Sign up for an Upcoming MHFA Training or to request a customized training for your group: Email Us .
Connection to Interdisciplinary Support
The CARE Team meets weekly to identify students of concern and assist with getting the student connected to appropriate resources. See the Faculty & Staff Resources for more details on how to support student mental health and when/how to refer to the CARE team.
Additional Suicide Prevention Resources
Additional Suicide Prevention Resources
Check out the websites below on how to support suicide prevention efforts through helping yourself or someone you care about. Recognizing and responding to the signs of distress are the most crucial steps in supporting one another.
Postvention Plan
Postvention Plan
In the event of a campus emergency, the university follows established postvention plan (login required) that communication protocols to provide timely, thoughtful, and effective information to family, students, faculty, and staff. The plan includes identifying and supporting those most impacted, facilitating the grieving process, promoting campus stability, and using safe messaging practices to reduce additional risk. For more information, please contact the Vice President for Student Affairs.
Survivors of Suicide
The grief process of survivors of suicide (those who lost a loved on to suicide) can bring about quite complicated feelings such as confusion, guilt, and anger. It is important to remember that there is no right way to grief--everyone grieves at their own pace and it often comes in waves. Survivors of suicide can find great benefit in connecting with others who have had a similar loss. Counseling Services can provide support with grief and loss and Ray of Hope also offers survivor support groups close to campus. .
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