Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Counseling Services

Providing free and confidential counseling services to address mental health challenges, promote wellbeing, and offer crisis management and outreach. Emphasizing recognition, response, and referral for individuals facing disconnected, unproductive, and stressed situations. Promoting resilience, insight, vitality, equity, and health through self-care, stress management, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence. Encouraging meaningful engagement and social justice while recognizing and responding to safety concerns for academic and psychological threats. Prioritizing proactive and direct responses, active listening, concrete help, and appropriate referrals to confidential resources in emergencies.

• Mental health
• Counseling services
• Wellbeing
• Resilience
• Crisis management

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1. Mental Health and Wellbeing Counseling Services

2. Counseling Services Mental Health Challenges & Priorities Promoting Wellbeing Recognize, Respond, Refer Presentation

3. Counseling Services Free & Confidential Brief, Goal Directed Counseling Individual, Couples, & Groups Crisis Management, Consultation, & Outreach Phone Number: 203-392-5475 Hours: 8:30 - 4:30, Monday- Friday Location: Engleman Hall, B 219 Website: southernct.edu/counseling

4. Mental Health Challenges and Priorities Disconnected Unproductive Stressed THRIVE MATTER SUCCEED Physical & Mental Wellbeing Belonging & Engagement Academic & Career Success

5. Promoting Wellbeing T T H R I E V Resilience Insight Vitality Equity Health Togetherness Relationships Belonging Communication Wellness Self-Care Health Maintenance Positive Thinking Stress Management Growth Mindset Mindfulness Self-Awareness Emotional Intelligence Engagement Meaning Purpose Social Justice Access Allyship

6. Recognize Safety Academic Psychological Physical Threats Risky Behaviors Inability to Care for Self Poor Performance Absences Disruptive Behaviors Significant Stress Mood Instability Disorientation Concerning Statements Deteriorating Presentation Excessive Fatigue Under the Influence Self-Injurious

7. Respond Think about a time that you were in crisis or distressed. Without sharing the details... What were you thinking? How did you feel? How did you behave? What was helpful and not helpful?

8. Respond Safety First First Be Proactive Be Direct Active Listening Concrete Help Consultation & Documentation Share What You Know

9. Refer (*Confidential Resources) Emergency On Campus University Police, 203-392-5375 Emergency Services, 911 *CT Crisis Response, 211 *National Suicide Hotline, 800-273-8255 / Text CONNECT to 741741 Student Support Team, 203-392-5556 Student Conduct, 203-392-7126 Title IX Office, 203-392-5568 VPAS, 203-392-5568 *Health Services, 203-392-6300 *Counseling Services, 203-392-5475 *Marriage and Family Clinic, 203-392-5475 Wellness Center, 203-392-6526 Sexuality and Gender Equality, 203-392- 8989 Multicultural Center, 203-392-5888 Disability Resource Center, 203-392-6828 Academic Success Center, 203-392-5367 Off Campus *Yale New Haven Hospital, 203-688-4242 *Women and Families Center, 203-389- 5010 *Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence, 203-736-9944 Mandatory Reporting In addition to referring a student to resources, any sexual or gender-based harassment or assault requires mandated reporting. For questions, call the Violence Prevention and Victim Advocacy and Support (VPAS) Office, 203-392-6946 Student Support Team Referral Student of Concern Sexual Misconduct Basic Needs

10. Lets Give it a Try What did you notice? What was helpful?