COUNSELING AND CAREER ASSESSMENT CENTER
We provide short-term "focused" counseling to assist students in developing personal and professional goals and to help them in acquiring strategies for coping with obstacles that prevent them from concentrating on their education. We are counseling professionals trained and experienced in addressing the needs of university students. We are also involved in advocating for student needs, outreach programming, teaching, and consultation activities that support the efforts of our faculty and staff in improving the university environment. Undergraduates, graduate, law and professional students can expect to find understanding, acceptance and practical help at the Counseling and Career Assessment Center.
Most students come to the Counseling and Career Assessment Center for assistance with some identifiable academic, personal, or career related concern. When you make an appointment to see a counselor, that time is specifically reserved for you. During your first session, the counselor wants to get to know you and assess the best way the center can serve you. Succeeding sessions will be devoted to finding ways of achieving the goals you have established with your counselor.
Career Counseling is a basic counseling function of the Counseling and Career Assessment Center. Through the career counseling process you have the opportunity to work with a counselor who will help you with the ‘journey inward.’ This process would likely entail completing the Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and using the SIGI computer career exploration program as tools to systematically examine your life in terms of developing a career plan. Personal agency (being self-aware and actively developing your own potential) is the message we relay to students as we assist them in developing realistic strategies to get them where they want to go. Once a career plan has been developed, we refer students to The Career Center, located in the Crosby Student Center, to help prepare for the ‘journey outward.’ The Career Center will assist you in the process of finding internships, developing a resume, practicing interview skills, and networking with others in your chosen career field.
Occasionally, students have concerns that may require specialized services and the staff can serve as consultants in the process of referrals to appropriate community professionals. Some concerns for specialized services include: alcohol rehabilitation, family therapy, eating disorders, chronic psychological conditions, long-term therapy, and learning disabilities.
Fees incurred for services beyond the scope of the Counseling and Career Assessment Center are the responsibility of the individual student. Students need to have adequate health and accident insurance (please see Student Health and Mandatory Accident Insurance section).
Your identity and any disclosures made in the course of the counseling relationship will be regarded as confidential. Confidential information will not be shared with anyone outside the center without your expressed written consent, unless there is a clear and imminent danger to yourself or another. Visits to the center are not part of your academic record.
The Center is located in Ad 303 and we can be reached by phone at extension 4054 or by calling 323-4054. Our office hours are 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 p.m Monday through Friday.
