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Mental health is key for success
Workshops: Anger management and depression workshops help students
By: Eva Allen
Issue date: 10/16/03 Section: News
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Every semester the Health Center offers workshops on subjects or particular problems that might be of interest to students.
Dr. Ruth Taylor and Dr. Sally Emery, psychologists from the the Health Center, presented students with helpful material and advice in two workshops, Anger Management and Understanding Depression, last week.
At every workshop a professional psychologists is at hand to answer questions and give individual consultation at these workshops, like Dr. Taylor who led Understanding Depression, Oct. 8.
"Issues such as anger, depression, test anxiety, relationship problems and anxiety disorders are some of the things we try to cover in these workshops," Taylor said.
The workshops are like introduction classes where students are given handouts and information to help them recognize certain patterns or symptoms they might be experiencing.
"It's kind of like an educational introduction to a particular topic, and if students have personal concerns, they can come back and talk to a psychologist," Taylor said.
All students are entitled to short-term (six months during the school year) counseling at no cost with a clinical psychologist.
"They come here (Health Center) and we actually do the counseling right here," Taylor said. "They just fill out an intake form and schedule an appointment with the receptionist."
The workshops are learning opportunities for most, but sometimes students realize they'd like to talk to someone about problems they may have or may need more help with.
"If they don't have insurance, and lots of students don't, we have a list of agencies in the area that offer low-cost counseling," Taylor said.
Taylor added that the Health Center also helps students who may have psychiatric or substance abuse problems that would be better handled somewhere else because they would obviously take more time.
"If they need medical treatment, we refer them to other places," Taylor said. "The idea is that by having counseling services and information provided on campus, it's an introduction to the topics, plus it's accessible."
Dr. Ruth Taylor and Dr. Sally Emery, psychologists from the the Health Center, presented students with helpful material and advice in two workshops, Anger Management and Understanding Depression, last week.
At every workshop a professional psychologists is at hand to answer questions and give individual consultation at these workshops, like Dr. Taylor who led Understanding Depression, Oct. 8.
"Issues such as anger, depression, test anxiety, relationship problems and anxiety disorders are some of the things we try to cover in these workshops," Taylor said.
The workshops are like introduction classes where students are given handouts and information to help them recognize certain patterns or symptoms they might be experiencing.
"It's kind of like an educational introduction to a particular topic, and if students have personal concerns, they can come back and talk to a psychologist," Taylor said.
All students are entitled to short-term (six months during the school year) counseling at no cost with a clinical psychologist.
"They come here (Health Center) and we actually do the counseling right here," Taylor said. "They just fill out an intake form and schedule an appointment with the receptionist."
The workshops are learning opportunities for most, but sometimes students realize they'd like to talk to someone about problems they may have or may need more help with.
"If they don't have insurance, and lots of students don't, we have a list of agencies in the area that offer low-cost counseling," Taylor said.
Taylor added that the Health Center also helps students who may have psychiatric or substance abuse problems that would be better handled somewhere else because they would obviously take more time.
"If they need medical treatment, we refer them to other places," Taylor said. "The idea is that by having counseling services and information provided on campus, it's an introduction to the topics, plus it's accessible."