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Advising/Counseling Services

 

Personal Counseling

Short-term mental health counseling is available to assist students when the distress of their personal problems hinders their academic achievement. Students may schedule individual appointments. Counseling contacts are kept confidential. Students requiring long-term counseling will be referred to a community agency.

Counselors can assist students with:

  • Self-esteem issues
  • Depression/anxiety
  • Dating issues
  • HIV/AIDS issues and referral
  • Grief counseling
  • Family difficulties
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Eating disorders
  • Identity issues
  • Post traumatic stress issues
  • Motivation
  • Coping skills
  • Problem-solving

To schedule an appointment, please call 407.708.2337.

Crisis Intervention

At times, during the course of the semester, a student may experience an unexpected, traumatic event. The Counseling and Educational Planning Department will provide short-term crisis intervention counseling to assist a student through the challenging time.

Crisis situations include:

  • Death of a loved one
  • Separation/divorce
  • Health crisis
  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation

Referral to area agencies

SCC counselors have expertise to provide therapy, however, SCC is an educational institution and not a mental health or substance abuse center. Problems that need more than three to five counseling sessions are referred to appropriate external agencies.

Substance abuse counseling and referral


Students needing substance abuse counseling are referred to appropriate external agencies.
 
Confidentiality Policy

All information disclosed within a session, as well as the fact of signing up for services, is confidential and will not be revealed to anyone outside of the Counseling and Educational Planning Office without written permission of the student, except under three conditions:

  • Where disclosure is required by law (i.e. when there is reasonable suspicion of abuse of children or elderly persons, or by court-ordered subpoena).
  • Where the student presents a serious danger of violence to another.
  • Where the student is likely to harm him/herself unless protective measures are taken.

Please know that our policy of confidentiality is rarely breached. But in the unlikely event that it is, your counselor will make every effort to let you know before doing so.
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Did you know?

The Counseling and Educational Planning Office assists students in choosing majors and careers.