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OUWB Student Mental Health Counselors Janae Kinn, LMSW, 和 Ashley Watters, MA, LPC, NCC, are available to support OUWB students with 学校, life, 和 心理健康 related stressors. Their main focus is providing counseling services to OUWB students. Some common topics students meet with them to explore, process, 和/or treat include:

• Adjustment to medical 学校
• 医疗 student stress 和 burnout
• "Imposter Syndrome"
• Relationship stressors
• Family stressors
• 焦虑
• 抑郁症
• 创伤
• Death, loss, 和 grief
• Health 和 wellness
• Self-esteem/身份
• 正念
• 自我保健
• 能力建设

Dedicated to strengthening student wellness, Janae 和 Ashley offer 工作shops 和 support groups to address a variety of student needs. Other services they provide to students include crisis intervention, 宣传, 和 connecting students to community resources.

The OUWB Mental Health Counselors approach with students incorporates a person-centered approach, integrated 健康 perspectives, intersectionality, 正念, self-care strategies, trauma informed care skills, 和 evidence-based practices, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, 和 motivational interviewing.

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Confidentiality

Counseling services are completely confidential between the student 和 counselor. Student information will never be shared with anyone without the student’s written consent. This includes sharing information with School of Medicine faculty 和 staff; information cannot be shared by the counselor without student consent. In rare instances to ensure the 安全 of the student 和 others, the counselor may break confidentiality if the student indicates a plan to cause serious harm to themselves or others.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Can I schedule an appointment through Google Calendar Invite?

Your confidentiality 和 protected 健康 information (PHI) are of the highest priority. As such, you will be unable to schedule appointments through Google calendar. While this may cause inconvenience, there are risks associated with calendar sharing that could result in unwanted sharing of your PHI or the PHI of others. 

Q: Do medical 学校 和 residency programs have access to information I share in sessions?

Think of your counseling record as protected 健康 information (PHI) that may only be shared with your permission. Even with your permission, the OUWB Mental Health Counselor may share information from your record, but cannot release the record itself. The OUWB 医疗 School does not have access to your 心理健康 records, 和 therefore would be unable to share them with residency programs.

 Q: What is in my record 和 who has access to it?

Minimal information related to assessment, 安全, treatment plan goals/progress, 和 treatment interventions are included in your record. Only yourself 和 the counselor have access to your records. The OU Counseling Center 和 Graham Health Center may also have access to your records, though they will not be viewing your information unless you are 工作ing with one of their staff members.

You may request your record at any time, 和 the counselor may determine whether this request will be accommodated. 另外, you may give written permission to have your information shared with another source, though your record itself will not be released. There are a few rare exceptions to this rule, such as a subpoena for the records from a court of law.

Q: What is counseling?

Per the National Association of Social Workers, “The primary mission of the social 工作 profession is to enhance human well-being 和 help meet basic 和 complex needs of all people, with a particular focus on those who are vulnerable, 受压迫的, 和 living in poverty.” Social 工作 takes into account how both a person’s environment (external factors such as home, 学校, 工作, 家庭, 朋友, community) 和 their person (internal factors such as genetics, 健康, social history or life experiences, 身份, 心理健康, beliefs) impact a person’s situation 和 outlook. 使用这个镜头, social 工作ers can assess 和 intervene to help clients learn how to cope with stressors or to empower clients to create change.

Q: What does a counselor do?

Counselors 工作 in a variety of places, including: hospitals, 诊所, 学校, private practices, juvenile justice systems, 监狱, homeless 和 domestic violence shelters, child 和 adult protective services, foster care agencies, 老年活动中心, 养老院, 和 grassroot community organizations. They can hold a variety of jobs, such as 心理健康/substance abuse therapists, 提倡, crisis interventionalists, 情况下经理, community organizers, program evaluators, managers or directors of non-profits, community educators, 和 faculty in academia.

Q:  Is a social 工作er the same thing as a licensed therapist?

In the state of Michigan, a social 工作er or professional counselor who has completed their Master of Social Work/Master of Counseling, passed the national clinical licensing exam, 和 has at least 3,000 to 4,000 hours of supervised clinical 工作 can receive their LMSW or LPC credentials. 一个LMSW, or Licensed Master of Social Work or an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) are eligible to provide psychotherapy.

For more information on who is qualified to provide 心理健康 therapy, please visit National Alliance on Mental Health 和 治疗师的援助.