Student Life

Counseling Center

127 O’Boyle Hall

Phone: 202-319-5765

Fax: 202-319-5570

Web: http://counseling.cua.edu

Mission Statement

The CUA Counseling Center strives to enhance the overall educational experience by assisting students with the opportunities, demands, and challenges of university life. As students grow and develop, they do so in a values-based institution that offers a unique learning and living environment to enable students to discover excellence and experience success. The CUA Counseling Center assists students with defining and accomplishing personal and academic goals by serving as a multidisciplinary, campus-based mental health organization dedicated to addressing the diverse needs of CUA students. In pursuing an active and fulfilling college life, a student can experience difficulties with adjusting to, and balancing, new roles and responsibilities. The center provides a broad range of direct clinical/counseling, educational, learning assistance, consultative, outreach, training, assessment, and emergency response programs and services.

Services

•  Individual Counseling — 50-minute sessions offered once a week.
• Group Counseling -— Groups offered weekly with topics based on student interest. Examples of group topics include relationships, women’s issues, and social anxiety.
• Medication Consultation — Students who might benefit from medication in conjunction with counseling may be referred to our consulting psychiatrist.
• Outreach-Consultation -- Eucational presentations are provided to the university community on a variety of mental health topics such as stress management, depression, and reducing risks associated with substance abuse.
•  Assessment and Referral -— Intake evaluations determine the level of service needed. Referrals are made to outside community resources when necessary to accommodate more specialized or more intensive treatment needs.
• Emergency Services — The Counseling Center staff are available to accommodate walk-in emergencies during our regular center hours, and a counselor is on call during the academic year to assist in after-hours emergencies.