Wednesday, August 24.1977
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Counseling available for troubled students
University Daily Kansan
Staff Writer
By DIANE PORTER
For the worried student with questions on anything from enrollment and orientation difficulties to birth control or drug counseling, students at the University of Kansas that can help.
Lorna Grunz, assistant dean of women,
explained the University's counseling
"The University is not only concerned with education but also exists to make the life process work in the most productive way for each student. That's why KU sponsors their student services," Grunz said.
"THEERE ARE THREE parts to every problem." Grunz said. "Providing the information needed and finding the solution are only two of them. The person also needs to know that he has a right to be upset, and we try to reconsider those feelings."
The Human Sexuality information and Counseling Network operates from the Dean of Women's office and pertains to problems about birth control, pregnancy, venereal disease.
The Dean of Women's office, 220 Strong Hall, offers services from problem pregnancy counseling to academic help. Students can take any problem there and receive counseling or be referred to someone who can give it.
The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
The Dean of Men's office, 228 Strong Hall, acts in the same counseling capacity as the Dean of Women. Both offices also offer programs to help students with alcoholism, leadership problems, assertiveness training and other personal problems.
FRED MCELHENIE, ASSOCIATE dean of men, said, "We consider ourselves the students' friend, and we are interested in their welfare. We'll listen to what they have to say, and help them out after we cut them off at the layers of whatever is bothering them."
The Dean of Men's office is also open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Students with academic or career choice questions may find help at the University Counseling Center, 116 Bailey A. State Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60613 and student assistance in selecting a career.
STUDENTS ARE WELCOME to use the library that is set up in the center and holds information on jobs, careers, and the job market. Appointments may be made during regular business hours. Any services are free and confidential.
The Mental Health Clinic in Watkins Hospital offers psychotherapy, psychiatric evaluation, marriage counseling, help with depression and anxietyes and short-term hospitalization.
The clinic is the psychiatric unit of KU Health Services, and offers the student four
free visits. A member of the staff, which comprises a psychiatrist, three psychologists and two social workers, is on call at all times.
AFTER THE FIRST four visits to the clinic, a fee is set according to the student's ability to pay. However, this fee may be nothing, depending on the case, according to Dean H. Kerkman, a clinical psychologist working in the clinic.
Problems dealing with drugs, alcohol, marriage, sexuality and school problems are the most common types of student problems brought to the center.
The Psychological Clinic, 307 Fraser Hall, also offers personal counseling to individuals, couples or groups. Students are often referred there by faculty, resident directors and other mediators, according to a member of the staff.
Dennis Karpowitz is the coordinating director of the staff, which comprises KU faculty and a small group of graduate students. The clinical program in
psychology uses this as part of its training program.
REGULAR HOURS are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
but the KU Infrared Company is
handled by the KU Infrared Com-
pany.
Where sexuality and social concerns are a problem, Gay Counseling Services may be of some help. Michael Sturms, faculty adjunct at the University of Chicago, realize the kind of counseling given there.
"People are misinformed. They either don't know or don't realize that even people with a slight concern in homosexuality can counseling too; many for only a temporary
A 24-hour crisis line is set up in the home of Todd Van Lanningham, executive director of Gay Services of Kansas. The staff is made of graduate students in the areas of sociology and psychology. Students can also go through Van Lanningham's coalition to gain experience in this area.
THE WOMEN'S CENTER, 1040 Kane Avenue with the staircase, conjured up by the late Jennifer Birch, birth mother of Stephen and Amanda.
control and career, legal and professional counseling.
The Lawrence community offers several counseling alternatives.
Headquarters, Breakthrough, Douglas County Rape Victim Support Service, the Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic and the North County Health Department all offer PST/YESH.
The Rape Victim Support Service offers information to the victims on how to deal with the police, courts and hospitals and on making decisions on whether to go to court. It also offers counseling on what to expect from these sources and the community.
LONG-TERM COUNSELING is available when needed. The services are all free and confidential. Rape victim counseling is also available. Victim Support Service can be reached
Headquarters, an old two-story house at 16th and Massachusetts streets, offers a place to talk, rest and stay, if necessary. A nursing home provides telephone crisis hotline is staffed around-the-clock by volunteers, who offer help with birth control, problem pregnancy, chronic illness, and legal aid, drugs and sexually related care. The phone number is 841-2345.
The Bert鼻 Mental Health Clinic, Fourth and Missouri streets, works with approximately 180 people a week, according to the clinic's annual budget and education. The clinic offers psychotherapy but Memory said she helped people with problems from seeking help.
through Headquarters or the KU Information Center.
"THEERE IS A STIGMA attached here, that affects our effectiveness," she said. "People are uncomfortable about being here, about meeting their friends or teachers in the waiting room and things like that."
The clinic deals mainly with relationship problems, according to one psychologist, who has been a clinician at the clinic.
the clinic for long-range counseling, "Zoom," a program for children, and the Adult Day Center are who people need more than once-a-week counseling.
The staff of 14 includes a part-time psychiatrist, psychologists, and social workers. Fees are decided according to income and range from $1 to $35. However, ability to pay is not a condition for receiving treatment. The clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and has a 24-hour emergency line.
BREAKTHROUGH IS A GROUP that meets once a week for an informal "rap" session. There are no restrictions on age, sex or background, and participants are encouraged to talk freely about whatever they feel.
Religious counseling is available on campus at Canterbury House, the American Baptist Student Center and the St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center.
The KU Information Center is a referral service for all agencies and counseling services.
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