University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, August 22, 1990
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Lawrence campus has three counseling sites ready to help
By Brenda Krebs
Special to the Kansan
When facing apparently unsolvable problems, deciding where to go and whom to talk to may seem an impossible task.
At the University of Kansas, the confusion is augmented by the number of KU's counseling services.
The confusion stems from students not knowing where to go, he said. But no matter where students end up, someone will be there to send them to the organization just suited to meet their needs.
"The fact that the various mental health services are scattered around campus creates a positive, yet confusing situation," said James Lichtenberg, director of the University Counseling Center.
Three KU mental health centers are available: University Counseling Center, 116 Bailey Hall; KU Psychological Clinic, 315 Fraser Hall; and Watkins Mental Health Center at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
All three accept walk in clients but prefer that people schedule appointments.
Each of the clinics offers a different service to students.
The University counseling Center offers free services to KU students, faculty and staff. The center is staffed by five doctoral advisors and nine advanced counseling psychology graduate assistants.
The center provides short-term counseling for those with social, emotional or career concerns.
"The average number of appointments per student is three."Lichtenberg said.
Because of limited staff and the nature of the services offered, the counseling center tries to limit
itself to 10 sessions per student, he said.
Services offered include: individual, couple and family counseling; group counseling and workshops; psychological testing; and the administration of national, collegiate-admissions tests.
The center regularly offers workshops on a wide variety of topics, from choosing a major to learning how to manage anger.
If an emergency arises, a tragedy occurs or the living group needs help in any way, the counseling psychologist is prepared to offer support and counseling, he said.
Lichtenberg said that in addition to regular clients, each staff member worked with a campus living room or a residence hall or athletic group.
The KU Psychological Clinic offers its services to Lawrence residents as well as KU students, staff and faculty. The $30 hour fee is adjusted downward, depend on your personal income and family size.
About 60 to 65 percent of our clients are not KU students, faculty or staff." said social woken, Donka Flory. "The psychology clinic has a good name for itself in the community."
Clients frequently must wait for an opening because of the limited number of student therapists, Flory said. But the clinic helps find alternative services for those who prefer not to wait.
The 20 to 30 therapists at the clinic are all graduate students enrolled in KU's five-year, doctoral clinical psychology program. Each student is supervised by a licensed clinica psychologist.
The psychology clinic provides individual, couple and family counseling, frequently of longer duration than the counseling center. Group sessions are offered occasionally.
Only KU student have access to services at Watkins Mental Health Clinic. The first appointment is in the 10 and all subsequent ones are $20.
Unlike the psychology clinic's payment plan, no sliding-scale provisions are incorporated into fees charged at Watkins. Insurance may cover some treatment. Another provider in the psychology clinic, insurance rarely does.
The mental health clinic is staffed by a psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist and two licensed social workers.
The clinic provides diagnostic evaluations, individual therapy, crisis intervention, marital and child counseling, management and behavior therapy.
First time clients must complete a psychological test and an information sheet before their first appointment. The client may one and a half hours and is free.
In the spring, the clinic began offering a new service called the Prepare/Enrich Program through which couples may assess their compatibility by taking a computerized test.
Although the clinic offers many services to combat mental illness, the Prepare/Enrich Program "is one of the 'mentally healthy' services that we offer," said Linda Goffman, director of the their strengths and weaknesses, they may receive counseling at the clinic if they desire.
During the first full week in October, the clinic will sponsor a variety of activities on campus as part of National Mental Illness
"The focus will be on the illness side." Keeler said. "There are treatable kinds of problems that have a stigma attached to them."
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