Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Megan Elizabeth Selheim <>]

We have a few different counseling options on campus here, all of which are free for students. Our University Counseling Center offers short term, directive counseling. If a student presents with concerns that will need counseling support for more than a few months, they attempt to refer out to a community-based provider. However, our Psychology Department also offers free therapy through their clinic, provided by supervised PhD candidates. We have a Psych faculty member who specializes in trauma and PTSD, so my first counseling/therapy referral is usually to their clinic – they don’t have the same time constraints, and they used evidence-based practice to specifically address trauma from interpersonal violence.

 

We also work with the Psychology clinic to maintain a support group; this semester we had one group primarily for sexual assault survivors, but next year we’re looking at holding two groups, and are still in the process of determining the focus of each. The group is open and meets weekly throughout the academic year. The Psych PhD student who co-facilitates the group is a graduate assistant in my office, which helps us make time for the group because I can count the hours towards her assistantship.

 

We also have a Counselor Education Training Clinic on campus, which offers free counseling from supervised PhD candidates in our Counselor Supervision degree program. As far as I know, none of the counseling/therapy programs take new students in the summer who are not enrolled. The two PhD clinics don’t tend to take new clients at all during the summer, bc most of the PhD candidates are working on summer internships. 

 

We’re lucky to have so many free options for therapy for students, but all of our clinics are significantly under resourced, both in terms of staff/clinicians and funding. I created a graduate assistantship in my program to provide some extra support to the Psychology clinic, since they’re generally my go-to, but even my funding isn’t secure enough to know if I’ll be able to support that GA in the foreseeable future.

 

Matt Gray, , is the supervisor for the trauma unit in our Psychology Clinic, and can speak more directly about the models they use for both individual therapy and our support group. Good luck!

 

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Megan Selheim

STOP Violence Program Coordinator

Dean of Students Office

Dept. 3135, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie WY 82071-2000

106 Knight Hall

307-766-3296

www.uwyo.edu/stop

 

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From: Anne Huhman [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 9:38 AM
To:
Subject: Counseling services for survivors

 

Hello colleagues,

 

I have a few questions about the types of counseling services your institution offers survivors.  I would greatly appreciate whatever information you are able to provide.  It will really help us think critically about effective counseling models for survivors of sexual violence.

 

1.    What services does the counseling center at your University provide for sexual assault & intimate partner violence survivors? Does the center provide short or long-term therapy?

2.    Does your counseling center conduct a support group for survivors of trauma?  If so, is it an open or closed group?  Do you have any literature that cites this as a best practice?

3. Does your counseling center see students in the summer if they are not enrolled in classes?

 

Thanks very much,

 

Anne

 

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Anne Huhman, MSW

Program Manager for Education and Prevention

University of Michigan Student Life

Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center

(734) 764-7771

www.sapac.umich.edu

 

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