咨询政策

资格及费用 

Counseling services and referrals are available to all Nebraska Wesleyan University students who pay the yearly Student Activity fee. There is a session limit of 16 sessions per academic year. Services are provided according to the fees published annually on the 咨询服务 website. If a student misses three appointments in an academic year, students will no longer be allowed to schedule sessions at NWU 咨询服务 in that academic year. 

If a student is a minor when they seek services, the parent/guardian of that student must give consent for treatment by signing the Parent/Guardian Consent Form. 

Faculty and staff may contact 咨询服务 for reasons related to consultation, 外展, 和演示. Faculty and staff are not eligible to receive personal counseling through 咨询服务. 

有限的服务 

咨询服务 does not provide long-term intensive counseling and psychotherapy. Students for whom more than weekly session are indicated, who are at recurrent elevated risk, or who are seeking services not provided by 咨询服务 will be provided with appropriate referral information. 

咨询服务 does not provide psychometric evaluations. Students interested in assessments for ADHD, 学习障碍, or other evaluations will be provided with community referrals. 

咨询服务 does not provide mandated or required treatment, including but not limited to counseling required by academic departments, 类, or legal/conduct proceedings. 

Providing Documentation for Special Requests 

医疗撤退 

The 咨询服务 staff may support student medical withdrawal from Nebraska Wesleyan University when significant psychological problems (e.g., major depression, bipolar disorder) or personal concerns (e.g., serious illness in family) have markedly undermined a student’s ability to function academically. The decision to grant a medical withdrawal, 然而, is ultimately the responsibility of the Nebraska Wesleyan University administration. 

Students must be current 咨询服务 clients (seen by a counselor within the last month) and have attended at least 3 counseling sessions in the past 3 months in order for the counselor to consider providing supportive documentation for a medical withdrawal. 支持 

for student requests for medical withdrawal will be based on the counselor’s clinical judgment. If the student wants to seek a second opinion, referrals will be provided. 

If a student wishes to pursue a medical withdrawal, he/she must contact the Dean of Undergraduate Programs and fill out the appropriate paperwork. The designated section of this paperwork should be given to the student’s counselor so that the counselor can provide supporting documentation outlining the reasons why the student is seeking a medical withdrawal. 

特别的住宿 

咨询服务 staff may support a student’s request for special accommodations (e.g., academic accommodations, housing accommodations) when significant psychological problems (e.g., major depression, bipolar disorder) or personal concerns (e.g., serious illness or disability) have markedly undermined the student’s ability to function, and when allowing the accommodation may significantly improve the student’s functioning. 

Students must be current 咨询服务 clients (seen by a counselor within the last month) and have attended at least 3 counseling sessions in the past 3 months in order for the counselor to consider providing supportive documentation for special accommodations. 支持 for student requests for special accommodations will be based on the counselor’s clinical judgment. If the student wants to seek a second opinion, referrals will be provided. 

The decision to grant such accommodations, 然而, is ultimately the responsibility of the Nebraska Wesleyan University administration. 

If a student wishes to pursue special accommodations, he/she must contact the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities or other appropriate individual on campus (e.g. Director of Residential Education for housing requests) and fill out the appropriate paperwork. The designated section of this paperwork should be given to the student’s counselor so that the counselor can provide supporting documentation outlining the reasons why the student is seeking the accommodations. 

情感支持动物 

咨询服务 is not able to provide assessments to document the need for an emotional support animal. Students requesting this documentation must find a mental health provider in the community to obtain an appropriate evaluation.