Counseling | Lawrence University

Services

Services Available:

Individual or couple counseling for Lawrence students. Please call 920-832-6574 to schedule an appointment.
Assessment of substance-related problems
Psychological consultation with members of the Lawrence community
Referral to Lawrence Health Services physicians for medication needs
Referral for off-campus or specialized services
In a psychological emergency please call: 920-419-8167. If counselors cannot be reached, students are urged to contact Outagamie County Crisis Intervention at 920-832-4646.

Outreach and prevention:

Screening for depression, anxiety, eating disorders and alcohol
Alcohol and drug education and programming
Programming on mental health and adjustment topics
Web-based information for students, parents, faculty and staff
A lending shelf of self-help materials
Counseling Services provides a practicum/internship site for graduate students from nearby counseling education programs

Some Reasons Students Seek Counseling:

relationship issues
anxiety and stress
depression
adjustment issues
sleep issues, another sleep link
academic concerns
substance misuse/abuse
cultural issues
sexual identity
- LGBT resources
gender identity
procrastination and perfectionism
loss and grief
food and body image issues
recovery from assault or abuse
attention deficit disorders
sexual assault

About Us

Counseling is a confidential process designed to help you address your concerns, come to a greater understanding of yourself, and learn effective ways to handle problems. Counseling Services is the primary source of confidential counseling and psychological support at Lawrence. This counseling involves a relationship between you and a counselor who has the training and willingness to help you reach your goals and succeed at Lawrence.

Our Mission:

We strive to meet the psychological needs of students by providing a safe, supportive and confidential environment that promotes self-awareness, fosters responsibility and respect, and teaches effective coping strategies.
We are strongly committed to improving the quality of life on campus and supporting the college’s academic mission.
We value persons of diverse racial, national, or cultural backgrounds; sexual/affectional orientations; mental and physical abilities; languages; socio-economic classes; ages; genders; and religious/spiritual beliefs.

Appointments

Making an appointment is as simple as calling 920-832-6574, or walking over to the Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center.

Other things to know:

Counseling Services staff do not maintain 24 hour access to emails and cannot guarantee that email messages will be read regularly or within a given period of time. If you are experiencing a psychological crisis, please call us at 920-419-8167. If you need immediate help, please call 911.

As your Counseling Services staff, we strive to meet your psychological needs by providing a safe, supportive and confidential environment that empowers you to explore personal and interpersonal concerns. We are here to promote self-awareness, teach effective strategies, encourage responsibility and respect, and celebrate diversity.

There is no limit to the number of times a student can come in for appointments. After an initial appointment we are able to offer clients our next open time, which might be in a week or two, or work with them to get connected to a community provider who can see them more frequently. We are not in a position to offer standing weekly appointments. Since we are here for all enrolled students, we need to be fair and realistic about scheduling. In urgent or crisis situations we might schedule more than one appointment with a student during a brief period until a situation is resolved.

This year, rather than completing a paper intake form, we have two computers available in the Counseling Services waiting room for you to enter all necessary information. We request that you come in at any time on the day of your appointment to complete the forms prior to beginning counseling.

Lawrence has contracted with a local psychiatrist who joins us for formal consultations several times during the school year. When appropriate he will arrange to meet with students at his office. Students who meet with him at his office will be charged his regular fee.

For those of you who would like to participate in an anonymous online screening to determine if you need to come in, the following assessments are available: alcohol use, depression, manic depression, generalized anxiety, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress.

A popular advice column, known as “Go Ask Alice” is available as well. Its archived answers to a variety of student questions are both informative and entertaining.