Counseling and Psychological Services
Student Services Offered
Confidential services offered to assist students manage the adjustment
demands and developmental challenges of college include:
- Individual and group counseling.
- Couples and family counseling (at least one member of the
couple or family must be a currently enrolled UNLV student).
- Crisis intervention.
- Medication evaluation and management.
- Psychological assessment and testing.
- Drug and alcohol use assessment.
- Referrals to community health care providers when the student's
needs cannot be adequately provided for within the limits of
a short-term therapy approach.
- Educational workshops and presentations.
- "Talk Before You Drop" telephone hotline where students
considering leaving school can discuss this decision with one
of our professional counselors (895-3627, M-F 8 to 5).
Faculty and Staff Services Offered
Services are offered to support faculty and staff as they respond
to students' transition to, matriculation through, and departure
from the university. These include:
- consultation
- information and resource distribution
- training
- educational programming.
These interventions are intended to expand the scope of available
day to day support to the students.
Please proceed to faculty and staff services
webpage for more information.
Confidentiality
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Professional ethical codes and state laws consider the personal
information discussed in counseling to be confidential. All information
gathered in counseling, including the fact that the student has
come to Student Psychological Services, is held in strict confidence.
No information is released to university officials, faculty members,
parents or outside agencies without written authorization from
the student.
An exception to the law is when there is imminent danger of serious
harm to the client or others. In this instance, the counselor
must take action to prevent harm.
More Information
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For more information about the services at Student Counseling and Psychological Services, please call us at 895-3627. Our regular office hours are Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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