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Consultative Services for UW Departments and Divisions

In addition to our direct counseling work with students, UHS Counseling and Consultation Services provides ongoing consultation throughout the year to faculty, advisors, and other staff in academic departments and non-academic divisions of the university. We recognize that faculty and staff are often the first to notice when students are struggling and may want advice on how best to help them or guide them to further assistance. Our goal is to strengthen collegial relationships with faculty and staff so that together we can best meet our students’ needs.

We can offer services such as:

  • providing information about how to access our services
  • consulting about students who appear to be in distress
  • offering debriefings with groups of students and/or staff after a campus death or other traumatic experience
  • designing specific programming on the mental health or wellness concerns that may affect a unit’s unique student population

If we can be of assistance, please contact us by calling UHS at 608-265-5600 (select option 2).

Liaison Program

We also have a formal liaison relationship with a number of academic departments and non-academic divisions around campus, in which a member of our staff acts as the designated liaison to that group, providing assistance as requested, or working to design formal programming tailored to the academic year.

For example, at the request of University Housing, we have a number of liaisons assigned to the residence halls so that house fellows receive training on a range of mental health issues prior to the start of the school year. The house fellows in each residence hall can then call upon their designated liaison if they have questions about helping their residents in the course of the year.

We also have formal liaison arrangements with the School of Engineering, the School of Medicine and Public Health, McBurney Disability Services, the Multicultural Student Center, International Student Services, and the CeO program, among others. You may want to ask your department chair or director whether your department has a designated UHS liaison. If your unit or department is interested in establishing a formal liaison relationship with UHS Counseling and Consultation Services, please contact us at 608-265-5600 (select option 2).

Crisis Services

If you are ever concerned about a student who seems particularly depressed or distressed, please feel free to call us for consultation. We are available during business hours, and our mental health crisis intervention services are also available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to students and to people concerned about students’ mental health: 608-265-5600 (select option 9).

Location and Hours of Operation

We are located at
333 East Campus Mall, 7th floor
608-265-5600 (select option 2)

Our business hours are
Mon | Tues | Thurs | Fri 8:30 am to 5 pm
Wednesdays 9 am to 5 pm.