简单的概述 & 服务资格

The 咨询中心 is staffed by a group of skilled, compassionate, and professional mental health clinicians who provide a range of short-term services to assist in resolving acute concerns and support the healthy development of our enrolled students. 在 40% of the student body will access the services of the 咨询中心 for an individual appointment at some time in their college career. Our services are confidential and 包含在学费中. We are conveniently located on the first floor of Jonsson Tower, 附近 卫生服务. 我们致力于我们的 核心原则, and strive to engage all members of the Skidmore 社区 with empathy and respect.

The 咨询中心 is able to offer up to 8 individual psychotherapy sessions per year to each fully enrolled student. These are scheduled on a “one-at-a-time” basis, and are focused on helping students to develop practical strategies for the addressing the immediate concern that brings them in at that time. We can also provide tailored referrals to local clinicians for students who are likely to benefit from more open-ended, ongoing, or specialized care. Referral consultations can occur in person or, if more convenient, requests can be made by contacting the office and asking to receive recommendations 通过电子邮件.

If you are a student coming to campus on psychiatric medications, we recommend either continuing care with your current prescriber or, if you’d like to see someone in Saratoga while you’re at school, we’re happy to suggest a few clinicians in the area. 当地的 psychiatric provider options are limited, however, so we strongly recommend sorting out your medication management plan in advance of arriving at school, to prevent gaps in care or difficulty obtaining refills. 

In addition to individual consultation appointments, the 咨询中心 offers several  brief, skills-based workshops each semester, to assist students in dealing with some of the most common mental health and developmental difficulties.  请 contact the office (518-580-5555) or consult the main page of our 网站 to find out what’s being offered for the current semester.

We believe that our present-focused, “one-at-a-time” consultation model is helpful for the majority of the students who seek our assistance. 然而，有一定的 situations in which a referral to other resources is likely to be the most appropriate option.

这些包括:

• Students seeking open-ended therapy for ongoing mental health concerns.
• Students whose conditions require specialized care that is not available at the Counseling 中心(e.g., DBT, intensive substance abuse treatment, etc.).
• Students who are requesting medication management services.
• Students for whom an evaluation and/or treatment has been mandated by a third-party.
• Students who are already engaged in an ongoing psychotherapy relationship and who are intending to continue this relationship through the school year.
• Students for whom short-term treatment of their difficulties has previously been unsuccessful.

服务资格

Individual and group therapy services at the 咨询中心 are available to fully-enrolled, matriculating 火博体育大学 students. Referral assistance and third-party consultations regarding students of concern are available to all members of the broader Skidmore 社区.