Services Offered

Scope of Clinical Care

The Office of Counseling Services strives to offer a comprehensive, developmental range of services focused on the mental health needs of High Point University students by providing high quality psychological interventions to promote the wellness of our students. The focus of our services include:

*Providing professional clinical services that assist students in their pursuits of both personal and academic goals.

*Providing opportunities for prevention and psychoeducation of our campus community about the psychological and developmental needs and pathways of students through programming, consultation, and referral services.

*Providing rapid crisis response to mental health emergencies for students and the campus community, including facilitation of further assessment for possible hospitalization and crisis debriefing after a traumatic event.

Some students may require services and interventions beyond the scope of clinical care for Counseling Services. Students with the following concerns and characteristics will likely need a different type or level of care than what is within the role and scope of Counseling Services at High Point University and may include clients who:

• Consistently require services more than once per week and/or frequent emergency intervention after hours that cannot be stabilized with short-term crisis intervention.
• Present with disordered eating at a level that requires extensive medical monitoring.
• Present with mental health concerns for which a solution-focused, brief therapy model of treatment will not appropriately address.

• Some students may be referred to services other than those offered by the Office of Counseling and may include:
  • Intensive outpatient or inpatient treatment.
  • Medical detoxification and/or medical stabilization.
  • Court ordered or mandated treatment.
  • Comprehensive psychoeducational assessments (e.g., learning differences, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, etc.).
  • Psychological assessments or evaluations for selection, performance prediction, or forensic purposes (e.g., professional school application, employment security assessment, litigation or legal adjudications).
  • Specialized services beyond the clinical expertise of Counseling Services staff.
  • Students who are unable to comply with treatment (e.g., repeated no shows or late cancellations).
  • Students who are already under the care of another mental health provider.
  • Students seeking therapy for the sole purpose of obtaining documentation for another office or for documentation for an Emotional Support Animal.
  • Students seeking services while away from campus (e.g., away over summer break, outside the State of North Carolina, or studying abroad).

Referrals

A referral to another agency or person may be recommended and facilitated by Counseling Services to ensure that your needs are met.  We will work with you to determine if your concerns are within our scope of practice or if a referral to a community provider would be most appropriate.

Confidentiality

As a client of the Office of Counseling Services, you have a right to confidentiality. Click here to learn more.

Ethical Guidelines

Counseling Ethical Guidelines : Licensed Clinicians adhere to the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics.