Mental Well-being
Mental Health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Having good mental health is being aware of everyday feelings and emotions and learning to cope with the challenges life brings.
168¿ª½±Íø¹ÙÍø provides a support network for your mental health that includes mental health counselors, peer educators, care and outreach, and other resources.
I'm in Crisis
If you are having a medical emergency or a safety emergency requiring law enforcement and/or EMS, call 911 or call Campus Police at 706-864-1500.
If you or someone else is in distress, feel like there may be a risk of suicide, or having a crisis related to mental health, reach out to the appropriate Crisis Hotline number to talk to someone.
168¿ª½±Íø¹ÙÍø uses sexual misconduct as a broad term for encompassing behaviors that are prohibited by the Sexual Misconduct Policy.
These behaviors include sexual harassment, nonconsensual sexual contact, nonconsensual sexual penetration, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual exploitation.
24/7/365 Support
Uwill offers students free immediate access to teletherapy, a direct crisis connection, and wellness programming through its easy to use online platform
To schedule teletherapy:
- with Uwill
- Choose a therapist based on your preferences including availability, issue, sex, language, ethnicity.
- Choose a time that fits your schedule with day, night and weekend availability.
- Uwill is Private. Secure. Confidential.
If a student is experiencing a mental health crisis, help is available 24/7/365
- Call 833-646-1526
- For life threatening emergencies on campus, call Public Safety at 706-864-1500.
- For life threatening emergencies off campus, call 911
Uwill also provides students free access to on-demand wellness programming through its easy to use online platform. Relax and recharge your mind and body with a wide range of wellness such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and more!
I Feel Concerned
Are you concerned for yourself or others?
Student Counseling is dedicated to student’s mental well-being. They provide counseling and referral services for a variety of issues, including:
- Individual Therapy/Counseling
- Group Therapy/Counseling
- Suicide Prevention and Education
- Problem Solving Development
- Time Management Skills Building
- Brief Crisis Intervention/Stabilization
- Relaxation Training
- Distress Tolerance Skills Building
I Want to Learn More
Guided suicide prevention training that teaches how to Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) someone who may be suicidal. 168¿ª½±Íø¹ÙÍø offers free certification courses to current student, faculty and staff. Register for this 1.5 hour course.
for one of the virtual dates below:
- Tuesday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m. - noon
- Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2-4 p.m.
- Wednesday, Mar. 19, 1-3 p.m.
- Tuesday, Mar. 25, 10 a.m. - noon
- Monday, Apr. 7, 10 a.m. - noon
- Wednesday, Apr. 23, 10 a.m. - noon
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches the risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help. This course is free and certifications last for three years.
- Wednesday, Feb. 12 & 19, 2-5 p.m.
- Friday, Mar. 21 & 28, 9 a.m. - noon
- Thursday, Apr. 3 & 10, noon - 3 p.m.
Dates will be removed from the online registration when sessions fill up, and registrants will be urged to sign up for a different date or join a waitlist.
