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ATSU Behavioral Health & Wellness (BH&W) is for more than just a student’s behavioral or emotional health. BH&W plays a critical role in maximizing a students’ educational potential by helping them deal with barriers to learning stemming from emotional or personal concerns. BH&W allows students to get the most of their professional education.
Confidentiality
Counseling is confidential. No member of the ATSU faculty, staff, or student body will be informed that you are receiving services nor have access to your files without your explicit written consent (see exceptions below).
Mandated Referral: Confidentiality applies to all students even if the student has been mandated for counseling. If you have been mandated to counseling, you will be asked to sign a release allowing Behavioral Health and Wellness (BH&W) to report treatment compliance to the appropriate referring person.
Exceptions to confidentiality: Your right to confidentiality does not apply in the following situations:
● Any report or suspicion of child or elder abuse or neglect;
● Any report of suicidal thoughts with an intent to follow through;
● Any report of homicidal thoughts with an intent to follow through;
● Any state of grave disability;
● If a court subpoenas records.
Counseling records
A electronic record of your counseling sessions will be kept. This record will remain confidential and will not be released without your written permission (please note limits to confidentiality as outlined above). This record will be destroyed seven years after your final session, but not before you graduate or leave ATSU.
No mention of counseling with BH&W will be included in a student’s academic record. BH&W staff adhere to the ethical codes of the American Counseling Association, National Association of Social Workers, and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Scheduling an Appointment
Students may schedule an appointment either online or by contacting the office directly at 660.626.2424. Schedule online by using the links in included in the contact information below.
Suicide Prevention/Mental Health First Aid
Ask/Listen/Refer (ALR)
ATSU’s suicide prevention training program, Ask/Listen/Refer, was designed to help students prevent suicide by teaching students to: identify people at risk for suicide; recognize the risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs of suicide; and respond to and get help for people at risk. To take the ALR course go to: http://www.asklistenrefer.org/atsu and complete the self-spaced online training.
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
QPR is a 1 hour certification training that helps individuals assist someone experiencing or developing thoughts of suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world.
To complete QPR, contact Olivia DeLeon, MPH, Assistant Director of Wellness at oliviadeleon@atsu.edu
Contact Behavioral Health and Wellness
Sarah Thomas, EdD, MSW, LCSW, Director, Behavioral Health & Wellness
E-mail: snthomas@atsu.edu
Telephone: 660.626.2424
ATSU Gutensohn Clinic, 3rd Floor Room 304
*Can see students located in Missouri or Arizona
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: https://calendar.app.google/qUg23YEwqtzNcCTCA
For students located in Missouri:
Phil Jorn, MA LPC, Behavioral Health & Wellness Counselor
E-mail: philjorn@atsu.edu
Telephone: 660.626.2751
ATSU Gutensohn Clinic, 3rd Floor Room 304
*Can see students located in Missouri
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: https://calendar.app.google/VJ1ie2RE4mnZohAw5
For students located in Arizona:
Desirai Browning, MAS, LAMFT, Behavioral Health & Wellness Counselor
E-mail: desiraibrowning@atsu.edu
Telephone: 480-626-6170
5835 Building, Ste. 102
*Can see students located in Arizona
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: https://calendar.app.google/pU8yvvp58KeuMwkC6
Karen Taylor, MS, LPC, NCC, Behavioral Health & Wellness Counselor
E-mail: karentaylor@atsu.edu
Telephone: 480-265-8069
5835 Building, Ste.102
*Can see students located in Arizona or California
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT: https://calendar.app.google/A3k1h1UQ7snA2YQU9
For students living in anywhere in the United States:
TimelyCare at ATSU provides virtual care at no-charge for all ATSU residential students (includes KCOM, MOSDOH, ASHS, ASDOH, SOMA, California-PA):
- 24/7 Mental health support
- 24/7 on-demand & scheduled medical visits
- Schedule virtual health coaching
- Scheduled counseling (up to 12 visits/year)
- Psychiatry (by referral from ATSU Behavioral Health & Wellness)
- Digital self-care content to include yoga, guided meditation, and more.
Got to Timelycare.com/atsu or download the TimelyCare app and sign in with your ATSU email address. Timely Care Customer Service: 833-4-TIMELY
Connect with Behavioral Health & Wellness
https://www.atsu.edu/student-affairs/behavioral-health-and-wellness
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