The Student Counseling Center is now offering 24/7 phone assistance for students at Texas A&M University-San Antonio who are struggling with stress, depression, anxiety, trauma recovery and other mental health concerns.
If students need assistance after office hours, they can call 210-784-1331, select option number 2 and they will be connected with a counselor. The services are available to currently enrolled students all year round, including evenings, holidays, university closures and weekends.
The services are free and confidential. Students can schedule in-person or virtual appointments. The Student Counseling Center staff consists of licensed psychologists, licensed professional counselors and psychology and counseling graduate student interns.
The service is also available for students who want to express concern about a peer. Although staff members are not eligible for the services, they can contact the center if there is a student of concern.
“For us clinicians at the center is to get the students in especially the ones that have never had the services before and really help them see the benefit in counseling and addressing mental health and so that way they can graduate, be successful in whatever they chose to do and we can be there with them along the way,” said campus Licensed Clinician Karrie Husvar.
For students who want counseling, initial appointment can be scheduled by calling 210 784-1331 or by reaching out in person from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday in Modular C.
Students who are experiencing a crisis or emergency are recommended to visit the Student Counseling Center in person during office hours and students can be seen that same day by a licensed clinician. If this is not an option, then students should call 911 and ask for a Mental Health Officer, according to the center’s website.
A total of 2,100 students attended a therapy counseling appointment last year. Of students who received counseling due to COVID-19, 58% of the students scheduled appointments for mental health, 56% for academics and 56% for motivation of focus.
The center also offered a five-week grief group this semester. Due to high demand, the group will probably be brought back in the fall.
“Our virtual grief group is so popular that we had to offer two of those support groups, we had so much interest and need for this group. More need that we’ve ever seen in groups here in our center,” Dr. Buzzetta said.
For additional information feel free to visit www.tamusa.edu/studentcounseling.
