Emerging Practices in Counseling Centers – On-Demand Training

Manage Skyrocketing Caseloads & Improve Access to Care & Services

Counseling centers are struggling to meet the demand for individual therapy appointments, leaving less time and resources for other priorities including outreach and early education. The unprecedented demand for services requires solutions beyond adding staff or creating a wait list.

Hear from our distinguished panel of campus mental health experts on strategies and solutions to meet growing needs, provide rapid access to services, better engage clinical complexity of clients and improve services for diverse student communities.

Develop solutions for better meeting the needs of your students.

You’ll be able to draw upon proven practices that have emerged as trends in the past few years that can be highly responsive to the increasing mental health demands on your campus. Help manage larger caseloads effectively, streamline access and increase clinical capacity.

Topics Covered

As a result of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Understand the trends that have emerged in the past few years in providing mental health treatment at university counseling centers – be able to better service your students by expanding your offerings in a way that makes sense for your institution.
• Better manage demand on campus – pull from best practices to help manage caseloads effectively, streamline access and increase clinical capacity in a way that is helpful – and healthy – for everyone including your staff.
• Learn about the function of same-day and concise counseling sessions in a larger service model – implement novel solutions and build on systems that are already working without having to reinvent the wheel.
• Explore strategies for assessing and supporting students in a broader campus context – consider service models and their pros and cons for your campus.

Presenters

Dr. Marcus Hotaling currently serves as the Director for the Eppler-Wolff Counseling Center at Union College. Dr. Marcus Hotaling received his doctorate in counseling psychology in 2001 from the University at Albany and has worked in a variety of higher educational settings since that time. Dr. Hotaling worked at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a psychologist and Outreach Coordinator from 2003-2007, where the school was a recipient of the first Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Grant. 
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Dr. Sharon Mitchell is the Senior Director of Student Wellness and Director of Counseling Services at the University at Buffalo.
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Dr. Will Meek is a counseling psychologist, and Global Director of Mental Health & Wellness at Minerva University.
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