Counseling Services
Counseling Services are an important component of creating a healthy, well campus for students. The
Wellness Center offers individual counseling services to help students succeed in and enjoy their
Dominican University experience! The counseling staff is part of an interdisciplinary team of
licensed health professionals and graduate interns who work together to support optimal health and
well-being.
Counseling Services include:
- Assessment
- Stress management from basic support to intensive intervention
- Supportive and preventive counseling to help students avoid serious mental health problems
- Screening for anxiety and depression, addiction problems and other mental health concerns
- Counseling and psychotherapy to treat students with more serious needs
- Support for establishing healthy relationships and self esteem
- Support groups and workshops
- Referrals to a community-wide network of professional support and mental health services
- Psycho-educational support
- Whole health care: body, mind and spirit
- Medication management with consulting psychiatrists and specialized nurse practitioners
There is no fee for counseling services for Dominican University students. Call before you are
overwhelmed.
Call the Wellness Center at 708-524-6229 to request an appointment or return a call from a
staff member. Emails sent to staff members are responded to within two (2) business days of
receipt.
The counseling staff reminds students and any individual sending emails, that email
communication is not secure, thus confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. Discretion is advised
and recommended when sending sensitive information.
Confidentiality at the Wellness Center: Your privacy is valued.
All Wellness Center health records are confidential and maintained separately from other
university records. They are not a part of permanent student records.
Administrators, professors, residence hall staff, parents, friends and roommates cannot
obtain information about a student or a student's counseling or health record except in the case of
an emergency determined to threaten harm to the student client or others.
Students who choose to verify to others on campus that they have seen
a caregiver at the Wellness Center are encouraged to request a “walkout receipt”.
Students who request Wellness Center staff to speak with anyone regarding their care are required
to provide a written release of information that includes a witness signature.
To provide students with the highest quality, comprehensive care, the Wellness Center staff
consults with each other and maintains consultative relationships with external service providers
such as consulting physicians and psychiatrists who are required to maintain the same standard
for confidentiality.
Wellness Center providers often advise others in the university community about managing
relationships with students in general but will never disclose information about a student without
written permission except in an emergency.
To release private health information please fill out the
Release of Health
Information Form
Wellness Room
Located within the Wellness Center is a new Wellness Room. The Wellness Room is a
beautiful, quiet place for comfort and healing, stress relief, private relaxation, meditation,
self-care and alternative wellness support. The Wellness Room features a light therapy box for
students experiencing seasonal affective disorder (winter blues); relaxation music; and a
comfortable, quiet, calm space for solitary healing or reflection.
Call 708-524-6229 to reserve time in the Wellness Room.
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