Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis?
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need to speak to someone immediately, please call the on-call counselor at (802) 865-5745 or Campus Public Safety at (802) 865-6465. Counselors are available for same-day and walk-in appointments during regular business hours.
Get in touch with an on-call counselorAvailable Services
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Individual Counseling
A counselor will meet with you one-on-one for 30 or 50 minutes to explore personal issues of concern or importance. Students come to the Counseling Center for a wide variety of reasons. These might include relationship problems, academic anxieties, exploring gender or sexuality, feeling unusually sad, irritability, sleep problems, eating problems, difficulty paying attention, feeling lonely, suicidal thoughts, worrying too much, and adjusting to college life.
We recognize that offering tele-health appointments can be beneficial to many and reduces barriers to accessing care. As such, once you’ve completed your in-person intake appointment and have been assigned a counselor, you and your counselor can discuss whether switching to tele-health counseling is well-suited for your care. Reasons may include accessibility concerns, if you are ill and need to stay home, or if you cannot commute to your appointment. We hope to work collaboratively to find the best form of care for you.
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Group Counseling
Typically, two counselors will work together to facilitate a discussion with a small group of students who have expressed a common issue. Groups might be centered around family stress, disordered eating and body image, concerns related to gender, or anxiety and depression. Group members share experiences, learn different perspectives and provide each other with support. Groups typically meet once a week for 6 to 8 weeks and sessions may run between 1 to 2 hours.
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Consultation
We offer formal and informal collaborations with faculty, staff, students, parents, and family members who seek advice and information on issues of concern to them. A consultation affords these individuals the opportunity to develop strategies on how best to help or guide students who may be experiencing distress or mental health challenges. Consultation with a counseling center staff member may involve an in-person meeting or a phone conversation.
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Outreach and Education
We offer a wide variety of services such as facilitating workshops, conducting screening days, crisis event responses/debriefing, liaison relationships with departments and organizations on campus, attending or being present at campus events to reduce stigma and support other departments, interviews, tabling, social media, psychoeducational materials (printed and web-based), and community campaigns.
Presentations and workshops are offered to Champlain students in a variety of settings. We accept requests submitted by students, faculty, and staff.
Please fill out our Outreach Request Form to request a program, interview, or assistance with a school project. We must have a minimum of three weeks advance notice to consider your request. We will be in touch within one week after receiving the request form. If you have any questions, please contact us.
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Medication Management
The Counseling Center partners with the Student Health Center for psychiatric medication management. However, psychiatry services on campus and in the surrounding community are extremely limited and we do not have the capacity to manage all students’ medications. We suggest you schedule follow-up appointments with your home healthcare provider well in advance to correspond with school breaks and other visits home. If your home healthcare provider would like to be in touch with the Student Health Center directly to provide additional support, we are happy to do so, provided we have a signed release on file.
Let’s Tele-Talk
“Let’s Tele-Talk” is an individual 20 minute consultation with a counselor to problem solve, de-stress, or learn about Counseling Center services. It is offered twice a week via Zoom.
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Let’s Talk Disclaimer
Let’s Talk is a drop-in service designed to provide registered, traditional undergraduate students with easy access to informal and confidential conversations with counselors from the Counseling Center at Champlain College. Let’s Talk provides the opportunity for counselors to help students who have a specific problem, have a concern about a friend and or would like more information about counseling. Let’s Talk does not constitute mental health treatment. Let’s Talk counselors can help students determine whether formal counseling through the Counseling Center would be useful, and if appropriate, refer students to community resources. Conversation with Let’s Talk counselors are confidential, with a few rare exceptions. These include circumstances in which we believe that you may pose a physical threat to yourself or another person, if we become aware that a minor or vulnerable adult is being abused or neglected or in the event of a judge or court order. Outside of these rare exceptions, your Counseling Center records cannot be shared with anyone, including college staff or faculty, without your written permission. Let’s Talk counselors keep brief written notes of their contact with students. These notes are accessible only by Counseling Center clinicians. We also use our electronic health record to track general utilization and trends in our site locations. There is no interface between our record system and any college system.
The Counseling Center at Champlain College would like to extend a huge thank you to Cornell University for the name, “Let’s Talk,” and the idea for the program, modeled with their permission.
Counseling Center
Location
Skiff Hall, Room 100
163 South Willard Street
Burlington, VT 05402
163 South Willard Street
Burlington, VT 05402
Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Contact Us
Additional Resources
Campus Public Safety
The safety of our community is top priority. Campus Public Safety (CPS) is available 24/7 and can be reached at (802) 865-6465.
Student Health Center
The Student Health Center is available to all degree-seeking students taking classes on campus. Get in contact with a health provider today!
Wellbeing
Champlain is committed to providing the highest quality of wellbeing support to all students, from counseling and health services to fitness activities, academic support, and social engagement.