Counseling Services

College can be a demanding and stressful experience. Balancing academics, 体育运动, 工作, 家庭, and a 社会 life is challenging and often requires the development of new ways of relating, 思考, 和行为方式. Sometimes adjusting to these changes requires additional support. Counseling can assist you in learning and applying new skills to use in everyday life. Counselors are available at Counseling Services to help you with your concerns or refer you to someone who can provide you with additional assistance. We offer bilingual (Spanish) counseling services as well as being LGBTQIAS2+ affirming.

Appointments are available Mon-Fri from 8am to 4pm. Typically appointments will take up to an hour but can vary in length. Please arrive on time for your scheduled appointment and prepare by 思考 about what you would like to discuss, what your goals are for the session, and by participating.

To schedule an Initial Intake Assessment please use the drop down menu below.  If you are unable to find a day/time that 工作s for you please call us at 267-341-3222 或电子邮件 counselingcenter@holy家庭.edu.  

Each semester students seeking services complete an initial intake assessment session.  This session focuses on understanding the student's mental health concerns and making recommendations about what support/treatment could be helpful.

Schedule a Counseling Service

Please click the link below of the person you would like to schedule with:

Josue Martinez LPC

Sr. Faustina, CSFN (Nicole Ferko, MA)

Diomarys Nunez, LPC, PMH-C 

安妮·斯宾塞，LPC

If you are having difficulty scheduling contact us at:

counselingcenter@holy家庭.edu    
267-341-3222.

Leave your name, student ID #, and the best number to contact you back.

What to expect after booking the Initial Intake Assessment

You will receive notice confirming your booking and be sent forms to complete. These forms are required and assist us in preparing for your appointment. Your first appointment is an Initial Intake Assessment Session with a licensed psychologist or mental health counselor who will listen to your concerns and determine the best plan of action with you. This session typically takes 45 min but could take up to 2 sessions to determine the type and level of support that is best suited for you.

During this session, the Counselor will discuss treatment recommendations and answer any questions you have. The process is collaborative and based on the information you provide to the Counselor.

Take a Check-Up from the Neck-Up

Mental health is key to your overall well-being. It is helpful to check up on your mental health periodically.

Taking a screening will help you determine if you or someone you care about should connect with a mental health professional. Screenings are 免费的, anonymous, and confidential! Take a checkup from your neck up with ULifeline's online evaluation tool.

Counseling Services 任务

Counseling Services mission is to promote and support mental health and emotional wellness and enhance students’ psychological, 社会, and emotional development. This happens through awareness and prevention education and skill development that allows students to better self-reflect, 解决问题, cope with difficult emotions, and establish healthy relationships and interactions with themselves and others. 

服务范围

Counseling Services at Holy Family University provides 免费的 and confidential services to currently enrolled, full-time students as well as part-time students at the discretion of the center’s director. We provide services that are central to the overall mission of the university. These services are short-term in nature and aimed at helping students be successful academically and develop to their fullest potential as people.

Services focus on developing students’ mental health and emotional wellness through education and coping skills enhancement through better understanding their thoughts, 感情, 经历, and relationships and making healthy changes that will impact their life in a positive way.

We strive to offer these services in an atmosphere that is welcoming and comfortable for all students, regardless of race, 性, 性别认同, ethnic background, 年龄, 性ual orientation, 公民身份, 或能力. Decisions about the services that each student is eligible for and receives, are made jointly by the student and their Counselor and based solely on treatment needs.

All services provided by the center are 免费的 and confidential.

If a student is currently in treatment with a mental health provider, they should not consider transferring their treatment to a Counselor at our center without first calling and setting up a consultation between their current treatment provider and one of Counselors. Counseling Services may not have comparable services to the ones they are currently receiving or match the level of on-going care that is needed. 

Services for 教师 and 工作人员

The Counseling Center provides consultation to faculty and 工作人员 who want to discuss student mental health issues and referral assistance. The center also provides training to faculty and 工作人员 related to caring for and referring students in distress. Additionally, the center provides programming related to mental health and wellness topics. Please complete the Request for Training and Presentation Form to further discuss a potential collaboration.

The center does not however provide counseling services to Holy Family University faculty, 工作人员, or administrators. Legal and ethical guidelines prohibit "dual relationships" and thus it would be inappropriate for Counseling Center 工作人员 to provide professional services to colleagues.

Counseling Center 工作人员 are willing to provide referral resources of broader scope to individuals upon request. 然而, Holy Family University provides a confidential employee assistance program for full-time and part-time eligible employees with life coaching and counseling including but not limited to mental health and well-being assistance that includes drug and alcohol counseling. For more information, employees can refer to the Holy Family Benefits Portal, or contact human resources for guidance.

除了, enrolled benefit eligible employees can take advant年龄 of the confidential mental health benefits available through the health insurance provided by PAISBOA 健康 Benefit Trust, and administered by Independence Blue Cross, by contacting 1-800-688-1911. Additionally, the Campus Minister is available as a resource and may be contacted at 267-341-3261.

Other external resources include

Employees can call “First Call for Help” which is United Way’s 免费的 confidential referral service for 3,000 local health and human services 年龄ncies. Representatives are available for phone consultations Monday-Friday, 8:30AM- 5:00PM. Also a mess年龄 service is available evenings, 假期, and weekends: Contact 211 via phone, or text your zip code to 898-211 for assistance.

Substance Abuse and Mental 卫生服务 Association (SAMHSA) National Helpline is available at 1-800-662- HELP (4357), (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service) or TTY: 1-800- 487-4889 is a confidential, 免费的, 24小时运转, 365天的每年, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and 家庭 members facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, 支持团体, and community-based organizations. Callers can also order 免费的 publications and other information.