NSU’s new department, the Center for Student Counseling Services and Well Being, will focus on offering student counseling services through Henderson Behavioral Health. This center was formed by Henderson Behavioral Health and the NSU Student Care Team. The university has contracted Henderson Behavioral Health to run the counseling programs through the new center under a new name and location on the third floor of the Student Affairs Building.
According to Debra Futterman, the director of student counseling services at Henderson Behavioral Health, “Anyone that has any questions about anything [can] call us. Let us talk to you. Let us answer your questions. Counseling services are not just for someone who thinks they have a problem. Counseling services are excellent for self-growth and self-exploration. We love the student who comes to us and says ‘I get 10 free sessions, what can we work on?’ [This is fun because] students look into themselves, find themselves and grow. Counseling services can be used for a multitude of services.”
The center will continue to provide all of the services offered by Henderson Behavioral Health, including individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy and couples therapy. They will also now offer support groups for stress management, coping skills, transitioning from high school to undergraduate studies and from undergrad to graduate school. All of the support groups will be run by doctoral students from the College of Psychology and will consist of four weekly sessions that will rerun after completion.
The NSU Student Care Team pulls from several departments to assist students’ academic success and well-being, helping to connect students with the resources that they need to succeed.
The Student Care Team is “a new multidisciplinary team that has been put together to help students who might be experiencing some type of stressful situation. They can get linked to the care team… to ensure that they get support so that they can stabilize themselves and do their best work,” said Futterman. “We are doing all of this to help the student maximize their best self,”
The team is run by Michelle Manley, the assistant dean of student development, who works with student counseling, disability services, resident life, student life and engagement, Title IX and public safety to assist students.
The Student Care Team is also offering the Shark ResilienSEA Project to help students develop coping mechanisms to process stress and adversity. The Shark ResilienSEA Project works to help students face their stressors instead of trying to eliminate or ignore them.
For more information on either the Student Care Team or The Center for Student Counseling and Well Being, contact 954-262-7482 and 954-424-6911, respectively.
