The Counseling Center supports student mental health and well-being through evidence-based counseling services tailored to meet the individual student’s needs that promote resilience, personal growth, and academic success. Treatment is typically, short-term and focused on helping students identify strengths, overcome barriers, and develop effective strategies for managing current concerns.
Our roles for advancing the educational mission of SUNY Brockport:
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Promoting Well-Being and Resilience
- We promote student well-being and resilience by providing accessible mental health services, prevention programs, and crisis support, fostering resilience, self-awareness, and well-being that empower students to grow, adapt, and thrive throughout their educational journey.
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Advancing Inclusion, Belonging, and Engagement
- We promote a sense of belonging and engagement through accessible mental health services, prevention initiatives, and crisis support. Additionally, we work collaboratively with various campus departments to ensure equitable access to mental health resources, thereby fostering an inclusive environment where all students have the opportunity to succeed.
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Facilitating Growth, Transformation, and Community Impact
- We facilitate personal transformation and community well-being by empowering students to develop the skills, confidence, and emotional health needed to lead meaningful lives and contribute positively to the communities they serve.
Our most common clinical services include:
- Emergent care and consultation for any student in crisis
- Counseling (individual and group) for issues including:
- Depression and anxiety
- Adjustment to college life, homesickness o Interpersonal/relationship difficulties, loneliness
- Family conflict
- Grief and loss
- Identity development and issues related to diversity
- Academic Performance and motivation, better understanding of learning style
- Personal growth and development, identification of coping style
- Brief case management (providing referrals to other agencies and assisting with accessing resources in the community)
- Psychiatric evaluation and medication management for students actively engaged in counseling at the Counseling Center.
NOTE: services are available only to currently enrolled students. We do not serve incoming first year students prior to Orientation, seniors who have graduated, alumnae/i, clinical services to staff or faculty.
Services we do not provide:
- 12-month ongoing and/or weekly psychotherapy
- Specialized trauma treatment requiring intensive intervention
- Eating disorder treatment requiring multidisciplinary care
- Specialized treatment for substance use/addiction
- Psychological testing and evaluations (i.e., testing for ADHD or learning disabilities)
- Court-ordered mandated treatment
- Forensic evaluations including documentation re: obtaining a pistol permit
- Documentation for legal proceedings
- Higher levels of care (Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), and inpatient treatment)
- Assessment and documentation for service or emotional support animals
Although we do not provide these services, we will work with students to help them access these resources off-campus.