It’s so important to have services related to mental health and especially a college counseling center available to students because you’re so aware that there are so many things that students might be dealing with.
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At the Broad Lodge Drake University Counseling Center, we offer a plethora of resources.
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We offer clinical services.
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That’s the individual counseling with the one to one sessions.
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We offer a variety of different support groups.
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Right now we’re running five different support groups to meet students needs.
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In addition because of our partnership with Broadlawns, we have a variety of providers, nurse practitioners that we can refer students for.
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So if someone’s coming in with medications and needs support we have an Ave.
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for them to get that support.
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All of our services are unlimited and they are also free of charge which means we are not taking insurance or co-pays and if someone maybe needs a little bit more than six sessions, we are not saying it’s time for you to leave.
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We are able to support students with bi weekly appointments.
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We have urgent appointments from Monday through Thursdays available.
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I often meet and talk with a lot of incoming students.
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It’s honestly students still here that feel as though it’s wrong to seek help.
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We are here to help and support you in a way that you don’t have to do that alone.
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If you would like to learn more about us, you can visit ourwebsite@drake.edu/counselingcenter/or you’re able to visit us in person at 2970 University Ave.