CSU Health Network uses an integrative team approach to look at physical, emotional, psychosocial and lifestyle factors that contribute to overall health and wellness, in order to provide the most comprehensive care to students.
Our Wellness & Behavioral Health Consultation program embeds mental health clinicians within the CSU Health Network medical teams, following a model of integrated health care which allows immediate access to wellness, behavioral health and mental health consultation and support for both patients and medical providers. The Wellness Consultants (BHCs) function as members of the medical care team and collaborate with medical staff in their daily provision of health care to CSU students. This integrative, “no wrong door” approach means that students have access to the support they need within the context of their medical care team, as an alternative to (or alongside) support from Counseling Services.
Wellness and behavioral health consultation is NOT therapy! Wellness Consultants (BHCs) are psychologists, social workers, and counselors who function as members of the student’s integrated health care team. These consultants talk with students to explore their concerns; provide brief, in-the-moment support; and work collaboratively with the student and their medical provider to come up with strategies to address the identified concerns.
Some of the concerns that students can address in collaboration with Wellness Consultants / BHCs include:
- Stress
- Sleep difficulties
- Changes in activity/energy levels
- Mood-related concerns, depression, anxiety
- Grief, loss, transitions, adjustment difficulties
- Sexual concerns
- Chronic pain
- Managing chronic health conditions
- Medication and medical treatment adherence
- Mild eating concerns
- Unhealthy lifestyles and habits, establishing new routines
- Concerns about substance use
- Communication, assertion, and conflict resolution skills
- Social, relational, emotional concerns impacting health & wellbeing (i.e. isolation, limited supports)
- Aspects of identity, marginalization, resource scarcity or social justice that impact health & wellbeing
- Stigma or hesitation re: engaging with counseling or other mental health supports
- Self-care and self-management goals
Wellness and Behavioral Health Consultation Team
Pronouns:
She/Her/Hers
Education/Training:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Master of Social Work, Boston College, Boston, MA
- MA in Pastoral Ministry, Boston College, Boston, MA
Professional Interests:
- Integrated behavioral health and wellness
- Whole-person health and healing
- Narrative therapy/feminist therapies
- Trauma-informed yoga
- Meditation and mindfulness
- Reiki energy healing
- LGBTQIA+/ gender and relational identity
- Collaborative and strengths-based approaches
Education/Training:
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health and School Counseling, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
Professional Interests:
- LGBTQ+
- Relationships
- Gender and Sexual Orientation
- Trauma Informed Care
- Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Education/Training:
- M.A. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Professional Interests:
- Trauma
- Relationship Issues
- Identity Exploration
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Education/Training:
- Licensed Psychologist
- Doctor of Philosophy, Counseling Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
- Graduate Certificate, Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Professional Interests:
- Trauma
- Identity Development
- Queer/LGBTQ+ Identities
- Culturally diverse populations
- International students
- Attachment
- Interpersonal issues
- Couples counseling
- Family of origin concerns
- Existential concerns
- Spirituality
Pronouns:They/Them/Theirs
Education/Training:
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Spanish
Professional Interests:
- Trauma/PTSD
- Vicarious/Secondary Trauma
- Attachment
- Relationship/Family of origin/Faith of origin concerns
- Intersectional identity development
- Privilege/Oppression
- Eating concerns
- Embodiment
- Holistic wellness/Resilience
Pronouns:She/Her/Hers
Education/Training:
- Ph.D., Counseling, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Master of Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Professional Interests:
- Alcohol and other drugs
- Anxiety
- LGBTQ+
- Relationship issues
- OCD
- Disordered Eating/Body Image
- Depression
Education/Training:
- B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Professional Interests:
- Anxiety
- OCD
- Mood disorders
- Trauma
- Substance use/abuse
- Identity development
- Relationships and interpersonal concerns
- Mindfulness
- Self-compassion
- Suicide and self-injurious behaviors
- Women's issues
Pronouns: she/her/hers; they/them/theirs
Education/Training:
- Doctoral Candidate, PhD in Counseling Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
- BA, Applied Psychology; Minor in Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Interests:
- Attachment concerns
- Multigenerational family issues
- Queer issues
- Intersectional identity development
- Liberation work
- Military populations
- Feminist theory and practice
- Substance use concerns