COUNSELING SERVICES
Donovan Hall C310
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m
WELLNESS CENTER
Tower Hall S213
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Use our Mother’s Room in the Wellness Center at any time. If door is locked, call Safety & Security at 815-740-3200 for access.
For confidential, FREE assistance, call 800-236-3231 or email eap@aah.org. Appointments are available by phone, video or in-person. After-hour appointments available upon request.
To contact the Wellness Center, call 815-740-3864 or听visit the office, where a registered nurse provides basic medical services for students and makes referrals to other health care providers/agencies when necessary.
In P站色情片’s Wellness Center, a registered nurse provides basic medical services for students and makes referrals to other health care providers/agencies when necessary. Visit the center in Tower Hall to see the nurse.听When the Wellness Center is closed, you can go to a local quick care facility:
We make it easy to submit your medical health records! You can either use your phone鈥檚 camera scanner application or your own scanner. Here are the steps to submit your records:
Please allow two business days for a copy of your health records. In compliance with privacy regulations, health records can only be given to students. Contact Phyllis Peterson at ppeterson@stfrancis.edu or 815-740-3864 regarding Health Records.
The 2024-25 insurance cost will be $2,529 for non-athletes and $2,929 for athletes.听Half of the premium is paid in the fall, and the other half is paid in the spring.听If you utilize this insurance for the fall semester you cannot drop insurance for the spring semester unless you are graduating at that time.听You may choose to maintain health insurance independently or purchase the university health insurance plan.听
Click here for FAQs about P站色情片’s Student Health Insurance Plan and everything you need to know!
The University of St. Francis encourages the establishment of lifestyle behaviors that promote healthy living patterns consistent with our Franciscan values of respect, service, integrity and compassion.听College students experience major transitional challenges in their lives upon enrolling into university. These issues may include, but are not limited to:听adjustment to college life, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, difficulty in family and social relationships, life challenges and transitions, stress/time management, eating disorders, grief and loss, and more.
Counseling services are provided free of charge to currently enrolled P站色情片 students. These services may be provided in person or via telehealth, as well as in an individual or group format depending on need and/or preference.
Counseling Center staff members are also available to provide consultation services, psycho-educational classroom presentations, and crisis management training workshops upon request throughout the academic year.听All services offered by P站色情片 Mental Health Counselors are confidential, and release of confidential information may only be made with the written consent of the student.
The following information is provided to help you gain a better understanding of what to expect and what not to expect when you decide to make the courageous decision to give counseling a try.听
It only works if you want to be here!听 At times, students referred to our office feel as if they have been forced to come to counseling by parents or other concerned parties and are 鈥渦nwilling participants.鈥 Although we believe counseling can help anyone, you cannot grow or heal if you do not come in on your own accord. If you feel coerced into attending counseling, express your discomfort to your counselor and we can talk about it鈥攑lease do not hold in your reluctance!
Counseling will not fix you.听 YOU will fix you.听Our job is to help you help yourself.听The goal of counseling is to empower you with ways to deal with life issues, learn about triggers, unhelpful patterns, and build resiliency, so you can thrive rather than survive鈥攁nd become your best you.
It鈥檚 not always rainbows and sunshine.听 It鈥檚 likely you will feel much better after meeting with a counselor, but the journey requires you to be brave and fearless. Depending on what brought you in to counseling, it may be important to recall memories and experiences or change a behavioral style which can be trying, upsetting, even overwhelming. Being in counseling helps you feel better, but it鈥檚 beneficial to know that the journey can sometimes be bumpy. If you stick with and embrace the process, it鈥檚 likely you will be amazed with the end results!
Unrealistic expectations are unrealistic!听 Change does not happen overnight. Nor does the development of insight or replacing old behaviors with new ones. It takes time and collaboration with your counselor to develop and work towards practical and realistic goals that are specific to your needs. As time progresses, you can review these targeted goals and redefine them if necessary.
It is (and is not) like talking to a friend.听听Like a friend or family member, a counselor is a friendly, caring, interested person to talk to when you are experiencing life鈥檚 difficulties. Unlike a friend or family member, your counselor has been extensively trained to listen not only with the intent to understand and provide empathic support, but also with the goal to identify, explore, and clarify the experiences that negatively affect your wellbeing. Active listening and follow up questions assist your counselor in applying appropriate theory and techniques specific to your needs and goals. In addition, your counselor鈥檚 clinical objectivity, allows you to receive a balanced, unbiased frame of reference鈥 something听that often is blurred in other relationships.
Being comfortable with your counselor is REALLY important.听 It takes time to get to know and trust your counselor, but sometimes personality differences, lack of connection, or other factors may be an indication of a 鈥渕ismatch.鈥 If this happens, it may be difficult for you to feel comfortable talking about personal issues and to feel safe letting go of fears or trying out new behaviors. If you don鈥檛 feel comfortable, it鈥檚 perfectly fine to request a different counselor. You will NOT be hurting your counselor鈥檚 feelings鈥攚e want the best for you and realize we cannot be everyone鈥檚 “cup of java.鈥 We have a variety of counselors with unique styles available to meet with you and assist you in your positive growth and development.
At times during the academic year individuals may need emergency services. These resources will help in times of need. Remember for immediate emergency care, dial 9-1-1. Both Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet and Silver Cross Hospital are accredited trauma centers and the closest 24-hour emergency service.
The University of St. Francis has specific policies regard returning to campus following a hospitalization. This is for the safety of the individual and the campus. Returning to campus following a mental health or medical evaluation or hospitalization off-campus is contingent upon the mental health/medical condition being sufficiently resolved or managed successfully.听
While off-campus, students are expected to seek necessary or appropriate medical attention and to document the steps taken and progress made toward resolving or managing the mental health/medical condition. Students returning to campus will be required to provide written documentation that verifies they are ready to return to a rigorous academic environment and describe treatment and/or discharge plans signed by the medical clinician who provided services to the student. Decisions about returning to campus are made by the Dean of Students.听
At any time, the Dean of Students may contact parents/family of the student and any appropriate university officials about the student鈥檚 status. If a student withdraws or takes a leave of absence from the University of St. Francis, the student must comply with these requirements before resuming enrollment.