Making an Initial Appointment

Common concerns students bring to an ICON include, but are not limited to:

• I am having relationship(s) problems or recently experienced a break-up.
• I am having panic attacks.
• I am experiencing anxiety and/or stress.
• I feel depressed and/or have low/mood energy.
• I am concerned about my alcohol and/or drug use.
• I am having difficulty adjusting to a recent change.
• I am unsure about something significant in my future.

Please note that you will be rescheduled if you arrive more than 10 minutes late for your scheduled check-in time due to the heavy demand for this service.

If you are NOT interested in starting therapy or in on-going therapy at the Counseling Center but want assistance for the following reasons please indicate the reason for the appointment when you call:

• I have a specific concern or question that can be resolved in a single appointment.
• I need to make a major decision in the next 2-3 days.
• I am concerned about someone else (a friend, roommate, etc.).
• I am seeking a referral for counseling elsewhere or medication.

I am currently concerned about my ability to keep myself safe.

• I have a current plan to attempt suicide.
• I have taken recent steps to end my life.
• I may physically hurt someone else.
• I have a strong desire to harm someone else.

Emergency consultations are same-day appointments.  When you call the Counseling Center you will be invited to come into the center as soon as possible.  Upon arrival, you will provide basic information.  A clinician will meet with you as soon as they are available.  Our waiting room provides a comfortable place to sit until a clinician is available.

• Someone close has recently received a serious diagnosis or died.
• I have recently been physically or sexually assaulted.
• I am hearing voices or seeing things other people do not.
• I have recently been discharged from a psychiatric hospital.