Welcome..to the UMass Dartmouth Counseling and Student Development Center Web Page

We provide:

Developmental Counseling
Confidential short-term individual, group and couples counseling are provided to assist students with personal, developmental, and psychological concerns related to their educational progress and personal growth.

We Help People:
• Develop Autonomy
• Develop Competence
• Develop Integrity
• Establish Identity
• Establish Purpose
• Establish Satisfying Relationship
• Manage Emotions
   
Areas of Assistance:
• Academic Motivation
• Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness
• Alcohol and Drug Problems
• Assertiveness
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Career Interest Testing
• Changing Habits or Other Behavior
• Choosing a Major
• Domestic or Courtship Violence
• Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Eating
• Family Problems
• Goal Setting
• Incest/Sexual Abuse
• Relationship Issues
• Relaxation/Stress Management
• Self-esteem
• Sexuality
• Test Anxiety
• Time Management
• Unplanned Pregnancy
• Other Personal Concerns

Workshops

• Faculty can request a workshop for a class.   Our staff will "substitute" for faculty and provide a class on time management, developing
  a megamemory, stress management, team building, communication skills, or test taking skills.   Other workshops are available by request.  
  We will also provide freshmen classes with career interest testing, at the instructor's request.   Faculty can schedule class workshops
  by calling X8650.

• Residence Assistants can arrange for a workshop in the residence  halls.   Workshops on interpreting dreams, deciding if a relationship
  is ready for intimacy, communicating about sex, relaxation training, and planning your career have been popular offerings in the past.  
  Other topics can be arranged by request.
   
• We offer a workshop designed to help students choose a graduate or professional program, navigate through the application process
  and finance their education each semester.   Interested students should call X8650 and ask to be put on the mailing list for this workshop.

• We provide training to RA's and Orientation Leaders each year. 

• Student clubs and organizations can request team building, leadership and/or communication skills training for their members. 

Consultation to Staff and Faculty

• Consultation regarding concerns about or problems with students.
• Consultation and referral for personal, family, or workplace related issues.

• Family concerns
• How to help a friend or roommate 
• Consultation regarding papers or projects related to psychology

On-line Screening Tools
      * Click here to connect to screening for depression, anxiety, alcohol problem, PTSD
           * Click here to visit an on-line College Mental Health Fair -   lots of information and some free stuff

Our Staff  are  licensed psychologists and counselors.    We also have interns from masters and doctoral programs.   A psychiatrist is
available two mornings a week for consultation and to prescribe medication.

D. Christine Frizzell, Ed.D.
Max Zurflueh, Ph.D.
Gordon McLennan, Psy.D.
Deborah Taylor, MA
Laurajane Fitzsimons, M.ED., A.C.D.P.
Rachel Jameson Lively, Psy.D.
Jonathan Schwartz, M.D. 
Christopher Frazer, MEd
 

Our Services: are free and confidential
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mon. thru Fri., during the semester, with extended evening hours till 8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.
           8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the summer.
           Walk-in Hours are 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

 ****  To make an appointment call X8650 (from a campus phone) or 508 999 8650 (from off campus).
 ****  Click here for our map.     We are right above Admissions,between the Auditorium and the Liberal Arts Building.
 ****  Click here for emergency information for after hours emergencies.  
 ****  Click here to make a donation to support the work of the Counseling Center.    Remember to specify that your donation is to go to the UMass Dartmouth Counseling Center account, by scrolling down the dropdown menu.

The University Counseling Center is a department of UMass Dartmouth's Division of Student Affairs.