IUPUC opens new counseling center for telehealth services

IUPUC announced today that it has opened the Tom & Barbara Schoellkopf Community Counseling Center to provide telehealth services to the Columbus campus, and the south-central Indiana community at large. Originally scheduled to open in April with in-person services, the new mental health training clinic and counseling center was forced to postpone its opening due the COVID-19 outbreak.

“The purpose of a training clinic like the Schoellkopf Center is to provide high quality services to the community while training the next generation of mental health professionals,” said the center’s director, Dr. Diedra Hayman, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology and Mental Health Counseling at IUPUC.

The Schoellkopf center has been two years in the making, beginning on IU Day in 2018 with a crowdfunding campaign that was advanced with donations from several community members including Tom and Barbara Schoellkopf, for whom the center is named. The center is designed to provide additional training for graduate students in IUPUC’s master’s degree program in Mental Health Counseling, as well as mental health counseling services to the campus and community.

As a training clinic, all potential clients are carefully screened to ensure that appropriate care can be provided, and if not, they are referred to more appropriate providers. In addition, all services are recorded and observed by licensed clinicians, practicum students, and student interns for training purposes.

Typically, the center can help with mental health issues such as anxiety & depression, relationship concerns, grief issues, difficulties adjusting to life changes, parenting challenges, and career and educational decision making. These services may be provided in individual, couple, family, or group formats.

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