The Counseling Center offers a wide variety of services to students. In addition to individual therapy sessions, they offer group therapy, specialized assessments (disordered eating, alcohol and other drug concerns), trauma response, skill-building programs, and outreach and prevention services.  

• Pre-scheduled and same-day individual counseling appointments are available.
• Triage counselors are available to talk with students in emergency situations.
• Telus Health Student Support (available through the Counseling Center’s website) provides services to registered students residing outside Illinois or abroad. Multilingual services are available.
• Outreach and prevention services include skill-building programs, consultation teams, student facilitated outreach, and the monthly “In the Know” newsletter.
• Counseling Center Paraprofessionals (CCPs) are current undergraduate students who offer outreach training and programs to other students on a variety of topics such as interpersonal relationships, mental and physical wellness, and academic success.
• CCPs also work with Counseling Center staff to provide outreach programs regarding alcohol and other drug use, eating disorders, integrative health and wellbeing, suicide prevention, and trauma response.
• The Counseling Center employs 34 full-time therapists, two contract staff, four doctoral interns, five practicum counselors, one MSW intern, two professional staff, and one therapy dog, all of whom provide clinical services to students. 

McKinley Health Center provides mental health services through individual therapy sessions at its Mental Health Clinic, health education, and wellness peers programming.

• Mental Health Clinic services include evaluation and consultation, short-term individual psychotherapy, medication management, and emergency triage.
• The Health Education unit provides information regarding stress management, nutrition, general wellness, multicultural health, and sexual health.
• Outreach and programming efforts include tabling events, workshops, educational handouts, guest lectures, and campus-wide events such as the McKinley Student Health Fair.
• The Wellness Peers program offers student-to-student support in the areas of nutrition, sexual health, special populations, and stress management. Peer educators work to influence wellness priorities, advocate for other students’ needs, plan and implement wellness events and outreach, and impact how students care for themselves.
• Stress Management Peers provide education and awareness to students on stress-related topics and concerns. They connect with students through workshops, campus-wide programming, and other organized events.
• McKinley's staff of mental health professionals includes a clinical psychologist, three licensed clinical social workers, a nurse practitioner, and a registered nurse.

• Online screening tools such as WellTrack Boost and Mindwise Mental Health Screening to raise awareness and establish a mechanism to link or refer students to mental health services.
• Suicide awareness and prevention training for all first-year undergraduate, graduate, and transfer students.
• Togetherall, an anonymous peer-to-peer mental health support community which is available online, 24/7/365, and monitored by licensed and registered mental health practitioners.
• Telus Health Student Support, an online therapy platform available to students 24/7/365 that provides services to students residing outside the state of Illinois. Multilingual services are available.
• Additional triage counselors to provide support for embedded services and student mental health emergencies.

• Mental Health First Aid certification training for faculty, staff, and student employees who interact with students frequently as part of their campus role.
• Enhanced mental health and wellness content within First-Year Experience (FYE) courses in the Grainger College of Engineering and the College of Media in fall 2023. The College of Fine and Applied Arts and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences will pilot the course content in their FYE courses in fall 2024.
• The Mental Health Ambassador program provides advocacy training for Illinois faculty, staff, and graduate assistants to build their knowledge, confidence, and skills about topics related to student mental health.

• Creation of the wellness.illinois.edu website dedicated to the promotion of core on-campus mental health resources, 24-hour resources, and after-hours support.
• An ongoing mental health campaign consisting of bus ads, social media, radio ads, and digital signs across campus promoting wellness.illinois.edu to direct students to a portal of mental health information. Additionally, elevator wraps at University Housing were installed to provide mental health resource information.
• Distribution of quarterly wellness newsletters to all students incorporating CampusWell articles and streaming wellness videos.
• Distribution of customized business cards and promotional items to over 21,500 students during on-campus events.
• Identified a panel of mental health experts to develop and implement policies and procedures to advise campus on the proper measures for identifying and addressing the mental health needs of students, to promote understanding of the rules and protections of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and to provide training if appropriate.

2020 MHEAC Annual Report

2023 MHEAC Annual Report