• Monthly "Counselor's Corner" Newsletter and Mental Health Resources

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  • Mental Health Resources

  • Who are mental health professionals and how can he/she help?

    School counselor –

    Experience:

    • In Texas, an individual must have at least 3 years of experience teaching in the classroom.
    • Completed an accredited graduate program in counseling

    Services provided:

    • Guidance Curriculum - In an effort to help students develop competence in essential life skills
    • Responsive Services - Provide intervention for immediate personal/social/emotional concerns
    • Individual Planning - Provide guidance to help students plan, monitor, and manage their personal, educational and career goals, and facilitate transition activities for post-secondary education and/or training
    • System Support - Support campus staff, parents, and community to promote the educational, career, personal, and social development of students, as well as the Developmental Guidance Program

     

    Therapist (such as Licensed Professional Counselor - Associate, Licensed Professional Counselor - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, and many others) –

    Experience:

    • Completed an accredited graduate program in counseling, including supervised practicum
    • Further supervised 3,000 hours before full licensure (for LPC and LMFT licensures)
    • Master’s degree required, but some may also have a doctorate

    Services provided:

    • For any individual, couple, groups, or family
    • Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly sessions to offer therapeutic techniques, such as parent coaching, healthy coping skills, play therapy, etc. for a wide range of challenges and mental health diagnoses
    • Interpret assessments or diagnosis to help client up come up with treatment plans and psychoeducation

    Source: https://www.counseling.org/aca-community/learn-about-counseling/what-is-counseling

     

    Psychologist

    Experience:

    • Graduate degree in psychology, years of supervised training
    • Required doctoral level degree (in Texas)

    Services provided:

    • Administer and interpret a number of tests and assessments that can help diagnose a condition. 
    • Provide counseling and therapy services to treat a variety of challenges and mental health diagnoses. Some may specialize in different age groups and/or issues (i.e. children, addictions, couples, depression, etc.)
    • Some may be able to prescribe medicine and assist in managing symptoms.

    Source: https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/about-psychologists

     

    Psychiatrist is a medical doctor (an M.D. or D.O.) who specializes in mental health, including substance-use disorders.

    Experience:

    • Medical school, residency, sometimes fellowship years (depending on the individual)

    Services provided:

    • Assess both the mental and physical aspects of psychological problems.
    • Diagnose a disorder and prescribe medicine. 
    • A patient’s problems can range in severity from panic attacks or thoughts of suicide to more ongoing challenges such as feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or anxiousness that never seem to lift or problems functioning, causing everyday life to feel distorted or out of control.

     Source: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/what-is-psychiatry