Counseling

Counseling Services are staffed with trained clinicians who are compassionate and willing to help explore your concerns and develop ideas for effectively dealing with a situation. We offer in-person and teletherapy sessions. We create individualized plans addressing the needs of each student.

We offer the following types of Counseling Services:

• Short-term individual counseling
• Psychoeducation workshops & drop-ins
• Crisis intervention
• Group counseling
• Alcohol and drug counseling
• Referral services to on-campus supports/resources and off-campus referrals to community partners to address mental health and substance abuse wellness needs.

• Effective counseling that matches your theory of change
• Therapy that is designed to equip you with long-term solutions rather than a quick fix.
• A collaborative approach between you and your counselor to help meet your goals

The Counseling Center adheres to the ethical standards of the National Board of Certified Counselors. No information about a student’s contact with the center is shared without the knowledge and written consent of the student, except in legally approved cases.

All information discussed is confidential and will not be shared unless circumstances where there is reasonable suspicion of abuse of children or elderly persons; where the client is likely to harm himself or herself; where a client presents a danger of harm to another person; or a subpoena through court.

The Counseling Services department do not discriminate against clients on the basis of: race, sex, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, and place of origin. All members of the Forsyth Tech Community share a responsibility for creating, maintaining, and developing a learning environment in which difference is valued, equity is sought, and inclusiveness is practiced.

Counseling Services is located in Counseling Services in RLS 2459.

Hours are Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM.

We accept face-to-face, teletherapy, phone and walk-in appointments.

Our office contact is 36.757.3629.

If you are experiencing a crisis and are on campus please call Campus Police @ 7911. An emergency or crisis situation may be: feeling suicidal or thoughts to plan or harm yourself, thoughts or plans to harm someone else, and having been sexually or physically assaulted.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline
988

Local Mental Health Crisis Hotline
1-800-235-4673

National Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline
1-800-656-4673

Local Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline
336-722-4457

Local Domestic Violence Hotline
336-723-8125