What We Do

UNK Counseling is a mental health clinic, providing a full range of short-term professional mental health services. Services offered include personal counseling, group counseling, substance use counseling, crisis intervention, outreach programming, and consultation. Our team is committed to helping UNK students achieve optimal mental well-being. All services at UNK Counseling are by appointment.

For information related to mental health counseling services during the pandemic, please watch this short video with Kiphany Hof, LIMHP, Associate Director of UNK Counseling. Services will continue to be provided during the summer semester using a telehealth platform.
UNK Faculty and Staff, please visit unk.edu/employee-coping-with-covid for resources on how to support students and strategies to effectively cope with COVID.
View our Coping with COVID-19: Mental health resources and coping skills for faculty and staff video for additional resources.

UNK Counseling provides brief, short-term, solution focused counseling. Students have access to three (3) counseling sessions per semester at no cost, in addition to the initial consultation. Students who would like or are in need of additional sessions beyond the three covered under the student fee are charged $10 per session.

The counseling session fee is covered at 100% if you are currently enrolled in the student insurance coverage plan.

For students who are not currently enrolled at UNK or for students who do not wish to pay the Student Health and Counseling fee, you may contact your local mental health community agency. For Kearney and Hastings, please contact South Central Behavioral Services. To locate a mental health provider in your community, please visit DHHS Network of Care.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, has released a new video series aimed at helping college bound students and their families talk about mental health. The videos are part of the “Starting the Conversation: College and Your Mental Health” guide, released by NAMI and the Jed Foundation last year. Approximately 75% of mental health conditions begin by age 24, making college a critical time to focus on mental health, especially as students transition away from their support systems. Depression and anxiety are common complaints amongst college students. UNK Counseling specializes in treating symptoms of anxiety and depression that often arise during the college years.

Anxious, worried? Are your sleeping, eating and habits healthy or do you need to evaluate whether your feelings and behaviors are troubling? Feel free to take a FREE Mental Health Screening – this link connects you with a short, anonymous screening to determine whether or not a professional consultation with our staff would be helpful to you.

View the Mental Health Guide for College Students to help identify the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues for college students.

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