An MTSU professor is encouraging students, faculty
and staff to “stick together” by acknowledging the importance of mental health
on quality of life and academic success.
In observance of national Mental Health Awareness Month in May, MTSU psychology professor Ellen Slicker partnered with Insight Counseling Centers earlier this
week to highlight the benefit of students in need seeking appropriate counseling
to “restore lives to wholeness.”
A “mood board” was displayed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday
in the Student Union atrium, where Insight staff set up an information booth
with brochures and a “mood board.” The board held more than 20 different multicolored
stickers with words such as “confident” or “sad” in white lettering.
Public Relations major Brandon
Richmond chose the bright yellow sticker of “joy” when he approached the board
and admitted that counseling has helped him throughout his college career.
"The college experience is a journey. I think having somebody
to keep you level-headed, mindful and awake is what counseling is," he
said.
Richmond said he has experienced counseling both on and off campus
and believes it helps you refocus.
A licensed psychologist and Insight advisory board member, Slicker
brought in Insight Counseling to spread the word about off-campus services available
in Middle Tennessee. She hopes the annual awareness event will increase the
number of students and faculty who receive professional assistance, whether on
campus or off.
“It's extremely important, and you have a wonderful counseling
center here on campus,” she said. “I'm connected with the professional
counseling services here on campus, and we also have a counseling center over
at the MTSU Miller Education Center.
Counseling is free over there.”
MTSU's main counseling center is located at the Keathley University Center, Room 326-S. For more information on MTSU’s
counseling services, call 615-898-2670 or visit http://www.mtsu.edu/countest/.
— Jayla Jackson (news@mtsu.edu)
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