Counseling Center

The Student Counseling Center offers a variety of therapeutic and academic counseling services all free of charge to Drexel University students. An exception is formal psychoeducational and neuropsychological testing, for which there is a fee. Center staff provide professional, confidential assistance in a supportive atmosphere.

Eligibility

The Center City Hahnemann campus SCC serves students whose academic programs are based on the center city campus, i.e., students who attend the College of Nursing and Health Professions, the School of Public Health, and the School of Medicine.  If you are a student from a main campus program, please access the website of the Student Counseling Center on the University City campus for information on receiving services.

Individual counseling is available to help with a wide range of personal issues, including relationship difficulties, family problems, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, adjustment to university life, and other stress-producing life events. Both short-term and longer-term treatment are available, depending on the needs and goals of the student.

The Center offers brief psychoeducational and longer-term, open-ended group therapy programs under the guidance of professional counselors. The groups provide students with an opportunity to talk with other students who share similar concerns.

Groups are organized around general topics, such as women's issues and men's issues, and around more specific topics, such as working with chronically ill or dying patients, coming out, single parenthood, and substance abuse.

Throughout the year, the Center sponsors workshops on a variety of topics, including study skills, assertiveness training, stress management, sexual health, and issues related to substance abuse. Workshops are offered at various times and at different locations on campus. Click here for the Winter and Spring 2008 workshop schedule.

The Center also provides academic skills testing and counseling. Counselors are available to provide help with designing individualized time-management systems, improving study skills and test-taking strategies, and reducing test anxiety. Counselors also provide psychological assessments of students who may be experiencing specific academic or cognitive difficulties.

To make an appointment, simply call the SCC directly at 215-762-7625, email us or request an appointment on line. Appointments are generally scheduled between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, although evening appointments can be arranged. Every effort is made to accommodate the student's schedule.

For additional information, please call our confidential message line at 215-762-7625 or email..

Online Screening

An anonymous and free online screening for depression, alcohol use and/or eating disorders is available to all Drexel students. The screening takes only a few minutes and may indicate whether or not professional consultation would be helpful to you.

Staff:

Pamela Geller, Ph.D., Director
3rd floor, Bellet Building
215-762-7625
pg27@drexel.edu

Evan Forman, Ph.D., Associate Director
3rd floor, Bellet Building
215-762-7625
evan.forman@drexel.edu

Florine Jones, Secretary
3rd floor, Bellet Building
215-762-7625
florine.jones@drexel.edu

Therapists:

• Faith Dyson-Washington

• Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton

• Kimberly Millhimes

• Maiko Sakamoto

• Nicole Sestito

• Jennifer Tinker

• Tatiana Vasilevskaia

• Laura Windham

• Erica Yuen

• Heather Zelle

Anyone having a claim or dispute arising out of or relating to the quality of the health or medical care received at a student health clinic or counseling center, or from an athletic trainer or doctor, must attempt to resolve it first through the Drexel Healthcare Mediation Program before filing a claim with a court.