Counseling Services
Many times students are able to meet life’s challenges and deal with them on their own. Other times students are faced with issues that requires help from others.
Concerns addressed in counseling include depression and anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, academic problems, LGBTQIA support, self-worth, discrimination, eating issues and stress management. For students who are considering whether they should seek counseling, free and anonymous online screening is available for anxiety disorders, depression, alcohol abuse and eating disorders.
Short-term individual and group counseling is free for current OSU-Cascades students and is provided by licensed professionals. OSU Ecampus students are eligible if they pay the student fees for the term they are seeking services.
Please email student.counseling@osucascades.edu to make an appointment.
Counseling Service Location
Student Success Center, Suite 105
Counseling Service Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
* OSU-Cascades counselors are not able to provide documentation in support of an Emotional Support Animal (ESA). If you are looking for an ESA letter, contact your Primary Care Provider.
Anytime Anywhere: Telus Health App
Anytime Anywhere: Telus Health is an app that gives all OSU students, including Ecampus students, immediate access by text or phone with a licensed mental health counselor, 24/7. The app makes it easy to schedule short-term counseling appointments with the same ongoing counselor and provides educational materials covering mental health topics. Students can communicate with a counselor in five different languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Spanish or English); additional language options are available upon request. Students can download the Anytime Anywhere: Telus Helath App and learn more about the service here.
Confidentiality Statement
Counseling is confidential. In accordance with state and federal law as well as professional and ethical guidelines for mental health providers, we maintain confidential records of all contacts with clients. This means that no identifying information - written or otherwise - about your contact with student wellness counselors will be disclosed to anyone outside student wellness counselors without your written authorization. This includes academic departments, the registrar's office, student health services, and other campus entities; no one gets to know what you talk about (or even that you are coming here) unless you want them to know. There are some legal exceptions to this confidentiality; they are rare but important.
Counselors may need to disclose certain information in four general situations:
- When you state intent to harm yourself or someone else
- When you report current abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult or child
- As a result of a court order
- When mental illness is used as a defense in a criminal or civil action