Welcome to the Rutgers-Newark Counseling Center’s web site pages for Faculty & Staff! Given your frequent interactions with students you are likely to encounter students who are experiencing various degrees of emotional distress. You may observe a student’s behavior or read something in a paper that they have written that evokes concern. Alternatively, a student may seek you out for advice or request an extension and reveal significant personal problems they are experiencing. In many cases, such encounters will be manageable and the student will be able to cope with his/her stressors reasonably well. In other situations however, you may recognize that the student’s concerns are more extensive and may benefit from additional interventions which may include professional counseling. For most of you reading these web pages, professional counseling will be outside of your area of expertise and is not expected of you, nor encouraged. Instead, these web pages are intended to provide you with information to help you facilitate students getting the professional support that they may need. To this end, we have included information about our services, the warning signs of emotional distress and tips on how to approach or respond to a student with these concerns.
We also invite you to call the Counseling Center staff for a consultation if you have additional concerns about a student.
Why It's Important to Know the Signs of Emotional Distress
Guidelines for Faculty & Staff for Helping Distressed Students
Key Pointers for Helping Potentially Suicidal Students
Early Recognition of Possible Alcohol or Other Drug Problems
Guidelines for Faculty and Staff for Helping Students with Possible Alcohol or Other Drug Problems
Key Pointers for Helping with Possible Alcohol or Other Drug Problems
