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Emergency Resources

  • Off-Campus EMERGENCY: 911
  • On Campus EMERGENCY: 608.789.9999 (UWL Police)
  • Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
    (veterans and other service members: press 1)
  • UW Mental Health Support 24/7: Call 608.785.8073 & press 1
    • UWL Mental Health Crisis and Emotional Support for UWL Students

Notice

Counseling services, including Urgent Care, will not be available Thursday, April 24th and Friday the 25th.

The office will be open for the testing center and pre-scheduled proctored tests or for placement test questions. 

For students experiencing a mental health crisis please utilize the 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Support line by calling 608.785.8073 and press 1.

Visit our Urgent Care page for more resources 

Crystal Champion  Profile of Crystal Champion

Specialty areas:

Mood and emotion management, accepting and managing stressful life circumstances, cultural and diversity issues, intersecting identities and identity development.

Bec Johnson  Profile of Bec Johnson

Specialty areas:

Anxiety, depression, intersecting identities and identity development, relationships, substance use and adjustment disorders. 

Kristine Adams  Profile of Kristine Adams

Specialty areas:

Anxiety, stress, life transitions, emotional dysregulation and anger management, grief and loss, international student populations, trauma and interpersonal violence

Instructor for MIEA courses- Intro to Mindfulness

Iam Valdez Espinoza  Profile of Iam Valdez Espinoza

Specialty areas:

Anxiety, depression, academic skills, and sleep problems

Ashley Jochimsen  Profile of Ashley Jochimsen

Specialty areas:

Relationship concerns, anger & irritability, trauma & posttraumatic growth, international & study abroad students, mindfulness & holistic approaches

Trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) therapy. For more info: emdria.org 

Kirsten Krueger  Profile of Kirsten Krueger

Specialty areas:

Strength-Based Approaches for: empowerment and confidence building, emotional regulation, depression, trauma and posttraumatic growth

Katelyn Longmire  Profile of Katelyn Longmire

Specialty areas:

Eating disorder/concern, grief & loss, sexual assault & interpersonal violence.

Trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) therapy. 

Chelsea Schaffer  Profile of Chelsea Schaffer

Specialty areas:

Collaborative and Strengths-Based Approach with interests in identity exploration, navigating life transitions, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and developing mindfulness skills.

Chad Walters  Profile of Chad Walters

Specialty areas:

Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Use Disorders

Charles Gilbert  Profile of Charles Gilbert

Specialty areas:

Test administration, test security, statistical detection of cheating, geologic ephemera, Karst topography, micro-mammals, biomarkers of the Upper Holocene Boundary.