Everyone is broken by life but afterwards many are strong in the broken places. E.Hemmingway
Who is Eligible for Counseling?
Counseling services are free to all currently enrolled students at The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College.
Why Students Often Seek Counseling?
- -Family Conflicts or Turmoil
- -Loss and Grief
- -Academic Pressures or Testing Issues
- -Relationship Issues
- -Depression
- -Sexual and/or Physical Abuse or assult
- -Not Fitting in with Peers
- -Body Image Issues
- -Eating Disorders
- -LGBTQ Concerns
- -Difficulty to Adjusting
- -Anxiety and Stress Management
- -Relaxation Techniques
What Can I Expect in Counseling?
~ Counseling aims to help you understand yourself better, become more effective in reaching your goals and, in the process, become more successful.
~ Counseling Services is interested in your personal, academic, and intellectual growth. Some students meet with their counselor on a weekly basis, some on a bi-weekly basis, and others at varying intervals.
~ In these 50-minute sessions, you and your counselor talk about what is causing you distress currently and explore ways to understand and alleviate these concerns. Each Student is permitted 10 sessions for each school year.
~ If you are 15 minutes or more late for your appointment, you will be asked to reschedule.
~ Initially you will meet with the counselor who will collect preliminary information about you and your concerns. You and the counselor will decide on a way to address your concerns.
~ This may involve individual or group counseling, referral to a physician, or referral to a clinician outside the agency.
~ Our services are provided on a voluntary basis (students choose to come to counseling), and you need not be referred by anyone to participate in the counseling process.
David Wirt, M.Ed., LPCC
Professional Clinical Counselor
740-366-9464
dwirt@cotc.edu
David Wirt is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisor Endorsement licensed through the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. David earned his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from The Ohio State University in 1990 and his Master's Degree in Education/Counseling from the University of Dayton in 1996. He has worked both in Social Work and Counseling as a therapist since 1995 and uses an eclectic approach to counseling to help identify individual needs and create helpful approaches to change. David enjoys the challenges of helping people with many issues including, but not limited to, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, PTSD, OCD, Adjustment Disorders, Grief and Loss issues, Divorce, and Blending Families.
DeeDee Fetters, LPCC-S, NCC
Professional Clinical Therapist
Email: dfetters@cotc.edu or fetters.37@osu.edu
DeeDee is a Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervision Status-licensed through the State of Ohio Social Worker, Counselor, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. She is also a National Certified Counselor and Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. DeeDee enjoys helping students be successful and encouraging students through difficult times. She specializes in trauma counseling, eating disorders, attention deficits disorders, and many other issues such as relationships, stress, and depression. Also, DeeDee uses mind, body, and soul techniques when you just need to figure things out in life.
How Do I Schedule An Appointment?
Counseling services are available to Ohio State Newark and COTC students enrolled on a part-time or full-time basis.
To schedule an appointment, contact us at:
Counseling Services
Warner Center 226
Phone: 740-364-9578
1-800-9Newark
Fax: 740-364-9646
WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU VETERANS
Resources: Veteran’s Administration (Clinic)
1855 W Main Street
Newark, Ohio 43055-2303
740-788-8329
Licking County Veterans Service
935 Buckeye Avenue
Newark, Ohio 43055
740-670-5430
For additional resources: www.va.gov click on Location then click on Ohio or contact Clare Rubadue at the Ohio Department of Veteran Services. 614-387-2835
Veterans
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Veterans to enroll for VA services you can call 1-888-615-9448
Veterans to chat with an online VA counselor you can go online at www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Veterans for a free 24 hour hotline you can call 1800-273-TALK (8255)
Gambling An estimated 6 percent of college students in the U.S. have a serious gambling problem that can result in psychological difficulties, unmanageable debt and falling grades. More information regarding gambling can be found by visiting CollegeGambling.org.
Active Minds student organization The purpose of Active Minds is to use the student voice to increase awareness issues of mental health, symptoms of mental illness, and available resources in and around the Newark community; to become a point of reference for information on depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, PTSD, and generalized anxiety disorder; and to become a liaison between students and the mental health community through fact sheets, hosting and/or sponsoring charity fundraisers, guest speakers, and related events.
The Newark chapter of Active Minds is currently inactive. If you would like information on rechartering the organization, contact David Wirt, Counselor at Central Ohio Technical College.
Counseling and Consultation
The Ohio State University (Columbus)
614-292-5755