Counseling Services at the College of Coastal Georgia offers individual counseling with a focus on helping students eliminate barriers to academic success.
College students normally experience many changes during their time at school. The pressures they experience may result from such things as academic, social, emotional, career, developmental, financial, or spiritual concerns, and can lead to many types of feelings such as confusion, anxiety, or depression.
Counseling is a process by which students receive assistance from trained, experienced professionals who are knowledgeable about the types of problems students may face.
Students seeking personal counseling must be currently attending class at the time counseling is sought. Students requiring or requesting long-term or intensive therapy will be referred to off-campus providers and support groups as appropriate.
To make an appointment, please use the following contact information:
owbs@ccga.edu or 912.280.7800, select option 2
You can also book an appointment directly through your student portal.
We are pleased to announce a partnership with Uwill, the leading student mental health and wellness solution. Uwill offers students free immediate access to teletherapy, as well as on-demand wellness programming through its easy-to-use online platform.
Teletherapy:
Crisis Support
Wellness:
Some common issues students struggle with include:
Information shared with a counselor will be kept confidential. Information or records will not be shared with anyone without written permission from the student, except for under the circumstances identified below. Limits to confidentiality include:
What to expect from counseling:
What not to expect from counseling:
Elaine Latimer-Tandy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 15 years of experience in the mental health field, providing individual, family, crisis, and couples counseling. She provides video counseling for the students at the College and owns a private practice where she specializes in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Anxiety, Grief & Loss, also facilitating continuing education workshops on mental health disorders to other therapists for licensing.
Smith-Brese is the College’s new Personal Counselor in the Department of Wellbeing and Support. She has over 14 years of experience as a personal counselor, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.