Index: Need to Know Resources for School of Dentistry Faculty

Wellness and Counseling Psychology Center

   Patty Mullally, LMSW, MA
   Room G532 Dent,  734-615-2559
   Email mullally@umich.edu

Wellness and Counseling Psychology Center is an in-house counseling center committed to the emotional wellbeing of students at the School of Dentistry.  Through a variety of services, the Center strives to promote emotional resilience and to facilitate a positive learning environment in a multicultural context.

We offer:

• One-on-one meetings with students
• Referrals to community psychotherapists and other resources for longer-term help
• Workshops and groups for students with the purpose of:
  • Education and skills training promoting emotional wellbeing and resilience
  • Emotional support
• Consultations with faculty and staff about students of concern
• Workshops for faculty and staff about topics relevant to students’ wellbeing

Our services are:

• Free
• Confidential
• Short-term and solution-focused

Students come to counseling for:

• Stress and anxiety
• Depression
• Relationship problems
• Academic issues (i.g., test/performance anxiety, trouble concentrating, procrastination)
• Stress related to diversity issues
• Insomnia
• Eating and body image concerns
• LGBTQ concerns
• Trauma
• Grief and loss
• Alcohol/drug abuse and addictions