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New Outreach Services

HATTIESBURG – The Community Counseling and Assessment Clinic is pleased to announce expanded outreach services for the university and community. We have a wide variety of outreach topics ready, and our speakers provide their services free of charge. Outreach workshops are delivered by graduate students in Counseling Psychology under the guidance and supervision of our program faculty. For more information about out outreach services, please contact our new Outreach Coordinator, Dr. Jamie D. Aten at Jamie.Aten@usm.edu or 601-266-6246.

 

 

 

 

 

Clinic Offers Career Decision Making Group The Community Counseling and Assessment Clinic on the University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus is pleased to announce a new Career Decision Making group beginning March 4, 2009. The group will meet Wednesdays at 5:00 pm for six weeks and will assist attendees with exploring potential academic majors and occupations, career decision making, and learning to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses. A one-time fee of $15 covers the group and includes individualized career assessment.

Individual pre-group screenings begin on February 9, 2009, and involve a brief meeting with a counselor to review each participant’s goals, make sure that the group will be beneficial, and provide additional information about the group. Space is limited, so call 601.266.4601 today to reserve a spot.

Motivational Interviewing: Research and Training The Consortium for the Study and Application of Motivational Interviewing offers training in motivational interviewing to mental health agencies in South Mississippi. Consortium members are in the planning stage of large-scale implementation of motivational enhancement methods at the Community Counseling and Assessment Clinic.

Mental Health Referral Directory The University of Southern Mississippi's Community Counseling and Assessment Clinic is now collecting information for a new mental health referral directory.

Mental health providers in the Hattiesburg area can now provide information about their practice or agency online at http://www.usm.edu/counselingpsy/Clinic/list.html. This information will be used by the Clinic to facilitate referrals.

Free Anger Management Counseling We are seeking medically healthy men and women age 18 and up for a research study on anger management. Qualified participants receive anger management counseling at no charge through the Community Counseling and Assessment Clinic, and those who complete the study will be paid $50-$100. If you have a problem with anger and are not currently taking prescription medication for mental or emotional problems or receiving professional mental health services, contact us to see if you are eligible at (601) 266-5884.

   
 
 

Last updated: September 2, 2009 | Questions and Comments? 
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