UMKC Counseling Services provides confidential consultation services addressing interpersonal, behavioral and/or emotional concerns.
Our office will assist students, faculty or staff with resolving concerns and provide off-campus referrals when necessary and appropriate. A confidential consultation with UMKC Counseling Services may involve one or more of the following:
- A telephone conversation
- A face to face meeting
- Review of documents written by others
- Conferring with others and then reconnecting with you
- Referring you to the right on-campus or off-campus resource
Student Consultation
Students may contact UMKC Counseling Services to consult about a variety of issues concerning themselves, friends, roommates or peers. Students seeking consultation services may call our office at 816-235-1635 and ask to speak with an available professional staff person.
Examples of concerns you may wish to consult about include:
- Stress about school, work, finances or relationships
- How to respond to the death or illness of a student, friend or family member
- Concerns about potential violence or self-harm
- Interpersonal conflicts in the classroom, living situation or workplace
Faculty and Staff Consultation
Faculty and staff may contact UMKC Counseling Services to consult about a variety of issues concerning a student on campus. Faculty and staff seeking consultation services may call our office at 816-235-1635 and ask to speak with the director, associate director or an available professional staff person.
Examples of concerns you may wish to consult about include:
- A student’s behavior or emotional distress
- How to respond to the death or illness of a student
- Concerns about potential violence or self-harm
- Interpersonal conflicts in the workplace or classroom
Faculty and staff are encouraged to present individual incidents, as well as any patterns of distressed, disturbing and/or disruptive behavior to the university’s Case Management Team (CMT).
The CMT’s goal is to develop campus wide support and training for helping distressed and distressing students and to ensure that campus resources are rallied to aid affected students. For more information or to make a referral, please contact one of the Interim Deans of Students, Keichanda Dees-Burnett at 816-235-1109, or Todd Wells at 816-235-1407.
Concerned Parent
If you are a parent of a UMKC student and are concerned about your student’s well-being, call UMKC Counseling Services at 816-235-1635 to consult with an available professional staff person about how best to help your student connect with the support that they need.
Due to our ethical and legal commitment to confidentiality, UMKC Counseling Services is unable to provide you with information about a person’s client status; however, we are able to do the following:
- Assess the situation with you
- Recommend a course of action for you
- Develop a strategy to involve helpful others in the situation
- Refer you to other appropriate campus resources
- Assist you with referring someone to UMKC Counseling Services
