Counseling

At Texas Wesleyan University Community Counseling Center, our mission is to provide counseling and education to Texas Wesleyan students, faculty and staff. Consultation and training help facilitate the retention, adjustment and development of the University overall. Maintaining quality service, an ongoing goal of excellence, enables us to optimally meet the mental health needs of our university population as well as those within the community who seek our services.

The Texas Wesleyan University Community Counseling Center has proudly served all Texas Wesleyan campuses and the surrounding community since opening our doors on September 24, 2017. The original Glick House was where we began and finally out grew in 2015 and moved to our current location, 3110 E. Rosedale, on the south side of the campus. 

Clinical services are provided by master-level and doctoral-level counseling students from the Graduate Counseling department. The Community Counseling Center director or a doctoral student may see Wesleyan faculty and staff per their request.

The director, a clinical graduate faculty member, as well as other doctoral students supervise each case by weekly consultations with the student counselor.

As a training facility, videotaping, audiotaping and/or observations (behind a one-way mirror by other counselors and/or supervisors) occur regularly as an additional benefit to the client.

Faculty are approved supervisors through one or more of the following organizations: 

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All active/current Texas Wesleyan students (including Distance Learners, see below), have access to free personal counseling services on campus at the Texas Wesleyan University Community Counseling Center.

We are also open to the public at a sliding scale rate ranging from $10 to $50 per session.

We offer face-to-face counseling, as well as online counseling.

At this time we only accept CASH and CHECKS as forms of payment.

The Texas Wesleyan Community Counseling Center offers a broad range of personal counseling services without fees. A licensed counselor is available to assist students in crisis if a practicum student is not available. Students have an opportunity to explore their concerns in a private, confidential meeting. When feasible, group meetings may be formed to help students cope with specific problem areas. 

For those students who may benefit from resources in the community, referrals will be made to appropriate agencies and/or professionals. Students enrolled in the graduate counseling programs are referred to counseling services off campus. 

Distance Learning (DL) Students

The Texas Wesleyan Community Counseling Center serves to be a resource to assist DL students with locating a counselor so the student may receive counseling services. For DL students residing outside travel access within Texas, the Texas Wesleyan Community Counseling Center can provide up to five telehealth counseling sessions. Should the student need more than five telehealth sessions, the Texas Wesleyan Community Counseling Center will serve as a resource to assist the student in a process for locating a counselor in their area who can provide local support. Students residing outside of Texas will be able to call the Texas Wesleyan Community Counseling Center to receive a telehealth conversation to assess the student’s needs. The therapist who conducts the conversation can then refer the student to the best possible agency or provider in the student’s area.

• Parent Consultation
• Individual Counseling
• Counseling Marriage and Family Counseling
• Adolescent Issues
• Anger Management
• Grief Counseling
• Substance Abuse
• School‑Related Issues
• Partner Violence Counseling
• Relationship Counseling
• Activity‑Based Counseling
• Depression Screening and Treatment
• Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender affirmative therapy
• Multicultural Affirmative Counseling
• Treatment for Eating Disorders
• Crisis Intervention

We DO NOT perform “forensic services” (child custody, disability claims, assessment for legal purposes, psychological/psychiatric evaluations) and CANNOT provide forensic opinions, reports, psychiatric assessments, or recommendations according to Rule 465.18, Texas Administrative Code, Title 22.

We do not have Psychologists or Psychiatrists at this location to do such assessments or prescribe medications.

What are the roles of a counselor?

• Helps client examine life’s concerns
• Helps client regain a clear understanding of personal strengths; provides support
• Promotes emotional growth and stability
• Provides therapeutic intervention/referral
• Teaches new skills that promote success in life
• Aids in grief recovery; enhances problem-solving skills
• Recognizes the uniqueness of each individual

The Counselors/Therapists of the Texas Wesleyan University Community Counseling Center respect client confidentiality to the fullest extent allowed by law. Information about a student's participation in Counseling Services will not be released outside of Texas Wesleyan University Community Counseling Center to anyone, including TWU faculty and staff, without the student's written authorization. There are, however, limits to confidentiality as required by law. These limits may include the following:

• threat to life (self and/or others)
• suspected child or elder abuse
• previous abuse by a counselor
• court order

The following are scheduled days Texas Wesleyan University and TWU Community Counseling Center (TWUCCC) will be closed for 2024-25.

For inclement weather or unforeseen closures, please see the top banner of all pages on the TXWES webpage or tune in to your local news station. If the Texas Wesleyan campus is closed, the TWUCCC will also be closed.

• March 28 - 31: Easter Break 
• May 7 - 19: Summer Break 1 
• May 27: Memorial Day 
• June 19: Juneteenth 
• July 4: Independence Day 
• August 10 - 18: Summer Break 2
• August 22: Closing at 4:30 pm
• August 27: Closing at 12:00 pm 
• September 2: Labor Day 
• November 25 - 30: Thanksgiving
• December 13 - January 14: Winter Break 
• January 20, 2025: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• March 17 - 21: Spring Break
• April 17 - 20: Easter Break
• May 14 - 26: Summer Break 1/ Memorial Day