OCU Counseling Services is now offering remote counseling sessions because of OCU’s indefinite closure due COVID-19.
Editorial: Students encouraged to seek help for sensitive issues
The editors encourage students to seek information about sensitive issues for themselves and others in need.
Librarian lists books on important topics, student shares
An OCU student helped make sensitive topic resources more accessible to students.
Opinion: Columnist discusses campus community feeling overwhelmed
Yeah, we’re home for Spring Break. Yeah, our midterms are over. And yeah, we’re probably not giving our best effort.
Students avoid counseling because of stigma
A mental health stigma often prevents students from seeking help while they try to juggle personal and academic stress.
Editor encourages use of counseling services
There is nothing redeemable about the loss of a young life, but this is a wake-up call that there may be people around us who are suffering and need our support.
The science behind “a case of the Mondays”
Monday is dreaded across the world as the start of a new week of hard work and more stress. While I usually try to think particularly positively on Mondays, I began to wonder: is there some psychological preset that makes this the most dreaded day of the week for, well, nearly everyone?
Counselors, students promote mental health awareness
Students and university officials are working to establish better mental health services and access on campus. Brandi Gibson, director of university counseling, serves at the director of the behavior intervention team. Click here to read more on the team’s objectives and members. “I provide feedback regarding mental health issues if there’s a student in question…
