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Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, who have been assessed and have paid the Student Health Fee are eligible for care coordination services.

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The UCC’s Clinical Scope of Care

The Vanderbilt University Counseling Center (UCC) is committed to providing responsive and accessible mental health care to all Vanderbilt students by connecting them with the right level of care at the right time. At the UCC, clinical services include:

• Goal-directed individual and group therapy for mild-to-moderate concerns like stress, anxiety, mood changes, loneliness, and relationship concerns.
• Same-day urgent care for crises and emergency situations when things feel overwhelming.
• Psychiatric services for diagnostic evaluation, medication management, and multi-disciplinary treatment planning when needed.
• Skill-building workshops, drop-in consultations, and outreach programming to help develop coping skills, strengthen connections with others, and cultivate resilience.
• Comprehensive performance psychology and mental wellness interventions and services are provided to varsity student-athletes and teams by embedded staff sport psychologists.
• Psychological evaluations may be provided for students who are experiencing academic or mental health challenges that significantly impair their ability to engage in the university’s academic environment. Collaboration with Student Affairs, including Student Care Network partners, to connect students with time management, study skills, and adjustment-related needs with recommended support and services.
• When there is a need for more intensive or specialized treatment, the UCC provides referrals to case management services. In such cases, facilitating a connection with the appropriate level of care is an important clinical and ethical next step that will ensure students receive the support necessary to address their mental health needs safely and effectively.
• The UCC also serves as a clinical training site for counseling trainees, who offer services while being closely supervised by licensed, experienced professionals. 

Services Outside the UCC's Clinical Scope of Care

The UCC does not provide evaluations solely for the purpose of:

• Employment clearance or disability benefits
• Adoption processes or court mandated legal proceedings
• Graduate school exam or professional licensing exam accommodations
• Emotional support or service animals (ESA) or housing

The UCC does not have sessions limits, we provide time-bound goal-oriented care individualized to each person's needs.

Most of the UCC services are covered through University tuition and fees, including new client appointments, individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatric evaluations and follow-ups, urgent care, psychological assessments, and drop-in consultations. While medication management visits do not incur a charge, students are responsible for purchasing their own medications.

The UCC has a robust training program, accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). We train a wide range of students who are pursuing a career as mental health providers and all trainees are supervised by licensed clinicians. 

The UCC is considered a confidential resource and is not mandated to report information to Title IX, EOA, SACSAI, or others.

The UCC’s partners in the Student Care Network – Student Care Coordination (SCC) Center for Student Wellbeing (CSW), and the Student Health Center (SHC) – may have access to your history of attending appointments at the UCC in order to facilitate or coordinate your care. There may be circumstances in which additional minimally necessary information is shared with the primary offices of the Student Care Network (SCC, CSW, and the SHC) for the purposes of care coordination.

UCC providers do not share any information with parents and other entities outside the SCN, including VU faculty and staff. 

Exceptions apply when disclosures are legally permitted or required (in situations when child abuse, elder abuse or disabled adult abuse is suspected; when the therapist has reasonable cause to believe that a client presents an imminent danger to self or others; or in response to a valid subpoena or court order).