CIU provides limited clinical counseling services for students dealing with personal issues. Please contact the Student Life Office at 803.807.5353 for more information on our counseling services for current students.
It is our hope that after a student takes the initiative to seek help, he/she will find that the support, resources, and help available are well worth any perceived task. Examples of personal problems and concerns that students have disclosed and for which they have received counsel and help at CIU include family issues, doubt, temptation, depression, anxiety, plagiarism, substance abuse, eating disorders, and various forms of prohibited sexual conduct.
As a community we desire to walk alongside anyone working through these issues with God's help. Faculty members, advisors, Student Life personnel, the campus nurse, resident directors, resident assistants, or other staff are available for assistance.
Counseling Training Center
Graduate third year counseling students serve as interns to counsel students with ten (10) sessions at no charge. Students can submit the counseling in-take form by clicking the link:
https://my.ciu.edu/ICS/Registrar/Academic_Forms/FORMS/CTCPEP_Interest_Form.jnz. Faculty and Student Life staff can provide a reference for a licensed professional counselor (LPC) working at reduced rate in cooperation with CIU. Appointments for these referrals must be made through the Student Life office by emailing them at
mentalhealth@ciu.edu.
It must be noted that not all information shared can always be held in strict confidence. Our concern is for the individual's safety and well-being as well as that of our entire community. Therefore, information about a risk of imminent harm to self or others, including serious violations of CIU standards that could cause significant harm to self or others (such as the use of alcoholic beverages or drugs, sexual immorality, etc.) may need to be shared with the appropriate resource or authority. This may be shared by the student or the faculty/staff person working with him/her.
To get immediate help with suicidal thoughts, call the Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. More information is available at their website, suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You can also contact the Crisis Call Center by texting "Answer" to 839863.