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We have SO MANY drop-in counseling opportunities for you all this fall! Swipe through the images to take a look at all the options available. We will share the group session opportunities in the coming days as well. For now, take care, and we hope you’re doing well after the first week of classes!

This is a challenging time for us all, and UHS Counseling Center clinicians are facilitating drop-in online spaces for any UMB student who is looking for more support.

We are interested in bringing students together to:
- “Meet up” and interact with others
- Connect with others who are also missing a sense of community - Share your experience, and listen to other people’s experiences
- Exchange tips for coping and wellness

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All virtual support spaces will begin on Monday April 27, and last through the summer with enough interest. Spaces are open to any UMB student although some are targeted to certain student populations, and others are more general:
- Student leaders and Resident Assistants: Mondays 10:30 – 11:30 am with Bill DeFranc, PhD

- General for all UMB students Mondays 3:30 – 4:30 pm with Kim Santora, PhD

- International students Tuesdays 10:00 – 11:00 with Zeljka Mileusnic, PsyD

- LGBTQ identified students Wednesdays 2:00 – 3:00 with Donald Graham, LICSW

- General for all UMB students, with a focus on stress Thursdays 10:00 – 11:00 with Kara Lustig, PhD

Because these are drop-ins there is no commitment and you can log in once or more than once, for the entire hour or part of it.

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Please e-mail [email protected] from your student e-mail, telling us which space(s) you are interested in, and we will send you the appropriate link. Please also e-mail us if you are interested in participating but cannot attend these designated times.

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Please note that these are support spaces, they are NOT therapy or treatment groups. You can reach the Counseling Center by calling 617-287-5690, if you are in distress and interested in individualized and therapeutic crisis support, Monday – Friday from 8:30 – 5 pm. The Counseling Center also offers after-hours and weekend crisis support by telephone which you can reach at the same number.

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Sessions will take place over ZoomHealthcare which is HIPAA compliant and encrypted. Nonetheless, due to the open and online nature of this drop-in model, we cannot fully guarantee privacy and security, but participants are encouraged to be respectful of each other and practice

This is a challenging time for us all, and UHS Counseling Center clinicians are facilitating drop-in online spaces for any UMB student who is looking for more support. We are interested in bringing students together to:

- “Meet up” and interact with others
- Connect with others who are also missing a sense of community
- Share your experience, and listen to other people’s experiences
- Exchange tips for coping and wellness

All virtual support spaces will begin on Monday April 27, and last through the summer with enough interest. Spaces are open to any UMB student although some are targeted to certain student populations, and others are more general:

- Student leaders and Resident Assistants Mondays 10:30 – 11:30 am with Bill DeFranc, PhD

- General for all UMB students Mondays 3:30 – 4:30 pm with Kim Santora, PhD

- International students Tuesdays 10:00 – 11:00 with Zeljka Mileusnic, PsyD

- LGBTQ identified students Wednesdays 2:00 – 3:00 with Donald Graham, LICSW

- General for all UMB students, with a focus on stress Thursdays 10:00 – 11:00 with Kara Lustig, PhD

Because these are drop-ins there is no commitment and you can log in once or more than once, for the entire hour or part of it.

Please e-mail [email protected] from your student e-mail, telling us which space(s) you are interested in, and we will send you the appropriate link. Please also e-mail us if you are interested in participating but cannot attend these designated times.

**Please note that these are support spaces, they are NOT therapy or treatment groups. You can reach the Counseling Center by calling 617-287-5690, if you are in distress and interested in individualized and therapeutic crisis support, Monday – Friday from 8:30 – 5 pm. The Counseling Center also offers after-hours and weekend crisis support by telephone which you can reach at the same number.

Sessions will take place over ZoomHealthcare which is HIPAA compliant and encrypted. Nonetheless, due to the open and online nature of this drop-in model, we cannot fully guarantee privacy and security, but participants are encouraged to be respectful of each other and practice discretion.

During the current campus closure UHS is continuing to provide services to our students through telemedicine!

UHS General Medicine is open for appointments Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To schedule an appointment with a UHS medical provider call 617-287-5660.

After hours and weekend phone support is available by calling the same number.

The UHS Counseling Center can be reached by calling 617-287-5690 and dialing 0 (please ignore the message you get and dial 0 whether you have a question, routine request, or urgent issue). An answering service will connect you. Whether or not you are a current patient at the center, you will be able to access telehealth crisis support. We continue to offer after-hours and weekend crisis phone support, which you can reach by calling the same phone number. If you are a current patient at the Counseling Center, you can call us to reach your existing provider. If you have any difficulty reaching us you may contact us at [email protected].

Mindfulness is a tool that can help us to manage feelings of stress and uncertainty. During this particular time, when instruction is being moved online - it is important to continue to cultivate self-care.⁠
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While we look forward to being able to offer KORU in person - we are fortunate that KORU includes tools that do not require being in a particular place at a particular time to use them. By registering for this virtual section of KORU you will receive free access to the KORU Mindfulness App.⁠
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The app includes guided meditations, videos, and a mindfulness log. You can also submit your logs for feedback. You can access the companion text, The MIndful Twenty-Something as an e-book through the Boston Public Library, the SAILS Library Network - and University Health Services is working on obtaining e-books that we can share as well.⁠
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You can also access resources on the Koru Mindfulness web site - including a blog and more videos (see here :https://student.korumindfulness.org/resources.html) Sign up today and you will receive weekly prompts to help keep you on track. Use the app (which includes guided meditations and videos), read along in the book - and use the logs to get feedback from Director of Health Education, Linda Dunphy. And, you can do all this from where ever you happen to find yourself - starting at any time.⁠
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Do it today!

UHS offers students help to quit using to***co and/or other ni****ne products.
If you are va**ng - please read this health alert about serious and potentially fatal health outcomes recently connected with va**ng:

Outbreak of Severe Pulmonary Disease Linked with E-cigarette Product Use CDC investigates outbreak of severe lung disease in patients who have recently used e-cigarette products, also known as “va**ng.”

UMass Boston requires all incoming students are required to complete Respect & Consent online education modules. In addition, all students age 23 and younger must complete Alcohol-Wise online modules.

The deadline for completion is October 1, 2019.
To learn more and to log on to start these requirements please follow this link: https://www.umb.edu/healthservices/information_for_new_students/new_student_wellness_education

UMass Boston students are the best!

We need every UMass Boston student voice to be included in our 2019 Healthy Minds Study. Please check your email box for an invitation to participate - you will be helping to ensure that our programs and services are responsive to our student needs.

https://www.umb.edu/healthservices/flu_411

Seasonal Flu Information from UHS - University of Massachusetts Boston The oceanfront campus is minutes from downtown Boston and nationally recognized as a student-centered urban public research university.

Today at 3 p.m. | ISC 1400

At this training, which is conducted by the Boston Public Health Commission, participants will learn about the importance of calling 9-1-1 in the event of an overdose, how to perform rescue breathing and administer nasal Narcan and treatment options to opioid users. For more information please contact Linda Dunphy, Director of UHS Health & Wellness Program.

Registration hold? Visit our web site: https://www.umb.edu/healthservices/screening_clinics/immunization_hold