The Center for Work and Family Life is a benefit of your employment at USC, where licensed professionals can help you manage your stress and improve work-life balance. Confidential, short-term, solution-focused counseling and consultation is offered to faculty, staff and their dependent family members. Faculty, staff and dependents can be seen for up to ten sessions in a 12-month period.
All services are completely free of charge.
Contact: 213-821-0800
The PSC is a training center for the clinical psychology program in the Department of Psychology, and offers a variety of counseling services to faculty, staff, students, and the community at large. Services focusing on cognitive-behavorial therapy are provided by graduate students in doctoral training under the supervision of USC Faulty/Licensed Psychologists.
The standard length of treatment is 12-weeks. The cost of individual therapy is based on a sliding scale, and the cost of group therapy is around $10.00 per session.
Walk in Services: For families with children having difficulty at home or school.
Individual Psychotherapy: For adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, shyness, relationship difficulties, and/or problems in reaching goals.
Couple Psychotherapy: For dating, married or unmarried couples.
Group Psychotherapy: For social anxiety
Contact: 213-740-1600
The Center for Women and Men offers advocacy and confidential counseling to those who have experienced gender-related harm. Services include: short term crisis intervention and drop-in problem solving, individual support for survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual harassment, childhood sexual abuse and other gender-related harm, and support groups for survivors and their friends.
Contact: 213-740-4900
Email: cwm@usc.edu
Life Coaching is a process that inspires clients to maximize their personal and professional potential (International Coach Federation, 2007). Coaching is about moving you forward from where you are to where you want to be in life. The coach's job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity the client already has (International Coach Federation, 2007). The Life Coaching process will effectively support you in creating the positive results you want in areas of your life such as health, finances, career, relationships, and more. It encompasses phases that can lead to sustainable lifestyle changes and consistent self-improvement. Our Life Coaches are licensed and registered Occupational Therapists with clinical doctorate degrees.
Fees may apply. May be covered under USC Network insurance.
Contact: 323 442-3340 for free 15 min phone consultation.
Email: otfp@usc.edu
The University Religious Center (URC) now holds A.A. meetings Mondays at noon and on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m., in URC Room 205.
Contact: Tim Conley, tconley@usc.edu
Lifestyle Redesign® for Student Veterans is focused on empowering veterans who have returned to college to succesfully transition to college life. Connect with other veterans at USC, by joining our facebook group (search “USC Veterans”).
We work with student veterans to:
The TOACC Program offers counseling and support groups for families and caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and brain disorders and is designed to assist with "issues or problems that may accompany the aging process for older adults and their families."
Contact: 213-740-3493
LACRC offers resources, information, support groups, family consultations, respite, workshops and legal and financial consultations to people providing care at home for an adult with an acquired brain injury, such as Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, Parkinson’s and TBI. Services help with treating a range of issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of individual and family problems related to care-giving.
Contact: 800-540-4442
Email: lacrc@usc.edu
Screenings are available at USC Pharmacy to help detect depression and suicidal symptoms. Pharmacists are available to answer pharmacological and non-pharmacological options to optimize care.
Contact:
UPC 213 740-2738
HSC 323 442-8411
At HSC, "It is the goal of the Eric Cohen Health Center to provide complete medical care to its students. Included in this care are services for acute and chronic illnesses, psychological counseling and obstetric gynecological care."
Contact:
323 442-5980 (clinic administration)
323 442-5882 (clinic appointment line)
Trojans Care for Trojans provides a private and anonymous service for students to express their concerrns about members of the Trojan Family and offers connections to institutional support and resources for Trojans coping with personal difficulties.
Counseling groups usually consist of 6-10 students and 2 trained counselors. There are various kinds of groups offered such as: process-oriented groups, support groups and structured groups.
Contact: 213-730-7711
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Contact: 213-740-7711
Contact : 213-740-7711
Outreach offers educational programming for student organizations, residence halls, fraternities and sororities, and academic departments on a number of topics, such as: adjusting to college, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, diversity, eating disorders and body image, grief and loss, stress management, and many more....
Individual consultations offered for faculty, staff, RAs, or GHAs regarding difficult mental health situations with students.
Mentoring is supervised by some staff members.
Contact: 213-740-7711
Students are trained as Peer Health Educator (PHE) volunteers to run the Resource Room at HPPS and act as counselors/testers for the anonymous HIV Testing and Counseling Program. “The Resource is a space to ask questions, study, read, pick up safer sex supplies, look up health information, check out books, talk to Peer Health Educators (PHE’s), or just sit and relax.”
Contact: 213 740-4777
The Eating Disorder Treatment Team is a group of caring professionals that assists students who have eating disorders. The team is comprised of two psychologists, two physicians, a psychiatrist and a registered dietitian.
Contact: 213-730-7711
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