About

SCS provides clinical and outreach services for currently eligible Miami Oxford students. This includes:

• Any student currently enrolled at Miami's Oxford campus.
• Any student currently enrolled at a Miami Oxford campus, university-sponsored residential learning program (e.g., the Pathways program, the American Culture and English [ACE] program, etc.) who have paid their respective fees.

Our administrative staff can assist with verifying eligibility for services.

• Faculty, staff and/or their dependents (unless they are full-time Miami Oxford students).
• Students from our regional campuses (Hamilton, Middletown, Voice of America). These students may receive services at their local campuses.
• Study abroad students.
• Distance learning programs students.
• Partners, spouses, or dependents of enrolled students who are not full-time students themselves.

SCS strives to provide effective and time-efficient initial assessment, group counseling, individual counseling, referral, and/or consultation services to all eligible Miami students. The specific services we provide include:

• Initial consultation appointments
• Short-term individual counseling
• Emergency/crisis services
• Consultation
• Group counseling
• Outreach programming
• Referral and case management services
• Couples counseling (if both individuals are eligible for services)

We see clients with a variety of concerns. Example concerns include, but are not limited to:

• Personal: Stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, eating concerns.
• Relationship: Romantic/intimate relationship difficulties, sexual concerns, roommate problems, family of origin concerns.
• Developmental: Identity development, adjustment to college, life transitions.
• Academic: Performance anxiety, perfectionism, underachievement, low motivation.
• Other: Traumatic events, sexual assault, abuse, family history,body image, food preoccupation, substance use concerns, and healthy lifestyle choices.

If you are an eligible student with a concern, you can schedule an initial consultation with a clinician. During this visit, we help you find the right support.

We may recommend services through Student Counseling Service, other campus offices, or community providers. We use brief counseling to help students manage common college concerns. This approach helps us serve more students effectively. 

Your initial consultation and first three individual sessions are covered through the general fee. After that, individual sessions cost $25 each.  We charge this fee to your bursar account. We offer fee reductions and waivers if you face financial or privacy concerns. We do not accept health insurance. 

We also offer workshops and group therapy. You can attend as many as you want at no extra cost. 

More about appointments and fees

We refer you to community resources when your needs fall outside our services or schedule. 

SCS makes referrals after your initial consultation or when issues become clear during services. 

Your consultation clinician or our Coordinator of Referral Services provides referral options that may better meet your needs.

The following issues fall outside our scope of practice and often require community referral:

• Longer-term counseling, partial hospitalization services, and/or intensive outpatient services.
• A history of: multiple hospitalizations, chronic suicidality and/or self-injury behaviors, and/or a history of repeated suicide attempts, and thus needing more intensive counseling, a higher level of care (LOC), and/or needing a higher frequency of appointments.
• Evidence or risk of progressive deterioration in mental or emotional functioning, requiring intensive psychological/psychiatric care and/or needing specialized intervention(s).
• Presence of impairing drug and/or alcohol problems, and/or needing detoxification services.
• Presence of an impairing eating disorder requiring close medical and/or nutritional monitoring.
• Requests for formal psychological evaluation for the purpose of employment clearance, determining eligibility for vocational rehabilitation or disability benefits.
• Documentation for emotional support or service animals.
• Psychological evaluation for learning disabilities, neuropsychological, or ADHD assessment.
• Court-mandated assessment or treatment requirements.

Students who are not eligible for ongoing services at SCS or who fall outside of our scope of practice will be given information for off-campus referrals. 

This description of our scope of services is intended as a guideline. The nature and complexity of any presenting concern is considered in making the appropriate treatment recommendation(s). Cases are evaluated individually and the professional judgment of the mental health provider(s) will determine any and all treatment recommendations for any specific case.