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Counseling Service Notice
Counseling services, including drop-in Triage and Urgent Care will be unavailable on Tuesday August 25th due to staff training.
Testing services will be open for prescheduled exams only.
For students who need immediate support, call the 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Support Line at 608.785.8073 and press 1, or connect online through the Connect Now Care Hub.
- Counseling Services Director
- cchampion@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Mood and emotion management, accepting and managing stressful life circumstances, cultural and diversity issues, intersecting identities and identity development.
- Assistant Director of Counseling & Testing
- rjohnson@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Anxiety, depression, intersecting identities and identity development, relationships, substance use and adjustment disorders.
- Psychologist, Training Coordinator
- sanderson4@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Mood Disorders, Athletes Mindset and Conditioning, Anxiety, and Sexual Health.
- Counselor
- ivaldezespinoza@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Anxiety, depression, academic skills, and sleep problems
- Counselor
- cschaffer@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Collaborative and Strengths-Based Approach with interests in identity exploration, navigating life transitions, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and developing mindfulness skills.
- Counselor, Clinical Case Manager
- cwalters@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Use Disorders
- Administrative Assistant II
- amatson@uwlax.edu
- Administrative Assistant II
- rlynch@uwlax.edu
- Testing Center Associate
- jjohnson7@uwlax.edu
- Testing Coordinator & Office Manager
- mjurvelin@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
In addition to my decade of experience in university testing, I have a decade of work as chief student affairs and enrollment officer with a focus on early intervention retention initiatives.
