Friday, May 1, 2020

School-based Mental Health Counseling UPDATE

Many of you know Julie Schliebner, our school-based mental health counselor from Swedish. While she's been having regular sessions with some students by phone, she now has the ability to use Zoom for telehealth. Julie says:
"I am available to meet with students with a wide range of struggles including managing depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide, the stress of school, relationships, family conflicts, chronic health condition coping, or a combination of all of the above and more. Given the end of the year is not far away, some students may be more appropriate for a community based therapist and I can arrange those types of referrals." 
Gibson Ek students may self-refer to Julie at schliebnerj@gibsonek.org.

Please note this important change: Given the nature of remote mental health support, Swedish now requires parental consent regardless of the age of the student.