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The Center for Student Counseling and Wellness

For students living on campus during the summer, counseling services are available May 20th – July 17th. Scheduling will be by appointment only. Beginning May 19, 2025, click the request services button to complete a brief intake form.  Email [email protected] with any questions.

Our Philosophy

Understanding our own personal stories is vital to living life well. Our stories are shaped by life events, as well as what is occurring inside of us. Sometimes, these experiences limit our healthy development. Overcoming these experiences through healing and growth cannot happen in isolation. Living in a community provides opportunities to practice vulnerability and to create intimate, transformative connections

Our Mission

The Center for Student Counseling and Wellness strives to equip students with the tools they need to learn and practice essential skills to experience all 8 Dimensions of Wellness.

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Guides and supports students in removing barriers to growth and wellness via community connections, self-help resources, psychoeducation modules and workshops, peer and group support, single-session counseling, and individual therapy.

Supports our campus community by providing education and mental health resources that both promote and prioritize wellness.

CSCW Staff

Here to support you

Each of our counselors is a professional, licensed clinician or is supervised by a licensed clinician and has extensive experience in the field of mental health. We consider it an honor and privilege to come alongside students as they navigate the challenging years of higher education. Our primary goal is to provide a safe and objective place where students can freely discuss issues or problems without concern of any disciplinary response or of information being shared with anyone else.

All Gordon Staff & Faculty

Deana Trefry

Deana Trefry

Dean of Student Wellness

Reid Swetland

Reid Swetland

Associate Dean for Mental Health Outreach

Heidi Forget

Heidi Forget

Associate Dean of Clinical Education

Corri Ogburn

Corri Ogburn

Counselor

Mary Sedler

Mary Sedler

Mental Health Counselor

Tori Miela

Tori Miela

Wellness Education Coordinator

Gordon College Counseling Stepped Care Model

Stepped Care is a system of delivering and monitoring mental health treatment so the most effective, yet least resource-intensive treatment, is delivered first. Students seeking wellness services will move up and down the care model depending on their goals, presenting symptoms and the level of care needed. Step 1 is considered lower intensity, while Step 7 represents the most acute care. Intervention intensity may be stepped up or down according to their needs.

Learn more about the Stepped-Care Model 

 

Emergency Information

If you are in crisis and you are on-campus, please contact your Resident Director or Gordon Police at 978-867-3333. If you are off-campus and you are experiencing an emergency, please go directly to your nearest Emergency Room or call 911.

  1. Emergency Hotlines

Contact the Center for Student Counseling and Wellness

Visit our Office
The CSCW is located in Jenks 201 & 202

Hours
Monday through Thursday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.–1 p.m.

Crisis walk-in appointments: 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. Monday – Friday 
Non-urgent walk-in appointments: 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Monday – Friday
Walk-in appointments are on a first come, first serve basis.

The CSCW is closed on official holidays and when class is not in session.

  1. Email Us
  2. Call: 978-867-4301