• Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide professional mental health counseling and consultation services for our campus community that:

• Incorporates a brief-therapeutic model with an emphasis on developmental counseling directed at helping currently enrolled students succeed in the university environment; coordinates referrals to off-campus professionals when specialized, more intensive, and/or longer term services are needed.
• Creates developmental programming to increase healthy lifestyle and coping behaviors.
• Provide leadership and advocacy for university mental health policy and initiatives.  

Scope of Practice

Counseling Services does not provide long-term intensive counseling and psychotherapy.  It is beyond Counseling Services' scope of practice to provide ongoing counseling and psychotherapy for students who may be diagnosed with a variety of serious, long-term psychiatric conditions, and individuals who appear to be a recurring high risk of harm to themselves or to the UW-River Falls community.  These students will be referred to appropriate community resources.  
 

We are Continuing to Care for You Remotely and In Person Through Student Health and Counseling Services

Student Health and Counseling Services continues to modify services and offerings to meet the needs of our students and campus during COVID-19. Please see below for our contact information, available services, and crisis/emergency numbers/information. Please check for updates at the Student Health and Counseling Services webpage and the UWRF COVID-19 web page. Our webpages have many online resources which are being regularly updated. Our office at 254 Rodli is now open, our staff are working in person or remotely, and we continue to answer phones and respond to emails during business hours (8am-4:30pm Mon-Fri).

 

UWRF Personal Counselors Appointments: If students wish to schedule a counseling appointment, please email (counseling.services@uwrf.edu) or call 715-425-3884. 

• When scheduling an appointment through email, it is helpful to include:
  • W#
  • days/times that work best for you
  • best telephone number to reach you

• If this is an emergency, you should call 911 or contact other crisis options available 24/7, including the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or Text HELLO to 741-741.

• Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence at 1-800-345-5104 or Text 715-821-8626.
• Please see our Emergency/Crisis Situations web page at https://www.uwrf.edu/StudentHealthAndCounseling/EmergencyMedicalCare.cfm.
• For information about the Campus Victim Advocate, and Sexual/Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Advocacy, please visit https://www.uwrf.edu/StudentHealthAndCounseling/CVA.cfm.

Medical Clinic Appointments: M Health Fairview Clinic in River Falls: 319 Main Street, River Falls, WI (adjacent to Family Fresh Grocery). Current students should call  715-425-6701 for appointments and identify themselves as a UWRF student. Hours may vary due to COVID-19, check the clinic web page for current hours. Depending on the provider and the reason for the appointment request, telephone, video, or an in-person visit may be scheduled.  Telephone and video appointments are covered by Student Health Services, as well as in-person appointments. For more information about covered services, go to https://www.uwrf.edu/StudentHealthAndCounseling/StudentHealthServices/RFMC.cfm. 

 

COVID Information for On-campus Testing, Contact Tracing, Isolation and Quarantine:
For updated COVID-19 information, click on Falcons Forward | Covid-19.

Reproductive Health Appointments: Pierce County Reproductive Health in River Falls, located at 1234 S. Wasson Lane, call 715-425-8003. Due to COVID-19, hours and services may fluctuate. For more information about covered services, go to  https://www.uwrf.edu/StudentHealthAndCounseling/StudentHealthServices/PCRHS.cfm

Eligibility for Student Health Services at M Health Fairview Clinic and Pierce County Reproductive Health: Students are eligible for Student Health Services during the two academic terms and January and Summer terms as long as they are registered for classes and have paid required fees for that term.

 

Information about Counseling Services

Where do I go for a medical or mental health emergency?
Medical emergencies call 911. Emergencies/Crisis Situations

Where do I go when I need to talk to a personal counselor?
UWRF Counseling Services: 254 Rodli Hall
For an appointment: call 715-425-3884 Appointment information
Alcohol and other drug assessments are also available for currently enrolled UWRF students through UWRF Counseling Services (a fee is charged for court ordered assessments)

What Groups are offered this Fall 2021?

-Community Group

-Art Therapy

-Meditation Group

-Where Do I Go From Here?

-Adventure Group

 

How do I learn more about?
- Common mental health issues (A - Z Index)
- Improving my personal wellness
- Suicide prevention efforts at UWRF Summer 2019

Counseling Services Contact Information

254 Rodli Hall
410 South 3rd Street
River Falls, WI 54022

Fax 715-425-3573

counseling.services@uwrf.edu (Please call to make an appointment)

Email is not a confidential mode of communication and it is inappropriate for conveying information of an urgent nature and/or for relaying information to and from medical or mental health providers.  If this is an emergency, call 911.  This e-mail is not monitored 24/7 and it not intended for urgent issues or emergencies.  Although we do our very best to respond within 3 business days, because of holiday weekends and staff's schedules, there may be times when this is not possible.  For questions or for more information about UW-River Falls Student Health and Counseling Services, contact our office during regular business hours (M-F 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at 715-425-3293 or 3884.

About Us

Survey Data:

UWRF Mental
and Physical Health

 

Student Health and Counseling Services Infographic 2019/2020

Falcons Forward/Covid-19

UWRF Remote Resources Guide for Students

Local Support Resources, including during COVID-19

River Falls COVID-19 Community Care Resources

Resilient Wisconsin Mental Health Resources from WI Dept of Health

Mental Health Website from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Five Ways to View Coverage of Covid-19 from the American Psychological Assocation

Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety Toolkit by the Shine Organizaion