2018-2019 Annual Report Counseling & Wellness Center New College of Florida
941-487-4254 | www.ncf.edu/cwc | 5805 Bay Shore Rd.
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CONTENTS 03 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
04 STAFF
07 COUNSELING SERVICES
15 HEALTH EDUCATION
16 MEDICAL
17 FITNESS & RECREATION
19 VICTIM ADVOCACY
20 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
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Hello!
DIRECTOR'S WELCOME
It is a pleasure to share with you our Counseling and Wellness (CWC) Annual Report for the 2018-2019 academic year. Â As usual, we had a very busy year. Â It is certainly gratifying that students have found our services useful and do come to see us throughout the year. Wellness has been the core of our services for 30 years. The various parts of the CWC: Counseling Services, Medical Services, Fitness and Recreation, Health Education Services, and Victim Advocacy, are here to help our community be successful. Of particular interest this year were two new initiatives. New College started a partnership with USF Health to enhance health services on campus, increasing clinic hours substantially and deepening services to include specialized care for transgender students. In addition, the CWC significantly increased counseling clinic hours on the USFSM campus.
As we look to the future, we hope to continue and expand our offerings to the New College of Florida and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campuses. At the CWC we promote a holistic wellness philosophy. This incorporates the view that members of our community are more than just one function. Our goal is to enhance each individual by attending to individual needs and goals as well as personal growth. We also believe that all of us are resilient and can truly achieve excellence.
Best, Dr. Anne Fisher Program Director
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STAFF COUNSELING SERVICES Anne E, Fisher, Ph.D., L.P. Program Director Keith R. Kokseng. Psy.D. L.P. Associate Program Director Duane G. Khan, Ph.D. L.P. Assistant Program Director Lenore Canavarros, LCSW Counselor Jessica Barbalato, LCSW Counselor Mike Stark, Psy.D. Psychological Post-Doctoral Fellow Kara Hoff, M.A. Psychological Pre-Doctoral Trainee Brianna Barnes, M.A. Psychological Pre-Doctoral Trainee
VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES Concetta Hollinger-Holmes LCSW, NCA Victim Advocate
HEALTH SERVICES Joseph Puccio, M.D. Healthcare Provider Krippa Varga, DNP Nurse Practitioner Katherine Reynolds, ARNP Nurse Practitioner Roxanne Powell, LPN Nurse
FITNESS & RECREATION Colin Jordan, B.A. Fitness Center Director J.R. Ayers, B.A. Sports and Waterfront Coordinator
HEALTH EDUCATION Robyn Manning-Samuels, B.A. Health Educator
OFFICE SUPPORT Marguerite Perretta, B.A. Administrative Assistant Emily Goodie, NCMA Medical Technologist
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MISSION The Counseling & Wellness Team at New College of Florida strives to support a thriving student body and transformative college experience that connects students with themselves, the community and the world by providing culturally sensitive, empirically supported and progressive programming. Our holistic wellness philosophy is the foundation for all of our services.
VISION As a member of the Division of Student Affairs, the Counseling & Wellness team will advance the liberal arts education of each New College of Florida student by creating a thriving and transformative student-centered learning environment and inclusive community that connects students with themselves, the community and the world.
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HOLISTIC WELLNESS PHILOSOPHY Our Holistic Wellness Philosophy encompasses a multifaceted approach to living, engaging each domain of wellness for growth and healing. Â We believe that individuals are more important than any function they may serve. Further, integrative approaches assist in the development of the individual and community. Balance in life, resilience, competence and healthy relationships are critical to this end.
DOMAINS OF WELLNESS
Physical Financial
Intellecutual Emotional Social
Spiritual
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COUNSELING SERVICES
Counseling services at the CWC are a range of services for people who are experiencing distress that is impacting their life in significant ways. Our goal is to reduce distress to not only have the person reengage back into the community, but also provide opportunities for growth while in college.
At the onset of services, wellness goals are established by our counselors who are trained to assess areas of wellness that are being impacted. An individualized wellness plan then is discussed to help our clients move along on their wellness journey. For counseling services treatment includes both clinical counseling services as well as outreach & engagement services.Â
CLINICAL COUNSELING SERVICES Clinical services are recommended and provided when the assessment suggests a need for psychotherapy. Interventions are driven by short-term empirically based therapies to meet psychological needs within the limitations of time and resources. The type of approach may include individual, couples and group counseling, crisis appointments, clinical consultations and online counseling. Referrals are provided for those who need specialized care or longer-term treatment.
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DEMOGRAPHICS OF CLIENTS IN CLINICAL COUNSELING SERVICES Race/Ethnicity
50% OF THE STUDENT BODY
OF NEW COLLEGE OF
Sexual Orientation
FLORIDA ENGAGED
IN
COUNSELING OVER
THE
PAST FOUR YEARS
Gender Identity
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CLINICAL COUNSELING STATISTICS For the 2018-2019 year, the CWC saw 386 clients making it the most clients the center has seen for clinical counseling services. Of note, 25% of our clients reported being first generation college students. Of the 386 clients 304 attended NCF, which was approximately 40% of the NCF student body. 82 clients attended USF Sarasota-Manatee. NCF had 2925 scheduled appointments and USF Sarasota-Manatee had 534 scheduled appointments. Overall there were a total of 3459 scheduled counseling appointments.
50%
OF THE STUDENT BODY OF NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA ENGAGED IN COUNSELING OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS
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CHANGES IN TREATMENT This report compares the average change of scores on a measure about distress. The blue represents the initial average distress of all clients in the center. The red represents the average change of the last completed measure.
National Comparison This report compares the average change of scores on a national measure about distress. The displayed scores represent the percentile ranking compared to the other 106 counseling centers that use this measure. For example, the CWC average change on the Depression subscale is greater than the change achieved by 53% of counseling centers in the national sample.
62%
OF THE GRADUATED CLASS OF NCF USED COUNSELING
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY "Crucial part of my continued success at New. I am very thankful for the support I received this past semester in both individual and group counseling" "Counseling Services are so necessary! I appreciate the ways therapists care about the students and help them succeed." "I probably would have had a complete breakdown without the services in the CWC. Honestly wish I had come in earlier. This experience has made me want to continue therapy after I graduate."
94% 94%
of respondents reported of respondents reported "I am better prepared "I amtobetter prepared now work through now to work through future future problems on my
problems own"
on my own"
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CLINICAL TRAINING The CWC prides itself as a place that provides training in the field of practicing psychology. Our site continues to offer the experiential requirements for both doctoral students and post-doctoral residents in clinical and counseling psychology. Our site helps develop ethical, multicultural and clinically competent psychologists in the field. Our training team is multidisciplinary and includes clinical psychologists, a counseling psychologist and licensed clinical social workers.
This year our team welcomed three new trainees: Mike Stark, Psy.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kara Hoff, M.A., Doctoral Practicum Student & Brianna Barnes, M.A., Doctoral Practicum Student. Dr. Stark comes from William James college and earned his doctorate in psychology with an emphasis on treatment for first responders. Both Brianna and Kara came from the Florida School of Professional Psychology and are in the doctorate program in clinical psychology.
800
APPOINTMENTS SEEN BY TRAINEES
Our licensed psychologist staff include both clinical and counseling psychologists with either a PhD or PsyD. The range of expertise, training, and experience provides our trainees with a wide range of perspective and constant growth opportunities
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USF SARASOTA-MANATEE Partnership For over 20 years, the CWC has partnered with USFSM to provide wellness services. Through participation in student orientations; tablings; and requested presentations, the CWC is increasing awareness of our wellness philosophy, while simultaneously fostering relationships within the USFSM community.
This year, in collaboration with the USFSM staff and student government, the USFSM community developed WeCARE-a culture of caring program initiative. The goal of this initiative is to support USFSM students to succeed by addressing student-defined needs and eliminating barriers through the utilization of internal resources and community-based partnerships. Scheduled Appointments for USFSM 600
400
411 272
0
2018-2019
2017-2018
The CWC welcomed Jessica Barbalato, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, to the team in January of 2019. With Jessica on board, the CWC has increased on-site counselor availability at USFSM from 8 hours per week to 32 hours per week. In addition to her role as a counselor, Jessica is responsible for outreach at USFSM.
130%
538 200
WeCARE aligns with the CWC’s holistic wellness philosophy, as it focuses on all the aspects of a student’s life which contribute to their overall well being.
2016-2017
INCREASE IN COUNSELING HOURS AVAILABLE AT THE USFSM COUNSELING CLINIC
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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT Outreach & engagement services were expanded this year. The Assistant Director and Coordinator for Outreach, Duane Khan, spearheaded initiatives to improve service delivery.
NAVIGATION EDUCATION TRAINING As a result, the Navigation Education, Training (NET) programs were created and became the core of our outreach and engagement services. The programs were designed to empower our campus communities to achieve excellence through awareness of resources, education, self-exploration and training. Each type of program is influenced by the wellness philosophy supporting the community with targeted programs that match the level of need of the community members.
Navigation aims to increase awareness and access to resources in and around the community. Some of these programs have included tabling events such as orientations for both NCF and USF SarasotaManatee; Education And Self-Exploration (EASE) example programs included the LGBTQ support group, Intersecting Identities narrative writing group, Stress Management & Resiliency Techniques (SMART) group and Post-Traumatic Growth support group. Training example programs included the Baker Act and mental health training for the campus police department. We also provided training for the resident advisers in boundary setting, risk assessment and communication skills as well as the resident hall director's training in supervision models.
300+ NET PROGRAMS
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HEALTH EDUCATION
Health education at New College, a four day a week service, focused on skills development and education and awareness of general health topics. This included mental and physical health, alcohol and other drugs, sexual assault prevention and education and sexuality education. These educational opportunities were provided in collaboration with offices in students life, academics, and residential life, as well as the counselors at the Counseling and Wellness Center. By providing multiple opportunities to engage in health topics, the health education program ensures that students learn as much about their wellness as the topics in their areas of concentration. In 2018-2019, there were 24 health education programs. Some of these included: alcohol abuse prevention, healthy sexual relationships including a focus on consent and invited speakers. One of note was Yana Tallon-Hicks who is a sex educator and relationship therapist.
500+
STUDENTS ATTENDED HEALTH EDUCATION EVENTS
This year USF Sarasota-Manatee introduced 8 hours of health education services on campus. A variety of health education programs were provided. For example: interactive tabling events, community partner building and interactive workshops such as "Bystander Intervention Training".
For both programs health education focused on community building and partnered with local organizations including the Sarasota Department of Health who sent the Health In Motion bus, Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) and AlAnon.
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MEDICAL SERVICES
This year the CWC partnered with USF Health and expanded the medical services. This new collaboration provided our community with specialized transgender services at our clinic and access to all of USF Health's specialities in the community.
MEDICAL STATISTICS
Our services strive to provide quality care to our students and will help students bridge services to the community if one’s needs exceed the scope of center care. Our mission is to promote healthy choices and selfcare through both traditional medical services, as well as, preventative and proactive services.
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40
Top 5 Medical Diagnosis
30
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FITNESS & RECREATION
With wellness as our mission, our fitness and recreation programs provided our community with opportunities for physical wellness. The Fitness and Recreation Center’s indoor facilities feature a variety of strength-training and cardiovascular equipment as well as one wood-floored racquetball court and two wood-floored dance/exercise rooms. Outdoor facilities include a beautiful 25-meter swimming pool, hot tub, a lighted basketball court, two lighted tennis courts, a multipurpose playing field/softball diamond and a fitness path.
The Fitness and Recreation Center also offered a wide array of group programming, sports clubs/groups and academic clubs/groups. Highlights of the 2018-2019 academic year include: Increase in participation in over 8 club sports, physical fitness challenges (NovoFit), the establishment of two martial arts clubs, provided leadership training to team captains, SCUBA re-certification, CPR/First Aid/Oxygen flow training and certification, began building a new sand volleyball court with an alum donation.
25,271 Visits to the fitness center
Community Collaboration We’ve worked with the Cross College Alliance, the Intercollegiate Sailing Association, and the City of Sarasota in providing opportunities for our club sports teams to compete with teams outside of NCF.
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SPORTS CLUB SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Total number of students actively involved in team sports: 59 Total number of sports clubs: 8 (Basketball, Flag Football, Soccer,
WATERFRONT EQUIPMENT CHECKOUTS
Sailing, Tennis, Swimming, Sand Volleyball and Power Lifting)
125
Club Sports Activity Stats: Averaged
100
17 student sports club practices per week, which represents a total of 17 hours of sports club programming
75
each week.
50
Sailing Team: Competed in 5 away
25
South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association (SAISA) regattas
0
February
March
April
1 &2 st
nd
Place in the 37th Annual USA Power lifting Florida State Championship
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VICTIM ADVOCACY
Victim advocates are trained to support victims of crime. They offer emotional support, victims’ rights information, help in finding needed resources and assistance in filling out crime victim related forms. Advocates frequently accompany victims and their family members through the criminal justice proceedings. Advocates work with other organizations, such as criminal justice or social service agencies, to get help or information for the victims we serve. Victim advocates’ responsibilities vary depending on the situation.
Our victim advocate, Concetta Holmes, has provided services to the NCF and USF Sarasota-Manatee campus for the past several years. Concetta is a licensed clinical social worker and is an expert in the field of trauma. She has been working with survivors for over 20 years. For the communities Concetta offers victims information about the different options available to them and support victims’ decision making. Concetta is committed to maintaining the highest possible levels of confidentiality in communication with victims. In the 2018-2019 year, our victim advocate assisted 15 students in need.
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE As we close this edition of our Annual Report, I do hope that you have been able to see our activities over the last year. As we move forward, we do have a few initiatives that are coming. One major initiative is our Healthy Campus 2020 Initiative with the American College Health Association. Next year, we will be working with campus partners to enhance the health of the campus, including students, faculty and staff. Further, we will be moving to a smoke free campus during the year, joining the other State University System institutions in creating a more healthy atmosphere for all community members. We also have plans to enhance our medical services, continuing to partner with USF Health and USF SarasotaManatee. Telepsychiatry is hopefully on our horizon! The Waterfront Program is in the process of enhancement, with campus WiFi and better staffing.
Sports clubs are also a growth area, with opportunities for students to participate. We have focused services in Counseling as well, expanding group services and outreach. There is much to anticipate as we continue to provide service to our campuses, both New College of Florida and USF Sarasota-Manatee. In closing, I would also like to credit Dr. Keith Kokseng with all the hard work he put into this project. Best, Dr. Anne Fisher Program Director
941-487-4254 | www.ncf.edu/cwc | 5805 Bay Shore Rd.