Resources for Students
Counseling Center Podcast: Can you say more about that?
Episode 1: Can you say more about the Counseling Center?
Episode 2: Can you say more about drug and alcohol counseling at WCU?
Episode 3: Can you say more about continued counseling?
Episode 4: Can you say more about eating concerns among college students?
Helpful Videos and Media
Helpful Links
Alcohol, Drugs, and Addictive Behavior
*Coming Soon*
Addiction Resource
Alcohol Detoxing: Impact on Sleep
Alcoholics Anonymous: Find a local meeting
Alcoholics Anonymous: Online Meetings
Coping With Stress Without Drugs and Alcohol
Incorporating Mindfulness in Recovery
Treatment Programs Locator
Anti-Racism Resources
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Anti-Racism Resources for White People
Harvard Implicit Bias Test
Talking About Race: Being Antiracist
Detour-Spotting for White Antiracists
Integrating Anti-Racism with Addiction Treatment
BIPOC
Therapy for Racial Justice Activists
Family Care, Community Care and Self Care Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma
Liberate Meditation App (by and for people of color)
Black Lives Matter: Toolkit
Common Coping Strategies
Emotionally Restorative Self Care: People of Color
Filling Our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color Can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: Eight Ways to Support Yourself
Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
Racial Trauma is Real
Grief & Loss
Grief & Loss: Self-Care Handouts
Building Your Social Network: My Support Network
Building Your Social Network: Support System
Coping with Grief and Loss
How to be there for someone grieving
https://grief.com/
General Mental Health
101 Ways to Take Care of Yourself when the World Feels Overwhelming
The Mighty Blogs: A safe, supportive community for people facing health challenges
and the people who care for them
TWLOHA Blog: Read inspiring posts like "Fear Won't Win" and "Hope Will Not be Cancelled"
Actively Moving Forward (AMF): National network created in response to the needs of
grieving young adults, ages 18-25
National Institute of Mental Health
LGBTQIA+
Suicide & Suicide Prevention
Transition & Adjustment
Trauma and Tragedy
*Coming Soon*
COVID-19 Resources
Handouts
Podcasts
- Coronavirus social distancing makes grieving even harder
- Unpacking the mental health crisis in the coronavirus pandemic’s wake
- WCU RAM Fam Podcast - Attending to Mental Health during a Pandemic
- WCU RAM Fam Podcast - Attending to Mental Health during Pandemic (part 2)
- WCU RAM Fam Podcast - Attending to Mental Health during a Pandemic (part 3)
- Unlocking Us: Brene Brown
Helpful Workbooks & Self-Help Tools
- FACE COVID
- This is a set of practical steps for responding effectively to the Corona crisis, using the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
- Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook
- Download this free workbook to guide you through step by step exercises to help you cope.
- Pandemic Project
- Provides you with an expressive writing tool that may have terrific preventative and healing potential for each of us concerned about this unparalleled event that threatens our physical and emotional health.
- Managing Coronavirus Anxiety: 10 Practical Suggestions
- Clinical psychologist Nick Wigwall suggests tips for managing anxiety about the coronavirus
- Mind Matters
- Written by students for students - Navigating mental health concerns during COVID-19
Webpages with Resources Related to COVID-19
- Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence COVID-19 Resources
- Move to End Violence: Building Movement for Social Change
- Resources, Tools, and Articles in response to COVID-19 such as self-care workbook, self-care challenge and more!
- Active Minds - Mental Health Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Offer live webinars; blogs (on topics such as the stress of living at home & staying emotionally well during COVID-19)
- COVID-19 and Addiction
Resources for Non-Students
Handouts for Faculty and Staff
Helping Students Cope after Tragedy
Videos for Faculty and Staff
Resources for Parents and Families
Office for Parent and Family Relations
Navigating Your Student's Transition to College
Talking to your student about alcohol and other drugs
Talking to Your College Student about Alcohol (Illinois State University Handout)
Talking to Your College Student about Alcohol (Stanford University Handout)
Talking to Your College Student about Alcohol (SAMHSA Handout)
Everfi: How to Talk to Your Student About Alcohol
College Drinking Prevention: Fact Sheets and Tools for Parents
Responsibility.org Discussing Alcohol With Your College Student