Counseling
Self-Help Resources & Tools
Explore our Warrior Wellness Canvas Course for additional self-help materials and resources, available for all students, faculty, and staff. You can sign yourself up through the button below.
Warrior Wellness Canvas Course
In-Person & Online Services Available
In-person & Online Counseling Services Available
In-person counseling services are available on the Walla Walla campus by appointment. WWCC Counselors also provide online appointments, but students must by physically located in the State of Washington at the time of the appointment due to licensure requirements. Walk-in appointments are offered in-person or online, subject to availability. If you need an in-person appointment sooner than is available please contact Blue Mountain Health Cooperative at (509) 973-5788 for free, walk-in appointments Tuesdays-Friday, located at 222 W. Birch St., Walla Walla, WA 99362.
WWCC Counseling Services
To help us meet student needs, WWCC Counseling Services has partnered with BetterMynd, an online therapy platform, to offer students (age 18+) access to free teletherapy sessions from a diverse network of licensed mental health counselors in multiple states. These 50-minute live video sessions are private and confidential and can take place from the convenience of the student’s laptop, smartphone, or tablet. Teletherapy sessions are available during the day, at night, and on weekends, so students can get support whenever it’s best for them.
BetterMyndCrisis & Emergency Contacts Emergency & 24-Hour Crisis Services:
WWCC Counselors & BetterMynd do not provide on-call, crisis or emergency services. If you have a physical or mental health urgent need or life-threatening situation, please immediately call or text 911 or seek assistance through the Emergency Room. Do not use email, text messages, or leave phone messages to communicate emergent or crisis information. Here are some crisis services available:
911 – Call or text for emergency
988 – Call or text for the 24/7 Lifeline
Walla Walla Crisis Response – 509.524.2999
Clarkston Crisis Line – 509.758.3341
Columbia County Crisis Line – 509.382.1164
Umatilla Region Crisis Line – 541.240.8030
Crisis Text Line – Text HEAL to 741741 to text with a crisis counselor
Trevor Life Line (LGBTQ) – 866.488.7386
Trans Life Line – 877.565.8860
National Sexual Assault Hotline – 800.656.4673
YWCA Crisis Line – 509.529.9922 (Walla Walla)/ 800.669.3176 (Lewiston, ID)
Confidentiality
Please take into consideration that confidentiality will be considered by the Counseling Service at every point but cannot be guaranteed when communicating with students by phone, email, or internet. We are attempting to provide the highest level of service to students under these difficult circumstances. Your understanding of the circumstances and the possible limits to confidentiality is implicit in your communication with the Counseling Service.
Information disclosed by the student during counseling is protected under confidentiality regulations of Washington law (RCW 18.225.100), but information may be released under the following exceptions as mandated by Washington law (RCW 18.225.105):
- With your written authorization for use and disclosure of information, or in the case of death or disability, the authorization of your personal representative.
- To any individual if the counselor reasonably believes that disclosure will avoid or minimize a serious, foreseeable or imminent risk to you or any other individual.
- When there is reasonable cause to believe that a child, dependent adult or vulnerable person is being or has been abused or neglected.
- When the student waives the privilege of confidentiality by bringing charges, complaints, lawsuit or dispute against the counselor.
- If the counselor receives a subpoena from the court to provide information. If this happens, only the minimum information necessary to satisfy the court’s order will be provided.