BetterHelp for Online-Only or Hendersonville or Memphis Union Students
The university now has an account for online-only students with the online therapy service . As an online-only or Hendersonville or Memphis Union student, you are eligible to receive two months of free counseling sessions (up to 8 sessions in those two months). If you would choose to continue beyond those eight sessions, you would pay for any sessions beyond that time (at a reduced rate). In order to receive this benefit, your email address needs to be provided to the online portal that we have set up with BetterHelp.com by the university. This information is private and protected and is only seen by health and counseling services.
Jennifer Chicantek in health and counseling is able to input your email into their system, and then you will receive an email from BetterHelp.com directing you as to how to get started. You may email Mrs. Chicantek at counseling@uu.edu, or you may call her at 731.661.5284.
BetterHelp.com will connect you to a licensed counselor with 3 years of experience beyond licensure within twelve hours. As you do the intake, you may request a counselor who is a Christian, and/or also a counselor of a specific race or ethnicity. If you find the counselor you are connected to initially not to be a good fit, you are able to switch to another counselor. There will be no cost for the switch, but any meeting with a therapist does count as one of your 8 in two months.
If you have questions about this service, please contact Jennifer Chicantek at counseling@uu.edu, or the Director of Counseling Services, Tamarin Huelin (thuelin@uu.edu).