Career decisions – Help students identify their interests, values, and abilities as well as explore careers, career change, personal career development, job search techniques and other career related issues.

All counselors provide this service.  The following counselors focus more closely on this topic:

CYP – Pam Askew, Sylvia Galvan Gonzalez , Dawn Allison, Janie Wang
EVC - Marshall Levett, Joanne Keeley
NRG - Paul Duffy, Daisy Diaz-Alemany
PIN – Linda Caplin
RGC - Olden Jordan, Glo Foley
RVS - Gloria Sutton, Patti Singleton, Alicia Garza, Tim Self
SAC - Wade Bradfute; Margie Sandoval-Samilpa

Additional information on this topic:

  - Information and resources on Austin Community College’s career web site
  - Self help resource links
  - Discover your career on the Austin Community College’s career web site

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Co-dependency  - Helping students who exhibit too much, and often inappropriate, caring for persons who depend on them.

All counselors provide this service.  The following counselors focus more closely on this topic:

CYP - Gail McNeely, Sylvia Galvan Gonzalez , Marky Smith, Henry Shun-Heng
NRG - Daisy Diaz-Alemany

RVS - Patti Singleton, Lucia Ponce
SAC - Ruth Reinhart

Additional information on this topic:

  - An overview of co-dependency
  - Mental Health America resource center

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Conflict management – Help students learn to handle conflicts and grievances between two or more people, with the hope that a long term solution can be found that will be acceptable to both.

All counselors provide this service.  The following counselors focus more closely on this topic:

CYP - Marky Smith, Henry Shun-Heng
NRG - Emma Moore, Stewart Sachers
EVC - Joanne Keeley
RGC - Glo Foley, Edgar Granillo, Alicia Garza, Tim Self, Mervin Jones
SAC - Margie Sandoval-Samilpa

Additional information on this topic:

  - Information on conflict management from the University of California - Berkeley
  - Conflict management information from Sanda Kaufman’s Web Resources

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Counseling Services: A brief summary (PDF)

Crisis – Assistance for students who feel out of control or have thoughts of harming themselves or others.

All counselors

Cultural issues – Helping students deal with issues related to norms, traditions, communication style, and values of a given culture.

All counselors provide this service.  The following counselors focus more closely on this topic:

CYP - Gail McNeely, Sylvia Galvan Gonzalez , Marky Smith, Henry Shun-Heng, Janie Wang
EVC - Sandra Elizondo
NRG - Paul Duffy, Connie Park, Daisy Diaz-Alemany
RGC - Olden Jordan
RVS - Patti Singleton, Alicia Garza

Additional information on this topic:

  - Information on cultural differences from the University of California
  - Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection from the University of Chicago
  - College mental health factsheets from ULifeline Campus Professionals

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