Organizational management – Helping students learn to apply structure and organization to managing their time, schedules, assignments, projects, family and job responsibilities to promote their academic success.

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

EVC - Marshall Levett
NRG - Daisy Diaz-Alemany
PIN - Carol Townsend
RVS - Tim Self
SAC - Ruth Reinhart

Additional information on this topic:

- Study skills self help information from Virginia Tech
- Study guides and strategies for study skills from various colleges

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Personal concerns/general counseling - ACC offers a comprehensive range of student support services: personal counseling, career counseling, and assistance with academic difficulties or conflicts.  Counseling can help students explore their feelings and make effective decisions for improvement.  See specific areas for details.

All counselors

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Relationships/Loneliness/Social issues – Helping students improve their social functioning and establish, maintain, and develop interpersonal relationships.

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

CYP -Dawn Allison, Sylvia Galvan Gonzalez, Marky Smith, Henry Shun-Heng, Janie Wang
NRG - Connie Park
PIN – Denise Anding
RGC - Glo Foley
RVS - Patti Singleton, Alicia Garza, Mervin Jones

Additional information on this topic:

- Emotional health question and answer Internet resource from Columbia University
- Capitol Area (Austin area) Mental Health Center counseling services information
- Self help from UT Dallas
- Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection from the University of Chicago
- Psychology self-help resources on the internet
- College mental health factsheets from ULifeline Campus Professionals

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Sexuality issues – Assisting students dealing with issues related to and surrounding sexual relationships.

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

CYP - Henry Shun-Heng
EVC - Kisha Moragne
PIN – Denise Anding
RVS – Edgar Granillo, Patti Singleton

Additional information on this topic:

- Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection from the University of Chicago
- Self help resource links
- Capitol Area (Austin area) Mental Health Center counseling services information
- Self help from UT Dallas
- Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection from the University of Chicago
- Psychology self-help resources on the internet

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Spirituality – Some counselors may integrate concepts of spirituality with problem resolution.

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

NRG - Paul Duffy, Connie Park
PIN - Carol Townsend, Denise Anding
RGC - Rosalind Cunningham
RVS - Tim Self, Mervin Jones
SAC - Wade Bradfute

Additional information on this topic:

- Self help resource links
- Spiritual counseling sites from the ABCs of Counseling

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Study skills/Procrastination – Helping students learn skills to improve their chances for academic success, including time management, goal setting, listening and note-taking, reading textbooks, reviewing, test taking, and procrastination.

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

CYP - Pam Askew, Dawn Allison, Janie Wang
EVC - , Joanne Keeley
NRG - Emma Moore, Stewart Sachers, Linda Moeller, Paul Duffy, Connie Park
RGC - Rosalind Cunningham, Mae Thompson, Glo Foley
RVS - Gloria Sutton, Alicia Garza
SAC - Margie Sandoval-Samilpa

Additional information on this topic:

- Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection from the University of Chicago
- Self help from UT Dallas
- Study guides and strategies for study skills from various colleges

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Suicide - Providing support and guidance to students who may be suicidal by helping to decrease the student's emotional pain, to make sure that the student is safe, and to help develop a plan for coping.

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

CYP – Dawn Allison, Henry Shun-Heng, Janie Wang
EVC - Sandra Elizondo
NRG - Stewart Sachers

Additional information on this topic:

- Mental Health America resource center
- Self help resource links
- Emotional health question and answer Internet resource from Columbia University
- Suicide fact sheets
- Suicide prevention resources
- Psychology self-help resources on the internet
- Self help from UT Dallas
- College mental health factsheets from ULifeline Campus Professionals

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