{"id":11579,"date":"2019-11-20T20:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T01:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:48:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T22:48:58","slug":"why-is-bc-counseling-so-overrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/11\/20\/why-is-bc-counseling-so-overrun\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is BC counseling so overrun?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11212019-02-e1574299413339.jpeg\" alt=\"Why is BC counseling so overrun? I've been struggling with suicidal thoughts and they said that someone isn't free to see me until December. Wow. I feel so valued.\" class=\"wp-image-11577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11212019-02-e1574299413339.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11212019-02-e1574299413339-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Why is BC counseling so overrun? I&#8217;ve been struggling with suicidal thoughts and they said that someone isn&#8217;t free to see me until December. Wow. I feel so valued.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11212019-01-e1574299427133.jpeg\" alt=\"That was my experience last year as well!! You can reach out to the on-call PEC though, they will always have people that you can talk to in a timely manner. Or maybe crisis text line? text 741741 ... their wait time is shorter than other hotlines, usually within 5 minutes~\" class=\"wp-image-11578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11212019-01-e1574299427133.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11212019-01-e1574299427133-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>That was my experience last year as well!! You can reach out to the on-call PEC though, they will always have people that you can talk to in a timely manner. Or maybe crisis text line? text 741741 &#8230; their wait time is shorter than other hotlines, usually within 5 minutes~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nIt&#8217;s not just BC, mental health services at lots of schools are having trouble keeping up with increasing need for their services. http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-mental. WGBH also has a recent series on mental health at local schools http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-mental2. The suggestions above my note are solid ones that you can use immediately. And I see you. You are not alone.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-06.jpg\" alt=\"Support Groups are more frequent and less crowded. + ask them to refer you to an off-campus therapist if you have blue cross Blue Shield\" class=\"wp-image-11615\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-06.jpg 500w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-06-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-06-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-06-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption>Support Groups are more frequent and less crowded. + ask them to refer you to an off-campus therapist if you have blue cross Blue Shield <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nThese are good ideas! I&#8217;ll see if my assistants can bring back my sidekick.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-07.jpg\" alt=\"I hope you have a positive experience w\/ UCS =) They're all nice people working really hard to care for students. BTW, Answer Wall ~ can we get the &quot;kindness board&quot; that you put up right next to you back here ~ looks like many ppl needs it!!!!\" class=\"wp-image-11614\" width=\"292\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-07.jpg 499w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-07-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-07-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AW11222019-07-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><figcaption>I hope you have a positive experience w\/ UCS =) They&#8217;re all nice people working really hard to care for students.\nBTW, Answer Wall ~ can we get the &#8220;kindness board&#8221; that you put up right next to you back here ~ looks like many ppl needs it!!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not just BC, mental health services at lots of schools are having trouble keeping up with increasing need for their services. http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-mental. WGBH also has a recent series on mental health at local schools http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-mental2. The suggestions above my note are solid ones that you can use immediately. And I see you. You are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/11\/20\/why-is-bc-counseling-so-overrun\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why is BC counseling so overrun?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11675,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579\/revisions\/11675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}