Mental Health
The Student Health and Counseling Centers’ mental health staff includes Licensed Professional Counselors and Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners to assist students with mental health needs. Our mental health providers provide crisis prevention, brief therapy, and offer workshops to help students succeed in their academics.
Individual Counseling
The UAA Student Health and Counseling Center provides the following mental health services:
- Counseling
- Health education
- Medications
- Outreach screenings
Togetherall Overview: Online Community
New online resource for student in 2023. Chat anonymously with peers around the country about mental health-related issues:
Preventing Suicide Group - Coming Soon
Call for Appointments:
Tel: 907-786-4040
Rasmuson Hall (RH) 116/120
Hours
Closed: from noon - 1pm weekdays until further notice
Fall and Spring:
Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm
Thursday: 8am-1pm and 2pm-5pm
Summer: 8am - 5pm
Physical Health: Monday - Friday
Mental Health: Monday - Friday
Fax: 907-562-0269
uaa_studenthealth@uaa.alaska.edu
Emailing personal health information is not secure. Instead, use your Student Health Portal to either upload documents or send secure messages to the health center.
If you are experiencing an emergency call 911.
How can counseling help me?
Discussing your concern with a counselor can be helpful in many ways. At the Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC) we are optimistic about your ability to be successful. We believe you are the expert about your own life, but after listening carefully to you, we may be able to offer you a different perspective, or a different way of looking at your problem - one that is more apt to take you where you want to go. We realize college is a very busy time, and we don't believe that counseling needs to become another burden. We offer practical, solution-oriented approaches that are intended to empower you to meet your goals.
On-campus Counseling and Support
Off-campus Counseling and Support
Community Resources Offering Negotiable or Reduced Fee
- Alaska Native Medical Center, Mental Health 907-729-2500
free services for Native Americans - Anchorage Community Mental Health 907-563-1000 24 Hour Crisis Line: 907-563-3200
sliding scale for some services - Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center 907-743-7200
- South Central Foundation, Behavioral Services 907-265-4220
sliding scale - The Center for Men and Women 907-272-4822
individual, group and family therapy; parenting, anger management, domestic violence intervention
Community Support Groups
- Alaska Aids Assistance Association 907-276-4880
- Anchorage Transgender Community Meetings open to adults who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, or gender fluid to build community and network
- Hospice of Anchorage 907-561-5322
grief / loss / death support - Stand Together Against Rape 907-276-7273
- Suicide Survivors Support Group 907-272-3100
support for family and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide - Victims for Justice 907-278-0977
advocacy and support for victims of crime
Clinics and Hospitals
- Identity Alaska 907-865-3247 outpatient clinic providing compassionate, trauma informed, and gender affirming care to all
- Good Samaritan Counseling Center & Associates 907-565-4000
out-patient treatment - Northstar Hospital 907-258-7575
in-patient treatment for children and adolescents - Providence Behavioral Medicine Group 907-373-8080 (Wasilla) 907-212-6900 (Anchorage)
Depression and Suicide Prevention
Other Resources:
- Al-Anon
- Alcohol Screening (anonymous)
- American Psychological Association
- Bulimia Nervosa Resource Guide for Family & Friends
- Disordered Eating and Body Image
- Freedom From Fear
- Gay and Lesbian/Gender Identity Support
- Marijuana Anonymous
- Mental Help Network
- Narcotics Anonymous
- National Sleep Foundation
- Public Assistance Programs and Information