Our Mental Health & Well-Being Services
Supporting OGPS trainees with the many dimensions of wellness.
OGPS offers trainees short-term individual counseling on personal, emotional, family and academic/workplace issues. Individual counseling services provided by our office are intended to be solution focused. Clients are eligible for up to six counseling sessions a year. Not sure if counseling or mental health services are right for you? You can try using this online screening tool to check your symptoms and find out when it might be time to seek professional help.
Our wellness counselors provide counseling services to all OGPS Trainees for FREE. Virtual and in-person are available.
The Counseling & Well-Being Program offers outreach presentations to OGPS-affiliated departments on a wide variety of mental health topics, including stress management, resilience, goal setting, managing transitions and many more. Presentations are subject to counselor availability. To explore the offered topics or request a presentation, complete the Counseling & Well-Being Presentation Request form.
Counseling & Well-Being offers consultations with faculty and staff to support them in addressing concerns they may have about trainee or learner well-being. Schedule a consultation appointment with one of our clinicians.
There are many resources on campus to support you and your loved ones including academic and personal counseling services, after-hours urgent support, and toolkits developed by the experts at Michigan Medicine.
Kate is a licensed psychologist with experience working with students, learners, faculty, and staff in a wide variety of settings. She completed her MA and PhD degrees in Counseling Psychology from Southern Illinois University. She provides a safe, confidential space where OGPS trainees can explore the challenges they’re facing and helps them to determine what changes they would like to make. She utilizes an integrative & collaborative approach drawing from a biopsychosocial systems-based framework, integrating techniques from multicultural & feminist perspectives, ACT, mindfulness, trauma-informed therapy, IFS and interpersonal perspectives to best meet the individual needs of each trainee.
Kate provides counseling on a variety of topics, including stress management, work-life balance, procrastination, anxiety, depression, improving coping skills, identity concerns, and improving overall wellness. Kate also provides individual consultation for faculty on helping them address concerns about trainees’ well-being.
LaNeisha earned her BA in biology from Macalester College and her MS in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University. She is able to provide brief, individual, family, and group coaching and counseling services for trainees on a wide range of topics including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, coping skills, as well as stress and time management.
Her goal in working with OGPS trainees is for each person to have a better understanding of themselves and how they can integrate, challenge, and flourish within their various environments. She utilizes various therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, systems approaches, trauma-informed care, and other therapeutic modalities, as needed.
We encourage our learners, faculty, and staff to embrace the concept that thriving in life goes beyond being successful in their studies, research, and careers. Personal well-being is a journey, with many aspects to consider. Through a holistic approach that recognizes the many dimensions of wellness, everyone can achieve personal and mindful awareness that is directly connected to thriving, both now and in the future.
Additional Options for 1-on-1 Counseling
Graduate students not only have this as an option, but also Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), which serves all students on campus. Michigan Medicine postdocs may alternatively visit the Office of Workplace Resilience.
