Hello MSPQC Students!

I’m writing to share these mental health resources for UW-Madison graduate students with you. Please let me know if you have any questions and I hope you have an excellent weekend!

• Graduate and Professional Student Assistance Specialist: Elaine Goetz-Bermanmailto:egoetz2@wisc.edu?subject=Graduate%20student%20mental%20health is a staff member whose role focuses on graduate student needs, including support, advocacy, and resource referral. Elaine is also available to consult with faculty and staff on graduate student concerns.

• University Health Services:

o Individual Counselinghttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/individual/ - opportunities to improve mental health, where counselors use relational and solution-focused methods and attend to the developmental, identity-related, and mental health concerns of students

o 24-hour Crisis Servicehttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/crisis/ - for risk of suicide or concern about well-being of a student, speak with an on-call counselor at 608-265-5600, option 9

o Let’s Talkhttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/wellness/lets-talk/ - informal drop-in consultations with a counselor

o SilverCloudhttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/silvercloud/ – a self-guided, interactive resource for cognitive behavioral interventions

o Psychiatryhttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/psychiatry/ - outpatient care focused on medication management and evaluation

o Group Counselinghttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/group-counseling/ - connection with others in safe, confidential, and supportive spaces, where participants share experiences and learn new ideas and behaviors. A sampling of this semester’s support groups include:

• Graduate Students Group

• Graduate Women's Group

• Graduate Students of Color Group

• Dissertators Group

• Grief Support Group

• LGBTQ Support Group

• Latinx Support & Process Group

o Resilience through Connection for Graduate Studentshttps://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJsurzpLQtv6vR3 - designed to share tips and tools for thriving on various topics:

• Managing Workloads (organization, motivation, prioritizing, and more) Thursdays | 2/11, 3/11, 4/8 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm

• Grad-ification (personally thriving, imposter phenomena, work/life balance, and more) Thursdays | 2/18, 3/18, 4/15 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm

• Life in the Grad Lane (resilience, managing uncertainty, and more) Thursdays | 2/25, 3/25, 4/22 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm

o Survivor Serviceshttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/survivor-services/ - confidential support for survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, and/or stalking

o Substance Abusehttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/aoda/ - alcohol and other drug assessment and recovery support

o Processing Spaceshttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/mental-health/outreach-services/#processing - confidential support and consultation with peers and counselors

o Healthy Academics Instructional Toolkithttps://www.uhs.wisc.edu/healthy-academics/ - evidence-based strategies and campus resources for faculty and instructors, as well as campus prevalence data and information related to student attitudes toward mental health and its impact on academics

• Dean of Students Office: This office is committed to fostering a caring environment for all students. Responsibilities include the Student of Concern Reporthttps://doso.students.wisc.edu/services/student-of-concern/, the Bias Reporting Processhttps://doso.students.wisc.edu/services/bias-reporting-process/, addressing Sexual Assault, Dating, and Domestic Violencehttps://doso.students.wisc.edu/sexual-assault-dating-and-domestic-violence/, as well as many other issues affecting student wellbeinghttps://doso.students.wisc.edu/student-assistance/. Drop-in hours are Monday through Friday 8:30am-4:00pm, room 70 Bascom Hall.

• Ombuds Office: University employees, including graduate students, can seek guidancehttps://ombuds.wisc.edu/ regarding workplace concerns without fear of reprisal and at no cost to them.

• Employee Assistance Office – Graduate students who hold assistantships are eligible to utilize this confidential resourcehttps://hr.wisc.edu/employee-assistance-office/ that provides counseling and consultation at no cost.

• Employment Benefits - In addition to utilizing UHS’s services, graduate students who hold assistantship appointments may seek mental health services covered by their health insurance planhttps://www.ohr.wisc.edu/benefits/new-emp/grad.aspx.

Jackson Conan Kennedy, M.A. Student Services Coordinator Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison (517) 575-9279 Jckennedy3@wisc.edumailto:Jckennedy3@wisc.edu Pronouns: he/him/his