Outreach and Consultation

Outreach programming is available to student organizations, university departments, faculty, and staff. Programming can include psychoeducational presentations, attending tabling events, and some interviews. 

Common Topics

Adjustment to college	Anxiety (general, social, test)	Conflict resolution and communication	Depression
Eating and body image concerns	Healthy relationships	Self-care and wellbeing	Stress management
Substance abuse	Suicide prevention	Overview of CPS services	Crisis debriefing

Ground Rules

1. Please submit your outreach request a minimum of three weeksprior to your preferred event date.  Exceptions to the three weeks notice rule include urgent responses to crises. 
2. Fulfillment of requests is contingent upon scheduling and staff availability.
3. If you are requesting an interview, please note that any material that will be published in any format (e.g., print, audio, digital) must receive special permissions from University Communications and Marketing. We will notify you of this upon your request. 
4. CPS takes precautions to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of students seeking services in CPS facilities. Thus, touring of and audio/video recording within CPS facilities during business hours is not permitted. An exception for audio/video recording will be made for pre-arranged interviews within private office spaces for outreach and consultation purposes. 
5. If you are a staff member in Housing & Residence Life and want to request an outreach activity for your residents, please contact the  Counselor-in-Residence Program .  

Submit Your Request

Please click the 'Submit a Request' button below and complete the linked form to submit your outreach request. If you have any questions about submitting an outreach request, please contact the Assistant Director for Outreach and Consultation Stephanie Maccombs-Hunter at maccombss@ohio.edu . 

Submit a Request

One component of our outreach and consultation programming is the CPS Liaison Program. CPS Liaisons facilitate close relationships between the counseling center and campus and community partners. 

As an entity partnering with a CPS Liaison, you will:

• Have direct access to a contact person within CPS (i.e., the CPS Liaison).
• Commit to a mutual ongoing exchange of information with the CPS Liaison.
• Attend consultation meetings with the CPS Liaison at least twice per academic year.
• Receive support from the CPS Liaison in identifying the mental health and well-being needs of your department, organization, or group, and receive support in addressing those needs.
• Offer support to the CPS Liaison in their efforts to address your mental health and well-being needs (e.g., support in reserving space for and/or marketing advertising services, resources, or events for your department, organization, or group).  
• Establish clear referral processes between CPS and your department, organization, or group (if relevant).
• Receive Bobcats Who Care (suicide prevention) training, if desired.
• Be able to request that your CPS Liaison attend your events and programmatic initiatives, as appropriate. 

Please note, CPS Liaisons are not the sole therapist serving students affiliated with your department, organization, or group. Students referred to CPS may work with any CPS therapist.

If you would like to establish a partnership with a CPS Liaison, please contact the Assistant Director for Outreach and Consultation Stephanie Maccombs-Hunter at maccombss@ohio.edu . 

We have collaborated with the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Division of Diversity & Inclusion to create embedded clinicians who work directly in those offices. The embedded clinician in each of these departments provides direct clinical services, as well as outreach programming and consultation services.

If your unit is interested in exploring the possibility of an embedded clinician, please contact our director, Paul Castelino at  castelin@ohio.edu .