NOTE: UMW has updated services for 2023-24. Please visit the Talley Center for the latest resources.
Starting Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, UMW students seeking counseling services have access to such resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with on-campus options at the Talley Center for Counseling Services during business hours and after hours and weekend crisis stabilization and support available through ProtoCall.
As always, students can call the Talley Center first and speak with a clinician. After hours, by calling the same number for the Talley Center, they will be directed to ProtoCall, a telephonic behavioral health service staffed by trained clinicians.
“Understanding that students often feel distress after 5 p.m. when the Talley Center is closed, we sought ways in which students could receive clinical attention,” explained Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Juliette Landphair. “Students’ well-being affects everything they do, including their academic pursuits. This service complements our current resources as well as the new national hotline for mental health crisis, 988.”
When a student calls the Talley Center after hours and during school breaks, a clinician from ProtoCall’s team of trained professionals will offer risk assessment and crisis stabilization for that student. This service focuses on solution-based intervention to assess a student’s situation and arrange for appropriate follow-up care and referral, including on-campus coordination and services.
Read more from Landphair and about UMW’s efforts to help students in crisis in a recent Inside Higher Ed article.
UMW’s Talley Center for Counseling Services can be reached at 540-654-1053, and campus police are available at 540-654-1025 or the emergency number, 540-654-4444. For additional community resources, please visit the Talley Center resources page. UMW employees also have access to around the clock support via the employee assistance program. To learn more and access these services, visit the Employee Assistance Program information.
