Counseling and Student Success

Counseling and Student Success (CSS) offers appointments with professional mental health counselors to currently enrolled students.* Appointments are free and include educational counseling, career counseling, short term personal & mental health counseling, and help with urgent concerns. Counselors assist students to develop plans for success.  They offer academic advising for students in the Human Services transfer program as well as those who are undecided about their program of study. Counselors also offer referrals to campus and community resources and provide outreach and consultation/training to faculty and staff. 

*Please note that returning students are welcome to make appointments for educational and career counseling.

Appointments:  For further information about CSS or to schedule an appointment with a counselor, please contact us:

• Email: counseling@everettcc.edu

• Phone: 425-388-9263

• Office location: Parks Student Union, 3rd floor 

• CSS webpage: EverettCC.edu/CSS

CSS counselors:  CSS counselors are experienced professionals who provide short-term holistic counseling to support student success. They are Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselors or Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associates. Several also teach Human Development courses on a broad range of topics including Career and Life Planning, Stress Management, and Human Relations in the Workplace.

Counseling sessions: Counseling sessions are generally 50 minutes long. Sessions are confidential unless students give consent for information to be shared or in emergency circumstances as outlined in RCW 18.19.180, Washington State’s legislation governing confidential communications.

Counseling themes:  Students frequently address topics such as these in counseling sessions:

• Educational counseling: setting educational goals, improving college success skills, choosing a program of study, overcoming barriers that have led to low grades or an Academic Counseling Hold, etc. 

• Career counseling: exploring career interests and options; engaging in career research, assessment,* and/or decision-making; connecting career interests and goals to relevant coursework etc. *There is a small fee for some career assessments. Others are available free of charge.

• Personal & mental health counseling: addressing interpersonal relationships, depression, anxiety, family issues, identity, isolation, loss and grief, culture shock, trauma, financial/food/housing insecurity, substance use, suicidal ideation, health concerns, and many other themes impacting daily life and/or success in school.

• Urgent concerns: short-term interventions for students experiencing acute distress and/or immediate barriers to well-being and academic success. 

• Academic advising: advising for undecided students and students planning to major in Human Services, assistance with educational planning, general transfer advising, and informal transcript evaluation. 

Campus & Community Referral: Counselors assist students with referrals to relevant campus and community resources.