Welcome to the Spring Semester! I hope you feel reinvigorated after the winter break. As we enter a new semester, I would like to take …
Celebrating Pride Month
People often question how social justice and mental health relate. On the occasion of celebrating Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising …
Five Ways You Can Help a Student In Distress
As UF faculty or staff you may be the first one to notice signs of distress of a student. At UF, it is our shared …
TransCare: Supporting UF’s Transgender Students
The Counseling & Wellness Center (CWC) and the Student Health Care Center (SHCC) are committed to serving all students at UF. Students who identify as transgender or may …
Breaking Up: Do’s and Don’ts
The end of a relationship is hard for everyone involved, whether you’re the one who’s breaking up or the one being broken up with. Here …
Dealing With Depression
How many times have you said to a friend (or to yourself) “I’m depressed”? Sometimes it’s difficult to tell if you are going through a …
Meet Your Ambassadors: Peter
In this series we’ll be sharing interviews with our AWARE Ambassadors, student mental health ambassadors who help spread the mission of the CWC through outreach …
How University of Florida Students Can Access Psychiatry Care
If you are experiencing depression or anxiety, the sooner you get treatment the better. But, getting treatment can sometimes seem not as easy as you …
Looking Beyond the Numbers and Learning to Talk About Suicide
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, starting a week of awareness about suicide prevention (Suicide Prevention Week 9/9-15). Throughout this week you may shake your …
In Response to Recent Celebrity Suicides
I don’t have a Kate Spade bag, and I wasn’t a regular viewer of Anthony Bourdain. But at the end of this tragic week of …