Mental Health Counseling
Why counseling? Because you matter! Counseling services are free and available for all current students to assist in dealing with issues that impact your overall well-being.
Counseling can deal with:
- Personal wellness
- Emotional healing
- Building confidence
- Life planning
- Self-exporation
- Goal-setting
- Grieving
Contact Counseling Services to learn more by emailing Counseling Center or calling 920-735-5696.
Mental Health Counseling
Counseling services are free and available for all current students to assist in dealing with issues that impact their overall well-being. Your counselor understands that there are pressures and challenges faced while in college – not all of them academic. Through counseling, current students can confidentially share problems in a safe and supportive space.
Counselors can help with:
- Sharing ways to manage stress, anxiety and depression
- Assist in improving problem-solving and coping skills
- Trauma based services
- Helping identify strengths and sources of support
- Offering a different perspective
- Providing a safe place to talk and have someone who will listen
- Linking students to school and community resources
Students needing immediate assistance can walk-in during office hours.
- Monday through Thursday – 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Fridays 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Contact FVTC’s Counseling & Advising Services at 920-735-5696 to make an appointment
- If you are in a medical, life-threatening situation, please call 9-1-1
Substance Use Disorder Consultation & Counseling
The College provides individual counseling specific to alcohol and other drug use to students and staff.
Issues include:
- Alcohol and substance abuse screening
- Relapse prevention services
- Outpatient support
Students requiring court ordered or mandated counseling will be referred to community providers for services.
Students requiring a higher level of care that may include compliance monitoring, intensive outpatient programming, partial hospitalization, or medically assisted detox treatment will be referred to community resources.
The cost of services provided outside the College by community providers will be the responsibility of the student.
After Hours Resources
After-Hours Resources
- 24 Hour Crisis Lines:
- Calumet County (920) 849-9317
- Outagamie County (920) 832-4646
- The Trevor Project: Crisis Line for LGBTQ+ Community (Text 678678)
- Waupaca County 1-800-719-4418
- Waushara County (920) 787-3321
- Winnebago County North (920) 722-7707
- Winnebago County South (920) 233-7707
- Text HOPELINE to 741741
- Veterans Crisis Line - Dial 988 then Press 1
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (National Suicide Prevention) FREE and CONFIDENTIAL. Call or Text 988
Self-Help Resources
Self-Help Resources and Self-Screening Tools
- Mental Health Resource Center
- Psychcentral
- 211
- Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Meetings and Resources
- Mental Health Screening
- NAMI Fox Valley: NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Contact Us
Appleton Campus-Room E121
Email: Counseling Center
Call: 920-735-5696
Text: 920-294-1738
Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
*Hours may vary during break periods.
The FVTC counseling staff adheres to the American Counseling Association's ethical guidelines.
FVTC Counseling Informed Consent (PDF)