When a Student Comes to Your Office in Crisis: A Clinician's Playbook for Faculty Who Aren't Trained for This

Olivia Baylor, My Mental Health University

Olivia Baylor, My Mental Health University


Faculty are increasingly the first person a distressed student talks to — often without any clinical training. This session gives instructors a field-tested clinical playbook: how to recognize what you're actually seeing, what to say in the first 90 seconds, when to keep listening, and when to refer. Delivered by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, not a pedagogy consultant.