Counseling Services and Pacific Health Services

Counseling Services and Pacific Health Services are both located in the Cowell Wellness Center (CWC), part of the Division of Student Life at Pacific. The Cowell Wellness Center is located across the foot bridge, north of the main campus, at the corner of Brookside Road and Manchester.

The professional staff of Pacific Health Services at the CWC includes: a supervising physician, nurse practitioners, a dietician, medical assistants, and administrative staff. Students are provided with health education, nutritional wellness and administrative information, as well as illness, preventative, sexual, and immunization care in order to promote the skills and attitudes necessary for students to become responsible for their own health.

The professional staff in Counseling Services consists of: Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Staff Psychologists, Doctoral Psychology Interns, a Consulting Psychiatrist, and an Office Coordinator. Our therapists are trained to aid students in building self-confidence, being assertive, relating to others, reducing stress, and problem solving along with more serious concerns such as depression, anxiety, eating concerns, and adjustment and relationship issues. The psychiatrist is available for psychiatric medication management. Counseling is available for enrolled students as individuals, couples and in groups
Our practitioners adhere to the boundaries of patient confidentiality established by HIPAA. As a result, staff members do not routinely discuss the student's care with anyone, including parents, unless the student has provided a written consent to release information.

Counseling Services and Pacific Health Services are active within the Student Life Division at Pacific and share the vision and goal of helping students to achieve academic and personal success by attending to their health and wellness. To this end, all students taking 9 units or more are automatically charged a Cowell Wellness Center fee of $120 per semester, which cannot be waived.

Health services are available to students who have:

• Registered for classes at Pacific (Stockton Campus), Dugoni School of Dentistry or Pacific McGeorge School of Law;
• Paid the Cowell Wellness Center Fee and submitted proof of adequate health insurance or purchased student health insurance;
• Submitted the required health history and immunization forms

Counseling services are available to students who have:

• Registered for classes at Pacific and Pacific McGeorge School of Law and have paid the Cowell Wellness Center Health Fee
• Students not enrolled in a given semester or summer school term who pay a per-session fee
• Partners of students who wish to engage in couples therapy who pay a per-session fee

The Cowell Wellness Center Health Fee covers the following:

• Stockton campus physician appointments
• On-campus nurse practitioner appointments
• Dietician services - in-person or via phone
• Health and wellness management
• On-campus counseling services
• Coordination of care with local providers
• Therapists and Psychiatrist visits

Please note that the Cowell Wellness Center Health Fee does not cover services provided by outside referrals, medications, labs or some procedures. To ensure that conditions beyond the scope of care provided on campus are covered, all students enrolled in 9 units or more (6 at McGeorge and 1 unit at Dugoni) are required to have a comprehensive health insurance plan. If students do not have insurance coverage, a student plan is available through the University for students enrolled in 6 units or more. The coverage period runs from August 1st to July 31st (July1st to June 30th at Dugoni). Students can access information about the plan via the internet or call the Insurance Office at (209) 946-2027 for assistance.

Students may waive the Anthem Blue Cross Student Health plan. A waiver must be completed each academic year by the posted deadline date or the student will be automatically enrolled. Once a waiver is completed in full, a credit will be issued to the student account against the student insurance charge. Please note: International students are automatically charged for the insurance unless they have received a special waiver from International Programs and Services. Also, please note that if the student is covered by Kaiser Permante insurance, all prescriptions must be written by a provider affiliated with Kaiser Permante in order to be covered by their plan.