We have partnered with BetterHelp to extend our ability to serve mental health needs on campus.
BetterHelp offers virtual sessions at affordable rates (sometimes even free sessions, depending on your insurance) with therapists and psychiatric providers. Here are some common reasons students seek support:
- Feeling stressed or overwhelmed
- Time management
- Relationship concerns—including with friends and family
- Loneliness and struggling to connect with people
- Trauma
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Transitioning to a new environment
- Just needing someone to talk to
BetterHelp has a simple, effective matching process to help them find the right therapist or psychiatric provider for what you want to work on.
Want to sign up for BetterHelp? Instruct the student to follow the steps outlined below to have the UCSF Student Mental Health & Wellbeing help determine whether BetterHelp is the right fit for you:
- Schedule a brief consult through the student health record portal: https://myhealthrecord.ucsf.edu/
- Select ‘phone’ appointment for 15-minute check-in with SMHW Clinician
- Complete the Clinical Questionnaire after your phone consult has been scheduled and indicate the reason for visit as ‘BetterHelp Request’. In this call, a SMHW Clinician will determine whether BetterHelp is the right fit for your needs.