Student Life

CS provides 1) individual and group therapy sessions, 2) crisis intervention for self or others, 3) graduate and older students group for those interested in exploring relationships, learning how they are perceived by others, and expressing themselves more fully, 4) training for TAs in handling distressed students, 5) consultation for TAs regarding students in general, and 6) stress management services including egg and massage chairs.

Turi Honegger, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Counseling Services
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7140
T: (805) 893-4411
F: (805) 893-5259
Email communication is not confidential

Free, confidential and non-judgmental information and/or counseling are available through Health Education. Answers, information, assessment and referrals are offered for students:

• concerned about their own or a friend's eating and exercising habits
• interested in discussing healthy eating and fitness with a registered dietician
• needing info on sexual health and relationship issues
• wanting individual and/or group tobacco cessation counseling and nicotine replacement products
• questioning their own or another person's alcohol or drug use
• wanting to manage stress

The Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic, under the direction of licensed psychologist Dr. Heidi Zetzer (CA PSY # 14216) provides mental health and career counseling services to residents of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, as well as to UCSB faculty and staff. All services are offered on a sliding scale basis (insurances are not accepted). Clinicians work with children, adolescents, and adults in individual, family, and group therapy settings. Clients from all ethnic and economic backgrounds are welcomed. Clinicians (counselors and psychotherapists) are doctoral students enrolled in the Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology Department in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. All cases are supervised by licensed psychologists.

The Hosford Clinic offers the unique opportunity for clients to receive the kind of long-term therapy unavailable in the managed care system at very affordable fees. Our primary goal is to provide state-of-the-art treatment to those in need. For further information or to schedule an intake, please call 893-8064.

If you'd like to speak with a counselor during the night, or on weekends or holidays, simply call Counseling Services at 893-4411. You can call to talk about yourself, or to discuss a friend about whom you are concerned.

The coordinator of student mental health services is a readily accessible single point of contact for faculty, staff, and students at UCSB who are concerned about a distressed student and do not know which office to contact. The coordinator will consult about a student, provide referrals to campus departments, develop action plans, and follow up with students, staff and faculty as appropriate. In an emergency, always call 911 (9-911 from campus phones). Call the coordinator of student mental health services if you know a distressed student and you:

• do not know where to refer him/her
• would like to consult about possible responses to a student's behavior
• notice a student's behavior is making others feel uncomfortable
• believe there may be safety concerns in the future
• have called 911 because of a safety concern
• would like future follow up to know if the student is connected to appropriate support services

The coordinator is available at 893-8920 for consultation and appointments during working hours, M-F. If you need immediate assistance during working hours, you may also call 893-4569 or 893-4550. In the event of an emergency, call 911 (or 9-911 from campus phones).

A variety of factors, including medical, academic, financial, emotional, family and social can affect a student’s performance and adjustment at UCSB. Students who are experiencing difficulties in any of these areas can meet with a social worker for assessment, links to community resources and services, ongoing support, advocacy and monitoring. For students who may need to leave UC Santa Barbara, a social worker can provide assistance in locating and obtaining continued services. The social worker’s role is to meet with students, consult with other involved people (with the student’s permission), and identify the student’s obstacles, needs, strengths, and goals to develop a plan. Together the social worker and student develop a plan to access resources needed to overcome these obstacles. Students are eligible for these services at no cost.

Burt Romotsky
Social Worker, Student Health Service
UCSB Student Health Service
T: (805) 893--3380
F: (805) 893-4911
E: romotsky-b@sa.ucsb.edu