{"id":629,"date":"2020-12-05T17:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T17:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/?p=629"},"modified":"2020-12-17T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T22:02:46","slug":"ust-launches-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2020\/featured-stories\/ust-launches-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"UST Launches Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Healing Our Heroes\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2020\/featured-stories\/ust-launches-clinic\/attachment\/healingheroes_blog_600x300\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300.jpg\" alt=\"HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300\" class=\"wp-image-630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/12\/HealingHeroes_Blog_600x300-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of St. Thomas again demonstrates its leadership and commitment to community service with the launch of its new, one-of-a-kind program to alleviate the long-term mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Greater Houston\u2019s first responders and front-line health care professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Healing Our Heroes initiative, which began Sept. 15, offers pro bono mental health counseling resources to health care professionals. The effort was inspired by troubling stories from the front lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were hearing of first responders taking their own lives, brand new nurses leaving their first shifts in tears, never to return, and veteran professionals leaving their careers,\u201d Spencer Conroy, vice president of Finance and Business Affairs, recounted. \u201cAlso, reports of PTSD, insomnia, nightmares and other signs of extreme emotional and physical stress are commonplace. You don\u2019t have to look hard to find news reports detailing in heart-wrenching specificity the types of experiences these people are facing daily with no sign of relief on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First-of-its-kind, University-based Clinic in Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UST is the first Houston university to open a campus-based clinic focused on health care workers and first responders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clinic is conducted by the University\u2019s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program (CMHCP) counselors-in-training and supervised by Dr. Grant Sasse, clinic director.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCounseling can be helpful for many different reasons, including but not limited to stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem, relationship difficulties, emotional pain and many other struggles,\u201d Sasse said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CMHCP clinic offers individual and group services. Until it is safe to return to campus, the sessions will be provided through HIPAA-compliant, tele-mental health video conferencing. When campus reopens, face-to-face sessions will be available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All services are confidential and meet the code of ethics established by the American Counseling Association and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors.&nbsp; \u201cThis is another example of the University of St. Thomas coming together to care for the wider community using the gifts God gives us,\u201d UST President Richard Ludwick said. \u201cThis time, we\u2019re fighting against the mental health impact of a deadly virus by helping to heal those on the front lines and make their lives better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UST again demonstrates its leadership and commitment to community service with the launch of its new, one-of-a-kind program, &#8220;Healing our Heroes,&#8221; to alleviate the long-term mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Greater Houston\u2019s first responders and front-line health care professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[272,249,344,346,343,345,342,288,10],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-272","tag-covid-19","tag-first-responders","tag-grant-sasse","tag-healing-our-heroes","tag-mental-health-counseling","tag-pandemic","tag-winter-2020-issue","tag-winter-issue"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UST Launches Clinic - Encounter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2020\/featured-stories\/ust-launches-clinic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UST Launches Clinic - Encounter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UST again demonstrates its leadership and commitment to community service with the launch of its new, one-of-a-kind program, &quot;Healing our Heroes,&quot; 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