Health & Counseling

Student Health Services

The Student Health Center, located on the first floor of Carlisle Hall in room 101 is staffed by a full-time Registered Nurse and a part-time Nurse Practitioner. The center is open daily Monday thru Friday 10 am to 4 pm and until 7 pm on Wednesdays. Services are available to resident and commuter students alike. Commuters wishing to be seen in the Student Health Center must instruct the Business Office to bill them $40.00 per semester. We provide confidential, respectful, individual care on a walk-in basis or by appointment. The Center is HIPPA compliant.

Services provided include:

• General Medical Care
• Women and Men's Health Care
• Emergent Care
• Preventive Care including : weight control, smoking cessation, nutrition and stress reduction
• Limited lab services
• Allergy shots
• Referrals to specialists as needed

All full-time undergraduate students are required to have some form of health insurance that includes coverage for illness and accidents. Husson University makes available to its full-time undergraduates a primary plan of accident ad sickness insurance through Monumental Life Insurance Company. For information on the cost of this policy, please click here to go the Husson Costs webpage. A student covered by another health insurance policy may waive this plan by presenting proof of other coverage to the Business Office and by signing a waiver card. Any questions should be directed to Health Services.

Maine State Law (22-MRSA Sec. 6359) requires all full-time and part-time degree seeking post-secondary school students born after 1956 to show proof of immunization against measles, mumps, rubella, and tetanus and diphtheria shot with 10 years. Two doses of the MMR, measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine are required.

The mission of the Health Center is to enhance the academic environment of Husson by providing by providing quality health care, health education, and preventive services to the students in a caring, cost effective and convenient manner. The center provides a bridge for the health care needs of our students as they transition way from home. We emphasize preventive and outpatient care.

Connie Potvin, RN, BSN
Director, Student Health Services
101 Carlisle Hall
Phone: 207-941-7625
Fax: 207-941-7866

Counseling Services

Our goal, as counselors at Husson Counseling Services, is to provide confidential assistance to students who have personal, developmental or social problems. We provide mental health and substance abuse counseling, and will act as a referral source for students who may require additional services off campus. Our mission is to help support students in having the best college experience possible. We perceive challenges as opportunities for growth and development.

Who comes for help at the Counseling Center?
Nearly everyone has trouble sometime coping with stress or loss, making decisions, feeling sad, lonely or anxious, or handling conflict in their relationships. Through counseling students are given the opportunity to: *Learn about healthy roles and relationships *Improve communication skills *Make healthy decisions *Learn stress management *Cope with depression and anxiety *Improve academic performance *Gain self understanding and have a positive college experience

Does it cost to use the Counseling Center?
No. Any Husson or Nescom student is eligible for counseling services free of charge.

Who are the counselors at the Center?
The counselors on staff are credentialed clinicians who are licensed by the State of Maine.

Rene Collins, Ed.D., LCPC, R.N., Director and Clinical Counselor
My apple hasn't fallen far from the tree... I graduated from Bangor High School and from the University of Maine in Orono (three times!). My only academic adventure away from this city was in Portland where I graduated from the Maine Medical Center School of Nursing. I have always been in the caring profession, and I have enjoyed my time with Husson students since 1997. Together, we have explored and worked with the joys and challenges of being a college student whether a traditional student who enters college as an 18 year old away from home for the first time, or a non-traditional student who perhaps comes to college after his or her 18 year old has left home! In addition to my work as Director of Counseling Services, I am also the Clinical Coordinator of the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing Program at Husson University, and I have a private practice in Bangor. In my "spare time" I have a blast with my children and grandchildren. I am also a competitive long distance runner and love traveling to races from Alaska to Florida and many states and Canadian provinces in between.

Jayne Thibodeau, M.Ed., LCPC-C, Clinical Counselor
I am a Maine native and have always appreciated and enjoyed the natural beauty of our State. I grew up in Augusta and graduated from the University of Maine (Orono) in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development. In 1986, I earned a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Bridgewater State College (Mass.). Since that time I have enjoyed working with adolescents and adults on various issues relating to personal growth, relationships and life transitions. I have been on staff at Husson as a clinical counselor since 2002. I appreciate being part of Husson's small college community and feel privileged to work with young adults and non traditional students on issues of personal identity and professional goals. In addition to the work I do at Husson I have a private practice in Blue Hill. In my personal time I thoroughly enjoy my family, walking my dog, reading, cooking and many creative endeavors (which include, sewing, painting, and drawing). I also confess that I am addicted to Spider Solitaire!

• Rene Collins, Ed.D., LCPC, R. N. Director and Clinical Counselor 941-798
• Jayne Thibodeau, M.Ed., LCPC-C Clinical Counselor 941-7184.