No appointment needed for new walk-in services, and those unable to pay won’t be turned away.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Getting mental health support in Corpus Christi just got a little easier. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Counseling and Training Clinic now offers walk-in services, allowing residents to seek help without an appointment.<\/p>\n
The clinic offers counseling for children ages 6 and older, adults, couples, and families. Services are donation-based, with a suggested $5 per session and a maximum of $20 per month.<\/p>\n
Those who cannot afford to pay will not be turned away.<\/p>\n
“We are the counseling and training clinic, also known as the Community Outreach Collaborative, where we offer free and low-cost counseling services,” said Dr. Renita Newton-Garcia, who works in counselor education at TAMU-CC.<\/p>\n
Walk-in services are available Mondays from noon to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Newton-Garcia said the walk-in option is especially helpful for people who may be unsure about starting counseling but want to learn more.<\/p>\n
The clinic helps people dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, past trauma and major life changes.<\/p>\n
“Just having a safe, non-judgmental, compassionate and empathetic space to come to where you’re gonna be seen, heard, validated and supported,” Newton-Garcia said.<\/p>\n
The clinic has six counseling rooms and approximately 17 counselors-in-training who work under supervision.<\/p>\n
Those interested in scheduling an appointment can call 361-825-3988. Newton-Garcia said the clinic typically schedules new patients within a week or the following week.<\/p>\n
Counseling services are confidential, with certain legal exceptions involving safety concerns and suspected abuse.<\/p>\n
For anyone struggling and unsure where to turn, Newton-Garcia offered a simple message.<\/p>\n
“Hope is here. Hope is ready, available, and waiting to meet you when you cross the threshold of the door.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No appointment needed for new walk-in services, and those unable to pay won’t be turned away. \u00a0Getting mental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-475000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}