Mindfulness

The purpose of the Counseling Center is to provide mental health services to the university community, including: assessment and referral, individual, group counseling and crisis intervention to currently enrolled UNF students; consultation and outreach services to faculty, staff, parents, and students. These services are offered in order to:

Facilitate student adjustment and personal growth as they make decisions and assume responsibility for life on a college campus;
Assist students to develop new strategies to resolve problems and develop more effective behaviors to cope with life stresses.
Provide preventative and educational programs in areas which impact students' mental health, such as interpersonal communication skills, self-esteem, and relationship issues.
Assist students with more intensive psychological concerns through supportive counseling, maintenance or referral.
Provide consultation, support and training to faculty and staff who may encounter students in psychological distress.

The University uses a mobile safety app to communicate messages and alerts to the campus community: Safe Ospreys. By downloading the app, users will have access to the UNF Alert Feed for emergency notifications and these six safety feature buttons:

Mobile BlueLight: Just like the blue emergency phones on campus, this button simultaneously sends your location and calls the dispatchers in the University Police Department.
Friend Walk: This allows individuals to send your location in real-time to a friend or parent, so they can monitor as you walk to your destination and trigger a call to emergency services if needed.
Report a Tip: Users can report a tip of unusual or criminal activity to UPD using one of three options—a Tip Report, the Silent Witness program or a call to UPD’s dispatch center.
Safety Toolbox: This button reveals a set of tools with directions—Flashlight, Share Map of your location and Notification History.
Emergency Plans: Even without internet access, users will be able to view and keep informed of the University’s emergency plans, such as procedures for bomb threats, campus disturbance, hazardous release, fire and facility evacuation.
Support Resources: This button offers links to the University’s Counseling Center and Women’s Center.

RecWell offers programs and services to balance the academic demands with outside-of-the-classroom opportunities to de-stress, build a strong mind and body, gain practical work experience, and to form lasting friendships and experiences that will bond them to our university.