Psychological and Wellness Services (PAWS) provides confidential, intentional, and problem-focused mental health counseling, aimed at building better skills and exploring alternative ways of coping. Our services are for currently enrolled UW Tacoma students at no additional cost. Counseling & Psychological Services provides confidential crisis, individual, couples*, and group counseling; educational workshops and classroom presentations; consultation for students, faculty, staff, and student families; and referrals (when appropriate) to community mental health and social service providers and other UWT student services and resources.
*We are unable to provide couples counseling via teletherapy.
For students who are physically out of state and/or for any student (including in-state) who is in crisis, UW has partnered with My SSP to give students access to real-time, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, 24/7 and in multiple languages. There are several ways to connect: 1-866-775-0608
- Phone: 1.866.775.0608
- (If calling from outside the U.S. or Canada, dial 001.416.380.6578).
- Online: Chat with a My SSP counselor on the My SSP website or on the My SSP app (Apple App Store | Google Play)