UNO Counseling Department and Community Counseling Clinic

03/11/2026

✨ Thank You to Our Community Partners! ✨

Today we hosted our Internship Fair, bringing together our incredible community site supervisors and our counseling students as they begin preparing for the next step in their professional journey.

We are so grateful to the many site partners who took the time to come to campus, set up tables, and connect with our students about internship opportunities and the important work happening across our community. Your partnership plays a vital role in training the next generation of counselors.

Thank you as well to our students who attended, asked thoughtful questions, and explored the many pathways available to them during internship.

A special thank you to Dr. Rudra and Dr. Bjornsen-Ramig for organizing and hosting this wonderful event.

At UNO, we truly believe in training our colleagues, and events like this highlight the strong partnerships that make that possible.

03/11/2026

This graphic outlines key principles from Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) for supporting someone in emotional crisis.

RO-DBT emphasizes:
• Validation before problem-solving
• Curiosity instead of assumptions
• Connection over control
• Safety through collaboration, not force

When someone is overwhelmed, these steps help reduce emotional intensity, strengthen trust, and increase the likelihood that they will accept support and stay safe.

Crisis support isn’t about saying the perfect thing—it’s about staying present, communicating care, and helping connect the person to resources when needed.

03/06/2026

🎓✨ Scholarship Applications Are NOW OPEN! ✨🎓

We’re excited to announce that scholarship applications are officially open for Nebraska Counseling Association student members! If you're a student member, this is a great opportunity to get support for your journey in the counseling profession.

⏰ Deadline: March 15
📌 Who can apply: Any Nebraska Counseling Association student member
🔗 How to apply: Use the link in our bio!

And don't forget to share with your friends and peers, or tag them in the comments!

Don’t miss your chance—apply today and take a step toward investing in your future. We can’t wait to see your applications! 💙

03/05/2026

🎉 Celebrating 50 Years of Care at the UNO Community Counseling Clinic 🎉

For 50 years, the UNO Community Counseling Clinic has been proud to serve the Omaha community by providing accessible counseling services while training the next generation of counselors.

To celebrate this milestone, we are offering free counseling sessions this summer with our practicum counselors, supervised by licensed professionals.

We are also excited to announce that beginning Summer 2026 (May 11) counseling services will be expanding to the Metropolitan Community College – South Omaha Campus through a new partnership with Metropolitan Community College and the Methodist Community Counseling Program. These services will be available for students, faculty, staff, and community members, helping us continue to reduce barriers to mental health care.

Thank you to our community partners and to everyone who has supported the clinic over the past five decades. We look forward to continuing to serve our community for many years to come.

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03/03/2026

Our clinic is booming with activity… The future of counseling starts right here. 💛 So proud of our practicum students and the heart they bring to this work.

03/03/2026

When your mind feels overwhelming and chaotic, therapy creates space to slow things down.

Not to rush answers.
Not to force clarity.
But to gently untangle what’s been knotted by stress, trauma, or survival.

A therapist doesn’t tell you what your yarn should look like.
They help you hold it, untangle it, and knit something that actually fits you.

Healing is a process.
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03/03/2026

🚨🚨 Attention Students 🚨🚨

If you received an email today (please check your inboxes) you MUST send proof of your student status by no later than Monday, March 2nd. If you do not send proof of being a student, your membership will be converted to a professional membership and a bill for the difference will be sent to you.

Proof of student status can include:
✅a photo of your student ID
✅a copy of your current class registration
✅letter from college confirming student status

02/25/2026

Access to mental health care matters — and collaboration makes it possible.

We’re excited to partner with Methodist Community Counseling Program practitioners and Metropolitan Community College to offer counseling services at MCC beginning Summer 2026. Through this partnership with the UNO Community Counseling Clinic, we’re expanding support for students, faculty, friends, and families in our community.

We’re grateful for community partners who help make care more accessible. More information coming soon!

02/23/2026

Shame thrives in silence and secrecy.
It weakens when stories are spoken in spaces that are safe, attuned, and nonjudgmental.

In therapy, healing often begins not with fixing—but with being heard.

02/20/2026

The digital world isn’t slowing down — and neither are the questions about how it’s shaping adolescent and young adult mental health.

We’re excited to share a powerful four-part webinar series (March–April 2026) hosted by BHECN that explores how social media, AI, and digital culture are influencing identity development, vulnerability, help-seeking, and clinical care.

✨ We’re especially proud that our own faculty, Dr. Thang Tran and Becca Moore, LIMHP, LADC, will be presenting:

Youth Mental Health at the Crossroads: Technology, Connection and Vulnerability
📅 March 20 | 12–1 PM CT

This session will examine the psychological impact of digital environments and explore both the risks and opportunities technology presents for today’s youth.

Additional sessions in the series include:
• Teens and ChatGPT: Low-Key Helpful or Major Red Flag?
• TikTok and Self-Diagnosis
• Teens and Screens: The Unabating Scourge of Social Media

🎓 This series offers accredited continuing education for behavioral health professionals.

If you work with adolescents or young adults, this is a timely and essential conversation.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://www.unmc.edu/bhecn/programs-training/online-training/brainsbotsboundaries.html

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02/19/2026

Congratulations Aurora!!! 🎉

Help us congratulate Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate student Aurora Lagattuta, whose internship work supporting Veterans has earned recognition from Influential Women for her impact in the behavioral health field. 👏

02/18/2026

In mental health work, we talk a lot about dialectics — the idea that growth often lives in the space between opposites.

You can be trying your best and still need to do better.
You can love people deeply and need boundaries.
You can accept reality and work to change it.

Healing isn’t about choosing one side.
It’s about learning to hold complexity without losing yourself.

If you’re in a season where things feel contradictory, you’re not broken — you’re human. And often, you’re growing.

Healing