Wellness Center

• The BU Wellness Center – Counseling Services provides confidential, clinically excellent, ethical, mental health counseling, assessment, crisis intervention, and consultation to support the emotional well-being, educational goals, spiritual health, and personal development of students.
• Our counselors provide, quality, short-term, solution focused, services with a biblical world view, during the fall/spring semesters. Sessions typically occur weekly or bi-weekly with a duration of 45 to 50 minutes. Traditional undergraduate students receive eight (8) free sessions per academic year, with on-going services, per clinical necessity, paid at $15 per session.
• In the event a student’s concern requires intensive therapeutic response or is beyond the scope of Wellness Center Counselors, we will assist students with referrals to professionals in the community.
• The BU Wellness Center – Counseling Services, outside of the traditional one-one-one individual counseling, such as: group counseling, couples counseling, wellness assessments, drug/alcohol assessment, suicide prevention intervention and educational programing.

Bethel’s campus nurse can provide health assessments, first aid, and referral for ill and injured students. The campus nurse can suggest appropriate over-the-counter treatments and provide guidance for our students should they seek a higher level of medical care with a local/family physician, walk-in clinic, or urgent care. The Wellness Center (student health services) cannot treat or provide services such as X-rays, stitches, broken bones, or emergency care.

Services offered -- 

• Minor Issues
• Blood pressure checks
• Bug bites & stings
• Ear wax removal
• Minor burns
• Minor cuts, blisters or wounds
• Minor joint injuries
• Nutritional counseling
• Splinter removal
• Rashes/Skin irritation

Bethel traditional students are required to complete a personal health history form and submit a current copy of immunization records to the Wellness Center.

Bethel students will find the health form information in the Admission’s Application Checklist.

• Athletes: Physical examinations must be completed by a primary care physician. Must include a record of physical examination and show blood pressure reading. Physicals must be turned in before the first day of practice in order to be cleared to play. For more information please contact your coach.
• Non-athletes: Not required

• ADHD in College 
• Anger 
• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• College mental health resource site
• Depression
• Disability
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Health: 
  • Source 1
  • Source 2
• Sleep and Sleep Disorders
• Sport and exercise
• Stress
• Suicide
• Alcohol use and your health