Broward College students in need of brief mental health counseling can choose a telehealth therapist through My College Doctor. Services range from stress management and coping strategies to psychiatric consultation and crisis intervention.

My College Doctor provides currently enrolled students with a 30-minute psychiatric consultation. Currently enrolled students are eligible for unlimited counseling sessions per year via telehealth sessions. For more information, go to www.broward.edu/mentalhealth.

Please note that students should expect privacy and confidentiality when seeking counseling; however, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act permits a covered entity to disclose patient health information, including psychotherapy notes, when the covered entity has a good faith belief that the disclosure:

1. is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of the patient or others and
2. is a person(s) reasonably able to prevent or lessen the threat.

This may include, depending on the circumstances, disclosure to law enforcement, family members, the target of the threat, or others who the covered entity has a good faith belief can mitigate the threat.

See Broward College Policy 6Hx2-5.32.