Psychological services are available to help you succeed in pursuing your education when personal, emotional, or mental health difficulties are interfering with your learning. Some common challenges that students face include anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, challenging life transitions and a range of mental health concerns. Our campus psychologist, Dr. Ken Browner, can provide you with a caring, supportive, confidential, and professional environment in which to explore your personal challenges and facilitate change.
Services include assessment, mental health counseling, short-term couples counseling, referral and crisis intervention. Psychological services can help you get back on track and help you succeed in pursuing your education at Lakeland. If your needs go beyond the scope of services that are offered on our campus, our psychologist will work closely with you to help you get connected with appropriate off campus resources.
To make an appointment with our campus psychologist, you can choose any of the following methods:
- Contact Ken Browner at 440.525.7205 or kbrowner@lakelandcc.edu;
- Fill out this electronic intake form or;
- Stop by the Student Service Center in A-Building
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, choose one of these options, as appropriate to the situation:
- During regular business hours, go to the Student Service Center in A Building or Lakeland's Police Department (located in the basement of A Building). Or call them at 440-525-7050 (SSC) or 440-525-7241 (Police Dept.). Let them know that you are experiencing a mental health crisis and would like to speak to a crisis counselor on an urgent basis.
- Call the Lake County Crisis Hotline at (440) 953-8255, available 24/7. As a Lakeland student, they can offer assistance to you regardless of your county of residence. You can also call 988.
- If you prefer to utilize a texting-based crisis intervention service, you can contact the national Crisis Text Line 24/7 by texting "4hope" to 741-741 from your cellphone, or send a text to 988.
- For life-threatening emergencies requiring immediate assistance, you can always dial 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
Students are often concerned about their privacy when seeking out personal counseling on campus. All information that a student shares is regarded as confidential. Records are stored separately from your general college records, and only the campus psychologist has access to them. Information is not shared with outside parties unless permission to do so is given by the student. However, if there is a serious threat of harm to yourself or someone else, it may be required by law to share information with an outside party in order to ensure your safety. If you have any questions regarding confidentiality of psychological services, please feel free to discuss them with Dr. Browner at any time.