University of Colorado Denver

Faculty and Staff Resources

Counseling Services

C-SEAP is a professional assessment, referral, and short-term counseling service offered to State employees with work-related or personal concerns, as well as a resource for supervisors and managers. Colorado - State Employee Assistance Program is a valuable resource for all State employees and is available from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.  To meet with a counseling professional, please call to schedule an appointment. When you contact C-SEAP, a staff specialist will ask you for some general information and set up an appointment for you as soon as possible. As with all your contacts with C-SEAP, the initial phone call is confidential.

17th Street, Suite 1100
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-866-4314
Tollfree: 800-821-8154

CARE Report

Are you concerned about a student?

Resources - Students in Distress  

Guide to Assisting the Emotionally Distressed Student

Students in Distress Pamphlet

Practicum Manual

• Practicum Manual

Clinic Policies Manual

• Clinic Policies Manual

Practicum Student Readings

• Table Of Contents

Getting Started

• Getting started as a therapist
• Goal setting questions
• Five basic counseling skills
• Common Mistakes
• Multicultural Supervision Guidelines
• Skills for therapists working with couples
• Lend an Ear
• Before the Initial Interview
• The beginning family therapist; taking on the challenge
• Students’ perspective on graduate training
• Quick Symptom Reference

Ethics

• 10 Ways practitioners can avoid frequent ethical pitfalls 

Case Presentation/DSM

• Case Presentation Summary
• DSM IV Article
• Transcription
• Top Ten Ways to Find your Theoretical Orientation

Psychotropic Medication

• Quick Reference to Psychotropic Medication 

Depression

• Treating the chronically disappointed
• Anatomy of melancholy (client’s perspective)

Assessment

• How to determine whether a client might hurt herself
• How to assess children for neglect, abuse and sexual abuse
• The mental status examination
• The MSE outline
• Table. Detailed elements of the MSE 

Cognitive Therapy

• Introduction – Cognitive Therapy
• Cognitive Conceptualization
• The case formulation model
• The problem list
• The case formulation

Readiness for change

• What motivates people to change?
• Brief Intervention: More pieces of the puzzle
• Ambivalence: The dilemma of change
• Six stages of Change
• Five basic principles of motivational interviewing
• Sample questions to evoke self-motivational statements
• Motivational interviewing in action 

Self Care and Burn out

• Stress and the helping professions
• Self Care

Multicultural Counseling

• Guidelines for psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients
• Assessment
• Treatment 

Grief and Loss

• The Darkness has its own light

Play Therapy

• The course of Play Therapy

Client Resources

• Identifying and Expressing your feelings
• Relaxation
• Feeling Safe with feelings
• The perfectionists script for self-defeat