Health and Wellness
Crisis Info
HCC Health & Wellness
Hours: 8AM - 5PM (Weekdays)
Highland Community College is committed to promoting a healthy lifestyle for its students and the surrounding community.
Counseling
Confidential support is available to help with stress, relationships, self-esteem, anxiety, decision making, homesickness, substance use, career choices, and more. Highland Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or handicap in admission or access to or treatment or employment in its programs and activities.
Wellness Center
The Walters Wellness Center provides a much-needed recreation space for our students and community. It contains a large indoor area for activity classes, a spacious climate-controlled area for community and college events, and indoor practice areas for track, baseball, and softball.
Timelycare
TimelyCare is a telehealth service available to eligible Highland Community College students at the Highland, Atchison, and Baileyville campuses who have graduated from high school.
Through TimelyCare, students have 24/7 access to on-demand medical and mental health support from licensed providers. Students can use TimelyCare for concerns such as stress, anxiety, illness, and general health questions, without needing to make an appointment or leave their apartment.
Services are confidential and can be accessed through a smartphone, table, or computer, making it convenient option whether students are on campus, at home, or traveling. For more information, please reach out to our Health and Wellness Coordinator.
Local hospitals:
- Amberwell Atchison - 28 miles from Highland
- Amberwell Hiawatha - 15 miles from Highland
- Mosaic Life Care - 30 miles from Highland
Mental Health Resources:
KANZA Mental Health & Guidance Center
Counseling FAQ:
Counseling offers you the opportunity to discuss important issues in your life in a safe non-judgmental atmosphere. Often students just need an open mind and unbiased opinion to help them resolve situations. Counseling at HCC offers you that resource.
If you have a concern or problem you are trying to work through don’t hesitate to come seek support at the Counseling Center. It is generally best to resolve something which seems of little concern before it turns into a bigger problem. Students seek assistance from the counseling office with a wide range of concerns. If it is important to you then please make an appointment.
Counseling sessions are confidential. Counseling is most effective when students can be open and honest about their concerns without fear their private information will be shared. Your written permission is required to share confidential information, except in situations where you or others may be in danger, in cases of abuse, or by a court order or as otherwise mandated by law.
As a student at Highland Community College, counseling services are offered free of charge. Services sought outside of HCC are the responsibility of the student.
The HCC counseling office provides short term counseling services to students. You and the counselor will decide what is appropriate for your circumstance. Although there is no limit to the number of sessions you may attend, if your area of concern is outside the scope of expertise of the counselor or long term intensive therapy is more appropriate, referrals will be given.