In general only half of SMC’s 30,000 students know about the mental health servicesĪmong other things, that mandatory $26 health fee covers short-term counseling with SMC’s eight staff therapists. New, however, and few satellite campus students knew of her existence. When SMC instruction went fully remote in mid-March, Marianna was still relatively “Marianna is exactly what the satellite campuses needed." Never come to the main campus,” notes Susan Fila, associate dean with the Center for Wellness and Wellbeing. “If you’re a nursing student, you’re on the Bundy campus five days a week. Previously, those campuses had no on-site mental health support, which Hired in 2019, she rotates between theīundy (Tuesdays), Center for Media and Design (Wednesdays) and Performing Arts (Thursdays) Marianna is SMC’s satellite campus therapist. SMC, it’s like a $100 a session.” Getting the Word Out Offer up free sessions to students-that’s amazing! Therapy is expensive. “Marianna is super flexible, willing to work with our schedules,” Eva says. At the time, Eva was also working as a full-time caregiver at a residentialįacility for seniors with advanced dementia, interning in patient support at UCLA Health-Santa Monica Medical Center, and volunteering at a food bank in her Koreatown neighborhood.Ĭonnecting with SMC-based licensed therapist Marianna Oganesyan felt like finding a lifeboat in a shipwreck. Yourself when you’re in school and learning how to take care of other people,” she “But it’s tough to remember to take care of Far from home, she had no chance to say goodbye and, with finals looming, no timeīy May, she knew she needed counseling. Three family members to the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. There’s a name for years like 2020: annus horribilis.įor nursing student Eva Ahmad, the disastrous year delivered three gut punches: between April and June, she lost
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