For mental healthcare. – Page 5

I remember asking for a queer woman of color at my intake appointment and the person laughed. It’s exhausting to explain to someone who doesn’t understand your experience why your mental health is the way it is; relationships with therapists often take years to build.

I remember asking for a queer woman of color at my intake appointment and the person laughed. It’s exhausting to explain to someone who doesn’t understand your experience why your mental health is the way it is; relationships with therapists often take years to build. Yale, like the neoliberal university Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

In the midst of sacrificing everything just to stay afloat, many FGLI students cannot find the time to reflect on what they feel is worth living for. The day, week, and sometimes month long wait times these students experience before getting therapy for these feelings is yet another snippet of proof that showcases that Yale was designed to keep low-income students struggling much more than their wealthier counterparts.

As someone that is fortunate enough to have parents who can afford to cover my student income contribution, I have seen a notable difference between my life and the lives of my close friends who do not share that same privilege. When I am scrolling through Facebook to find college Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

As I reflect on the end of my time at Yale, especially my last few months in quarantine, it was my connections with a wide variety of student groups and communities that carried me through. In New Haven, I barely had enough time for those activities and my classes. If I had needed to pay the SIC, it would have been impossible for me to participate in all those communities.

As I reflect on the end of my time at Yale, especially my last few months in quarantine, it was my connections with a wide variety of student groups and communities that carried me through. In New Haven, I barely had enough time for those activities and my classes. If Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

I’ve heard a lot of horror stories of people going in for evaluations, and then they have to wait for weeks or even months to hear back about whether they had been assigned a therapist. That happened to me: I went in for an evaluation and never got any word back.

I’ve heard a lot of horror stories of people going in for evaluations, and then they have to wait for weeks or even months to hear back about whether they had been assigned a therapist. That happened to me: I went in for an evaluation and never got any word Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

The most telling part of that interaction was the receptionist’s surprise that I’d been assigned a therapist so quickly. Not hearing back from anyone after enduring the intake would have discouraged me, as I imagine it does other students, from continuing to pursue counseling.

Growing up, mental health issues weren’t really talked about—we were simply taught that perseverance and diligence would get us through anything. It took me a lot of time to realize that something was up. Another two years passed before I actually built up the courage to make the call to Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

If Yale had more therapists with more availability for students, I would be able to get the help that I need and other students would as well.

“In the past, I have been hesitant to reach out to Yale mental health. Despite my own struggles with mental health that arise throughout the year, I know that many people struggle with accessing therapists at Yale due to long wait times. I don’t want to take away the opportunity Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

“When I went to Yale Mental Health and Counseling, it took them over a year to assign me to a therapist. “

“My sophomore year, I began to deal with severe depression and anxiety. When I went to Yale Mental Health and Counseling, it took them over a year to assign me to a therapist. Spending the rest of sophomore year without much needed counseling impacted my relationships with my friends, peers, Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

“Mental health at Yale is an issue that deserves more attention, and COVID has only exacerbated these issues…”

Having had conversations with various members of SUN and having learned about the organization’s goals, I believe that the student income contribution is an undue burden that is particularly pressing at the current moment during this pandemic which has already deepened inequity along the lines of race and class. I Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

“Everyone deserves to be comfortable at Yale. Everyone deserves to get the most out of Yale like I have been able to.”

With Yale’s coronavirus response, I got lucky–which is not something that every student can say. I was allowed to stay on campus, which was good for me. But I know that being allowed on campus was the exception, not the rule. I know that lots of other students didn’t get Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago

“After facing a four-month waiting period and inconsistent communication with YMHC, the institutional care that was supposed to support me ended up compounded the anxiety I originally had.”

I’ll never forget how nervous I felt during my first YMHC intake appointments. Walking through those doors as a first year student seemed like an admittance of failure, but I knew I needed the care. After facing a four-month waiting period and inconsistent communication with YMHC, the institutional care that Read more…

By Students Unite Now, 4 years4 years ago