Counselors are available to help through distance counseling sessions. We offer telemental health to all enrolled students via secure video and phone. Contact us individually or at Counseling@ChattahoocheeTech.edu. Check out all our mental health resources.
Personal counseling can help students understand and refine their life choices. Students can learn to reach their potential through meaningful introspection, well-informed decisions, and resolution of problems of an interpersonal nature. Brief counseling strategies help students resolve issues over a short period. Students often face various obstacles and troubling situations while in college; not all of them are related to academics.
Limited personal counseling as it relates to the educational experience help students share problems with a caring, non-judgmental counselor who’s trained to help with reflection, support, and solutions.
Typical reasons students may consider personal counseling:
If you think you could benefit from short term counseling, make an appointment soon. Counseling sessions can be done in the counseling offices on the North Metro or Marietta campus locations Monday through Friday by appointment 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Students must complete an Intake Form either before or at their first appointment.
Telemental Health Counseling
Distance counseling, also known as Telemental Health, is available by some counselors. This type of counseling allows students to meet with a counselor either by phone or secure online video conferencing. This service was designed for students who may predominantly take online classes or who cannot meet a counselor on either campus location. Distance counseling may be an option for students during unexpected weekday campus closure.
While we make an effort to ensure confidentiality, distance counseling may compromise this in some cases. The nature and use of the internet and phone prevent total guarantee of privacy as we may experience from an office visit. We do use a software program that is HIPAA compliant to offer as much confidentiality as possible.
For students who wish to engage in distance counseling, each will read and sign an Informed Consent for Telemental Health, which will include a student’s contact information and an emergency contact. While some students may find the concept somewhat strange at first, most have positive experiences. To make an appointment, or learn more about the process, contact a counselor directly or contact Counseling@ChattahoocheeTech.edu.
Chattahoochee Tech Statement of Confidentiality
All discussions with a counselor are considered confidential. Counselors and support staff will not share this information with others to include faculty and other staff members without a student’s express permission. Only in the case of an emergency can the information be shared. Information shared includes all records maintained through support services. However, there are limits to confidentiality when a student expresses or implies intent to harm oneself or others.
In other cases, counselors are required by law to break confidentiality if a staff member suspects abuse to a child, an elderly person, or if there is a court order mandating that the office release records to a judge. If you have any questions or concerns regarding confidentiality, please discuss them with your counselor or support staff.
If there is an emergency during our work together, or after termination, in which I become concerned about your personal safety, the possibility of you injuring someone else, or you receiving proper psychiatric care, I will do whatever I can within the limits of the law, to prevent you from injuring yourself or others and to ensure proper medical care is received. For this purpose, I may also contact the police for a home safety check or an emergency contact whose name you have provided.
For more information, contact:
Cheri Mattox-Carroll, M.Ed., LPC, NCC, BC-TMH, CPCS
Director of Counseling
Marietta, GA 30060
Email: Cheri.Mattox-Carroll@ChattahoocheeTech.edu
Cheri works with students concerned with depression, anxiety, family concerns, suicidal ideation, relationships, PTSD, trauma, and grief. She helps students in a caring, non-judgmental environment and believes in solution-focused therapy that helps students resolve issues over a short period. The use of cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies, solution focused and person-centered therapy can help students experience life through a more reflective way of thinking and feeling. Her mission is to help students overcome life obstacles, consider other perspectives, and empower themselves in a holistic way. She also offers mental health programming and activities.
Elizabeth Bryant, LAPC, NCC
Counselor
Counseling Intern
Virtual Counseling
Marietta Campus
Building A · Office 1126
980 South Cobb Drive
Marietta, GA 30060
Email: Lora.Aples@ChattahoocheeTech.edu
Lora is completing her Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health at Liberty University. She counsels Chattahoochee Tech students virtually by appointment. Her goal is to help by promoting healthy thinking, developing good decision-making, and coping skills, and realizing one’s unique strengths. Her desire is to create a positive, non-judgmental, and safe environment for students to talk openly about present or past experiences that may hinder one from being the best version of self. She uses a cognitive behavioral approach though incorporates other approaches to best assist one in developing practical habits to improve overall mental health and quality of life.
Avery Dobbs
Counseling Intern
Marietta Campus
Building E · Office 113
980 South Cobb Drive
Marietta, GA 30060
North Metro Campus
Building C · Office 305M
5198 Ross Road SE
Acworth, GA 30102
Email: Avery.Dobbs@ChattahoocheeTech.edu
Mayi Dixon, Ph.D, LPC
Counselor
North Metro Campus
Building F · Office 121
5198 Ross Road SE
Acworth, GA 30102
Marietta Campus
Building E · Office 112
980 South Cobb Drive
Marietta Campus
Paulding Campus
Building B · Office 232
400 Nathan Dean Boulevard
Dallas, GA 30132
Phone: 770-975-4085
Email: Mayi.Dixon@ChattahoocheeTech.edu
Dr. Dixon is a native of Flint, MI and has resided in Georgia for over 20 years. She is a Georgia Licensed Professional Counselor with a MS degree in Counseling from Argosy University and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Mercer University.
Dr. Dixon specializes in relationship counseling, anxiety disorders, trauma, family issues, grief and teaching mindfulness techniques. She utilizes the following short-term theoretical modalities: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
Dr. Dixon has worked with a variety of students at Chattahoochee Technical College for the past four years and also works as an adjunct professor teaching graduate counseling students.
About Counseling and Student Advocacy at Chattahoochee Tech
Students served by Chattahoochee Tech represent a broad range of educational experiences, age, socioeconomic, culture, and lifestyle differences. Due to the diversity of this population, a variety of counseling and supportive services are utilized to meet students’ needs as they relate to educational, personal, and career goals. Counseling can help students experience success in all facets of their life.
Counseling Services handles a variety of mental health and personal concerns to include stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, grief, relationships, family issues, issues of gender and sexuality, PTSD, academic concerns, time management, work-life balance.
Counselors utilize a number of theoretical modalities such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Person-Centered Approaches.
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