Counseling Center
College is an important time of academic, personal, and social development. It brings new challenges, changes, decisions, opportunities, and experiences. Our mission is to support our students' overall emotional health, help them pursue their academic success, and empower them to meet their career and life goals.
To achieve this mission, the Counseling Center strives to:
- Provide quality mental health treatment with qualified clinicians using best practices.
- Adhere to the guiding Code of Ethics from our respective disciplines.
- Practice with inclusivity, cultural competence, and cultural humility. We respect every student's inherent dignity and worth regardless of their gender identity, race, ethnic background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, economic background, or disability/ability.
- Offer a variety of services to meet student and campus community needs, including individual counseling sessions, consultation, programming and outreach, groups and workshops, crisis and emergency intervention, psychiatric consultation, and referrals when appropriate.
- Support the overall Mission of King's College by being a part of a nurturing community that cultivates personal connections and provides genuine compassion and attention to all our students.
Access the Student Web Portal here to submit an appointment request or complete intake paperwork.
Who Can Use Our Services
All currently enrolled full-time undergraduate students can use the Counseling Center's services. Full-time graduate students who take in-person classes on campus are also eligible for services. Eligibility for part-time undergraduate students is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Students have access to qualified and competent master's level mental health clinicians, all of whom can provide students with short-term, equitable, sensitive, and confidential support. We offer these counseling services in a comfortable and private office environment at no additional charge to the student.
When to Seek Support
A student is encouraged to make an appointment to see a Counseling Center clinician if they are having trouble with:
- Adjusting to college life, homesickness, roommate challenges, time management, forming new relationships, and managing expectations
- Managing typical stress or sadness
- Treating anxiety disorders or clinical depression
- Coping with grief and loss
- Working through family conflict
- Improving self-esteem
- Personal identity questions
- Navigating perfectionism
- Creating healthy boundaries and/or identifying unhealthy relationships
- Identifying and addressing unhealthy body image and/or distorted eating
Counseling Center Staff
There are no classrooms located on the sixth floor, which keeps student traffic to a minimum. While we prefer appointments to be scheduled in advance, walk-ins are welcome for emergency or crisis situations. Book your appointment below by phone, email, or online.
- Tina Arendash, M.S.W., LCSW She/her/hers
- Director of the Counseling Center; Coordinator of Peer Education and Outreach
- tinaarendash@kings.edu
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Hello and welcome! I've been a member of the King's community since February 2013. I received my Master of Social Work from Marywood University and my Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Elizabethtown College. Before coming to King's, I spent over 10 years working with children and adolescents in a school-based mental health setting and with children and families involved in the child welfare system.
Aside from my role at King's, I also currently work in a private practice seeing adolescents and adults. My approach is strength-based, and in the work I do with students, I most often use a combination of solution-focused and cognitive behavioral therapy. I am a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the American College Counseling Association, and the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors.
I am a member of the King's CARE Team. Some of my professional areas of interest include managing stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as working through perfectionism, developing healthy relationships, building self-esteem, improving body image, coping with grief and loss, and using mindfulness meditation.
I am passionate about upholding the social work value of respecting the inherent dignity and worth of the person. I am a Safe Space Ally and participate in regular continuing education and training to ensure I am practicing with cultural humility and inclusivity. I am also a first-generation college student and strive to encourage and empower those students who share this experience.
Outside of my professional life, I spend time with my husband (a King's alum!), two daughters and our border collie mix, Lily. I love watching football and spending time reading and cooking!
- Julia Lettieri, M.S., NCC She/her/hers
- College Counselor
- julialettieri@kings.edu
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Hello! My name is Julie and I have been a counselor at King's since August of 2021. I received my Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Scranton and my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Marywood University.
Before coming to King's, I worked as a drug and alcohol counselor in Orlando, FL, working with adults struggling with substance abuse disorder. I also worked as a school counselor in Orlando where I worked with students who struggled with learning and behavioral disorders, as well as students who were integrating back into the school system from the juvenile detention system. While I was still in graduate school, I worked as an intern in the counseling center at Misericordia University, where I provided students with individual therapy, psychoeducation, and outreach programming.
My counseling approach is a combination of cognitive-behavioral and person-centered therapy. My professional areas of interest include anxiety, depression, relationship, and communication concerns, working with sexual assault survivors, grief and loss, identity and sexuality exploration, substance abuse and life transitions. I am a Safe Space Ally and have participated in and continue to participate in regular continuing education on cultural competency, diversity, and inclusion.
When I'm not working, I spend time with my friends, family and cat, Arlo. I enjoy reading, being outside, listening to true crime podcasts and indulging in a good Netflix binge!
- Harli Haggerty, M.S., NCC She/her/hers
- College Counselor
- harlihaggerty@kings.edu
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Hello! My name is Harli, I am new to King's College and very excited to be here! I received my Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and my Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Scranton. I have five years of experience in community mental health in an outpatient setting. Most of my experience is working with children, adolescents, and young adults. I incorporate a humanistic, cognitive behavioral, and strength-based approach to meet clients' individual needs. I believe in working closely with the client to empower them to accomplish their goals. Some of my professional areas of interest include anxiety, depression, sexuality and identity exploration, autism, life transitions, self-esteem, and trauma. I am safe zone trained and continue to participate in continuing education and supervision. In my free time I enjoy reading, hiking, traveling, and watching good shows. I also enjoy spending time with my friends, family, and two cats, Lennon and Fig.
- Mary Kutzor She/her/hers
- Office Coordinator
- marykutzor@kings.edu
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Hello and welcome! I've been a member of the King's community since 2016 and joined the Counseling Center in 2019 as the Office Coordinator. I help coordinate center events, schedule appointments, and ensure a safe, welcoming, and private environment for all our students. When I'm not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, traveling, and being outdoors reading magazines on the deck. I'm married with one son, who graduated from King's in 2013!
- Kaity O'Hara, B.S.
- Graduate Intern from the University of Scranton
Psychiatric Services Contracted by the office of Joel Fine, M.D.
Medication management bi-weekly as needed.