Mental Health Services
Colorado Crisis Services: 1-844-493-8255 | Text “TALK” to 38255
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
ValleyWide Regional Assessment Center Crisis Services: 1-800-511-5446
Counseling Services Offered:
Individual Counseling
Free to you as a student of Otero, one-on-one counseling can be helpful for times when you are dealing with specific, intense, and/or longer-term mental health concerns. Whether you need support adjusting to college life, dealing with grief, anxiety, depression, school stress, or anything else that just feels off, there is support waiting for you. Counseling is limited to 6-sessions/student and can be also used as a gateway to get you connected with a local provider who is able to offer support for years to come. No information is released to anyone without written consent, except in the case of a life-threatening emergency or when it is otherwise required by law.
If you are wondering if you should be concerned about any mental health related issue, please click on our anonymous and free mental health screening tool:
Group Counseling
Counseling in a group environment is thought to be extremely effective because peer-to-peer engagement in a highly supportive and safe environment allows participants the room to relate, respond, revise, and evolve. Working alongside others helps to engender mindsets which are empathetic, inclusive, and promote mutual-growth opportunities. Ask about groups today!
Meet Your Counselor
Dänya Herrell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in the mental healthcare field formally since 2012. She has been a mental health counselor since 2016, offering a non-judgmental, LGBTQ+ inclusive, confidential, and safe space. She has background in grief, trauma, eating disorders, self-esteem, identity, anxiety, depression and more. Stop by to schedule, call, or email for support.
Where on campus can you find our counselor?
This room’s location is discrete and tucked away, making it a great setting for individual sessions where privacy is requisite.
This room is large and open, allowing space for group counseling and group-based activities. It should be noted that this room is not ADA accessible. Please contact the Mental Health Counselor, if the accessibility of this room is a concern so that accommodations can be made.
Mental Health Contact Information
Dänya Herrell
Mental Health Counselor
(719) 384-6945
danya.herrell@otero.edu
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