Adolescents, Adults, Children, Couples, Elders, Elders/Seniors, Ethnic Minorities, Gay/Lesbian/Transgender, Homeless, Infants, International, Low Income, Outpatient, Rural, Students, Teens

Clients here often come from a place of inequity and have a need to overcome challenges. They are inspiring in that they are coming to community college to further their knowledge and careers through education. We assist with adversity. Santa Rosa Junior College serves a rapidly growing North Bay community, and has approximately 20,000 matriculating students on campuses in both Santa Rosa and Petaluma. It houses and provides many professional and certificate programs (several levels of Nursing, Culinary, Dental Assistant, EMT, Fire Fighting) as well as more traditional AA degrees, and many students complete the program here and transfer to four year BA programs in the state. As part of Student Health Services, Student Psychological Services provides services to students, focusing on the assessment and treatment of psychological and mental health difficulties which interfere with the student's academic, employment, or personal functioning. The students who attend SRJC comprise a highly diverse mix of age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status; ages range from 16 to 70, although the majority of clients are traditional college age. Clinical needs and presentations vary as well: many students are negotiating major life transitions, such as re-entry, leaving home, or adaptation to a new culture. There are also students who have chronic medical or psychological diagnoses who attend classes and access health and psychological services. Interns can expect to encounter the gamut of diagnostic presentations, with about 40% in moderate distress, and about 5% in crisis. Most diagnoses tend to fall within the areas of depression, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, substance use/abuse or dual diagnosis; but regular examples of bipolar disorder, personality disorders, and psychoses do present as well. Treatment is voluntary, and in very high demand, and most students who seek help are highly motivated for change.

Life Cycle %
Children (ages 0-12):
Adolescents (ages 13-17):	5
Adults (ages 18-64):	94
Families:
Elders/Seniors (>65):	1

Gender %
Male:	38
Female:	59
Transgendered:	3

Dysfunction Level %
High:	5
Moderate:	40
Mild:	55

Ethnic/Cultural Identity (% = 75)
African-American:	2
Asian & Asian-American:	4
Euro-American:	42
Latino/Latina:	43
Native American:	1
Bi-racial:	6

Other Group Identified %
Gay/Lesbian:	15
Clients with disabilities:	15
Other (International subsets, etc.):	5