Counseling and Victim Support

On this page:

• Counseling Services
• Suicide Prevention
• What can I do if I have been sexually assaulted?
• What is consent?
• Resources

Counseling Services

You may need additional support at times during your college journey. Counseling services are available to help you through a variety of difficulties you may be experiencing.

Are you

• Feeling overwhelmed and/or struggling with time management?
• Feeling depressed, sad, or lonely?           
• Dealing with relationship difficulties?
• Struggling to manage feelings of anger?
• Adjusting to being away from family or familiar situations?
• Feeling stressed?
• Struggling to make decisions?
• Using alcohol, drugs, or food that are of concern to you or others?
• Dealing with other emotional or behavioral issues?

Appointments

Fall 2024—The counselor is available (in person or virtually) by appointment on Mondays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Location: 176 Dwyer Hall

Counseling services are provided by: Kim Altstaetter, LPCCS, CDCA.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please email Kim Altstaetter at kimberly.altstaetter@wright.edu or call 419-586-0398.

All services are confidential; however, enrollment will be verified.

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Suicide Prevention

If you are currently experiencing a crisis situation or suicidal thoughts, help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the following numbers:

Local crisis hotline: 1-800-567-HOPE (4673)
Ohio text crisis line: Text 4hope to 741-741
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 or 988
Local law enforcement: 419-586-7724

Recognizing life can become overwhelming at times, we want all students, staff, and faculty to be aware of the warning signs of suicide. Suicide is a preventable death most often triggered by feelings of depression. Below are some warning signs of suicide:

• Talking about death, dying, or making plans to die
• Expressing a lack of hope regarding the future
• Speaking or displaying emotional pain (recent losses, feelings like something is wrong with them)
• Recent changes in behavior:
  • Excessive use of alcohol and/or drugs
  • Changes in eating habits
  • Changes in sleeping (either sleeping more or not sleeping)
  • Extreme changes in mood and/or increase in irritability

What should you do if you recognize the above warning signs of suicide in someone? Here are some tips:

1. Ask them about their feelings or if they are okay.
2. Listen to them. Be a good friend.
3. Express your concern for them.
4. Let them know you care.
5. Connect them to assistance either by contacting a hotline or taking them to the local ER or to talk to the counselor on campus. Here are some scenarios and possible solutions:
   • If you see a student is stressed, anxious, would like to speak to someone, but is NOT thinking about harming themselves, refer them to counseling services.
   • If you see a student who IS thinking about harming themselves—call 419-586-7724 for law enforcement assistance.
   • If a student HAS harmed themselves (cutting, taken pills, etc.)—call 911 or 419-586-7724 for medical/law enforcement assistance IMMEDIATELY.

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What can I do if I have been sexually assaulted?

• Seek medical attention. At the nearest emergency room, you can ask for a sexual assault kit to be done
  • Mercer Health
    800 W. Main St.
    Coldwater, OH 45828
    419-678-2341
    Mercer Health Sexual Assault and Violence Information
• Preserve the evidence of the attack. 
  • Do not bathe or brush your teeth
  • Keep the clothing involved in the assault
• Write down any details you can recall
• You have options regarding reporting, and we are here to help! See the paths you can choose to report involvement in sexual misconduct (PDF).

All services are confidential!

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What is consent?

NO means NO!

• "Stop" and "Don't" mean NO
• Turning away means NO
• "I don't want to" or "I don't feel like it" means NO
• Passed out, drunk, or drugged means NO
• "Leave me alone" means NO
• Crying means NO
• "Get away from me" means NO
• Shoving you away means NO
• "I'm not ready" means NO

Yes means one thing—freely given consent where both person's needs, wants, and desires are an integral part of the interaction.

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Resources

• Wright State University Title IX and Gender-Based Violence Information
• Lake Campus Support related to Title IX
• Code of Student Conduct
• Wright State University Student Sexual Misconduct Policy
• Safety and Prevention (RAINN)
• It's On Us
• Local 24/7 Sexual Violence Helpline: 419-586-1133
• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)