Prevention Services

Personalized Wellness Support for Every Student

Valpo’s Prevention and Wellness Office offers prevention services tailored to your unique journey. Whether you’re adjusting to college life, navigating difficult relationships, or seeking help with substance use, our team provides confidential, compassionate guidance to support your well-being, growth, and success.

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Prevention Services

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Prevention Services

Schedule a meeting with the Assistant Director of the Prevention and Wellness Office, Natalie Muskin-Press, M.A., LCAC.

We offer a variety of prevention services for students including wellness meetings, survivor advocacy, and substance use education and treatment. Please remember that you are always welcome to discuss any concerns you may have about yourself and/or others at the Prevention and Wellness Office within the professional parameters of confidentiality. We offer compassionate, unbiased, and nonjudgmental assessment, counseling, and referrals. Our only concern is your growth and development as a young adult.

Wellness Meetings

Are you experiencing difficulty with adjusting to college, learning new coping skills, or decreasing unhealthy behaviors? Set up a wellness meeting to gain help in making changes that will improve your college experience.

Survivor Advocacy

Students who have experienced any sort of violence, harassment, assault, or unhealthy relationship behaviors can receive private support and education about how to help themselves heal and navigate university or legal processes.

Substance Use Education and Treatment

Any student struggling with substance use that is negatively impacting their life can receive assistance from our Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor on staff. Learn about ways to decrease or cease use as well as how to engage in harm reduction strategies to support yourself and others.

Mental Health Trainings

MHFA: Mental Health First Aid is a 6 hour training course that teaches participant how to intervene and support others experiencing mental health distress.
QPR: QPR is a 90 minute Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper training that provide information on how to provide immediate support and resources to those that may be experiencing significant emotional distress.
Sex in a Fish Bowl: This one hour program allows participants to anonymously ask questions about relationships, sex education and sexual health and than have those questions answered by members of the Wellness Office.
Stress management: Learn how to handle stress, manage your time, and learn how to cope with difficulties around balancing school with the other obligations in your life.
Bystander Intervention and Affirmative Consent: Learn how to ensure you and those around you are being safe and respectful.
Culture of Respect: Learn how to recognize and prevent behaviors that can lead to substance abuse, hazing, and sexual assault within your organization.
Alcohol and Drug Training: Learn how to promote healthy behaviors, prevent or decrease the risk of alcohol poisoning, and support others that may need it.
Hosting Workshop: Living off campus? Learn how to best protect yourself and others by learning risk management strategies and understanding current laws and policies.
Spheres of Wellness Workshop
Other topics as requested