Holiday Blues?

Many people find the holiday season brings additional pressure to already complex lives. People may feel they need to create an ideal holiday by finding the perfect gift, decorating extensively or cooking an elaborate meal. They may feel a pinch in their pocketbooks. They may feel pulled in many directions by the competing expectations of family and friends. They may be lonely for loved ones who have passed on or for children who are away. They may find they are drinking too much at holiday parties or they may get fatigued, anxious or depressed just thinking about the season to come.

Counseling for Faculty and Staff is a free, confidential service for ASU faculty, staff and their immediate families. We want you to know we’re available if the holiday blues start getting to you.

Contact  Ingrid Kraus at 828-262-4951 or krausiw@appstate.edu  for an appointment.

WELCOME

Counseling for Faculty and Staff (CFS) provides counseling, consultation, training and referrals for concerns that impact work. Most people use CFS because they have had difficulty solving a problem in their personal or work life and are looking for additional options and resources. Counseling for Faculty and Staff offers free, confidential counseling, workshops or referrals to faculty, staff and their immediate families. We offer consultation and training to managers and supervisors, program directors and department chairs.

We are open Monday thru Friday 8am-5pm. Counseling for Faculty and Staff is a division of the Institute for Health and Human Services of Appalachian State University.

WE HAVE MOVED to University Hall to join ASU's Institute for Health and Human Services.

From campus, go right on Blowing Rock Road (Hwy. 321), take the first left after Staples on University Hall Drive, go to the top of the hill and park. When you enter the front door, look for the Registration desk to your left. A receptionist will seat you and get your counselor.

During fall and spring semesters, APPALCART SERVICE will be available every 30 minutes on the Pink route. In summer, catch the Red route. Go to http://www.appalcart.appstate.edu/EN/US/.../09 for route information.

Please see Contact Information if you would like to get in touch with CFS Staff.

For Boone Area Alcoholics Anonymous or Al Anon, please go to www.booneaa.org