High school counselors are available to meet with students to help them with a variety of personal issues.  While school counselors are trained in early intervention mental health and crisis services, they only provide short-term counseling to address the social-emotional needs of students.  The school counselor can connect families with available community resources when more in-depth assistance is needed.

Conversations with a counselor are typically confidential, with the exception of situations in which the student has authorized the counselor to speak to someone else. In addition, there are a number of urgent situations which limit confidentiality:

• Threat of harm to oneself
• Threat of harm to another
• Any report of abuse or neglect or suspected abuse or neglect
• Reports of behavior which could reasonably lead to harm to self or others
• Court orders requiring disclosure

Resources/Helpful links:
Maury County School's Counseling and Mental Health Page