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A Message From Our Assistant Director

Dear TCNJ Student,

Everyone’s experience with power-based personal violence is unique. Tuning into what you want or need may help determine which action steps, if any, you choose to pursue. Anti-Violence Initiatives, or AVI, is a confidential resource that is available to you at any point in this process. AVI can assist you in identifying your needs, help you understand the options available, and help you access any resources on- or off- campus. AVI can also work with you to ensure your physical and emotional safety.

If you are unsure of where to start in the process, start at AVI. Information about scheduling an appointment with an AVI counselor is listed below. Please know your TCNJ community is here for you to help in any way that we can. 

Michelle Lambing, LPC, NCC, ACS, CIMHP

Assistant Director for Anti-Violence Initiatives


AVI provides brief individual counseling, referral assistance, and urgent appointmentsTo schedule an appointment with AVI, go to today.tcnj.edu and click the button for the “Online Wellness Link.”
Then, a page with all of the services will pop up. Click “Get Started” under “Counseling & Prevention Services. 
Next, click on the “Appointments” tab on the left side of​ the OWL homepage.
It will then bring you to a page asking for your “Reason for Visit.” For AVI, you will click “Counseling Services”

You will then be sent to a page asking you to “Search for next available appointments.” Under “Reason” select “Request for Service Consultation” and under “Provider” select “Intake Clinician.”
Following this, you will be sent to a page where you will select a date and time for a 10-minute consultation. During this consultation, you will discuss your needs with a CAPS counselor, and they will direct you to services that best meet your situation. 
Once you schedule your 10-minute consultation, you will have the opportunity to complete a Request for Services form that helps our counseling center get a better sense of your needs. 

Should you already be aware that you need AVI specific services to address sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, or stalking, you can indicate this on the Request for Services form.
During the 10-minute consultation, the clinician you meet with will review your request form with you, ask you a few questions, and work with you to schedule your first appointment.  If you already know you will be needing services related to sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and/or stalking, you can ask the clinician to be connected to an AVI counselor in this consultation.
Should you have any questions about getting connected to AVI services, please do not hesitate to reach out to one of our AVI clinicians.
Michelle Lambing, LPC, NCC, ACS, CIMHP
Assistant Director for Anti-Violence Initiatives
P.) 609-771-2272
E.) michelle.lambing@tcnj.edu

Zach Gall, LPC, NCC, CIMHP
Staff Therapist & Prevention Education Specialist
P.) 609-771-2233
E.) gall4@tcnj.edu

 

What to expect in your first scheduled appointment, after the 10 minute initial consultation: The Assistant Director for Anti-Violence Initiatives will have reviewed your request thoroughly, and during this first counseling appointment your concerns will be discussed and a plan will be developed. Options could include group counseling, referral(s) to on or off campus resources, brief individual counseling, advocacy services, or a combination of these services. At its core, the process is about matching you with services that will best meet your needs.


Campus Resource Videos

We are excited to share with you messages from some of the people behind important campus resources and offices at TCNJ. In this first video, Michelle and Zach discuss Anti-Violence Initiatives’ confidential counseling and advocacy services; Chelsea Jacoby discusses Title IX and Sexual Misconduct, including supportive measures and how to access them; and Officer Desi Fiorvanti discusses how Campus Police Services works with the TCNJ community to aid victims and survivors.

Video 1

Our next resource video features Babayemi Aiyegbo, Robbin Loonan, and Dr. Jonathan Murakami from Mental Health Services at TCNJ as they discuss counseling groups such as SAFE and Not the Perfect Family that might be helpful for victims/survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Also in the second video of our campus resource series, Chris Freeman discusses the Collegiate Recovery Program and the All Recovery Meeting – a resource for anyone with a desire to grow!

Video 2

Our last resource video features the staff of Student Health Services! Meet some of the friendly faces at TCNJ’s SHS and hear about the services they offer, as well as how to schedule an appointment. At the end of the video, nurse practitioner Ana Slack discusses survivor-centered services offered for students.

Video 3

 

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