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= Meet Jacylyn Schuon, Psy.D. =

Dr. Schuon joined the University of North Georgia Student Counseling Center in 2010. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. She has several years of experience at college counseling centers, completing her advanced practicum at Agnes Scott College, her pre-doctoral internship at Virginia Tech, and her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Georgia. Her areas of interest include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and group therapy. Her approach to counseling is integrative with a focus on student wellness and often incorporates cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness based interventions.

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= **Video of our Interview with Dr. Schuon: ** =

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= **Summary of Interview Takeaways: ** = A large portion of this interview focused on asking Dr. Schuon how she handles termination with her clients. Dr. Schuon said that in the field of college counseling, she faces standard terminations as well as artificial terminations with her clients. She stated that regardless of what kind of termination is impending, she believes that it is always important for her to be conscious of how much time is left. She brings up termination early on in the counseling process to make sure that the client knows it is coming and is prepared for it. Dr. Schuon likes to leave time to wrap-up and focus accordingly for the remaining sessions before termination. She also likes to leave time for her clients to process any feelings associated with termination, and to use the experience of termination as a way to model healthy goodbyes for her clients. Dr. Schuon also added that she will even see clients for two to three sessions after graduation to help them transition and to assist them with referral services. When we asked Dr. Schuon about how she would handle discussing the limitations of insurance with clients, she shared that although she does not have to deal with insurance panels as a university counselor, she is sure she would discuss the limits of insurance coverage early on in the counseling process in order to stay structured, and be able to make the last sessions the most meaningful. When asked how many sessions ahead of time she would begin discussing termination with a client, Dr. Schuon stated that it would depend on the length of the counseling relationship. She said that for clients she has been seeing for a short time (about 10 sessions) that she would start discussing termination two to three sessions before the last session, and that if it was a client she had a more long term relationship with (years) that she would bring it up much further in advance (approx. 6 sessions in advance) to allow the client more time to process the end of a long relationship. In summary, Dr. Schuon always tries to give her client’s ample opportunity to process the idea of termination. media type="file" key="Dr. Schuon Termination.m4a" width="300" height="50" Dr. Schuon stated that she has found herself in situations where her personal values conflicted with those of clients and where she has had a strong negative reaction to clients. She said that in situations where this happens, she begins by making sure she does not react to these feelings in her session with the client. Then she said that she takes time to process her own reaction. She said that she would seek supervision if needed or bring up her feelings in weekly staff meetings (consulting with colleagues). She would work on her own feelings and stay mindful in her sessions with the client to make sure that her feelings and/or values do not enter into the counseling process. She also added that although she has never done it, she believes that if she was unable to separate her personal values and reactions from the counseling process that she would refer the client elsewhere but only as a last resort. media type="file" key="Dr. Schuon Personal Values.m4a" width="300" height="50"
 * Takeaways on How Dr. Schuon Handles Termination **
 * Takeaways on How Dr. Schuon Handles Her Personal Values in Counseling **