As it approaches its 20-year anniversary, Sam Houston State University’s Jack Staggs Counseling Clinics are gearing up for a new semester of training counselor education students while addressing the mental healthcare needs of Huntsville and The Woodlands.
Named after retired Professor Emeritus Jack Staggs, the clinics carry on the work he started during his 34-year tenure leading the education department. After becoming an SHSU faculty member in 1959, he combined courses in developmental psychology with his department to eventually create a counselor education program. Now, the clinics that bear his name serve as proving ground for post-graduate students in the counselor education program and as a safe space for members of the Bearkat community to take care of their mental health.
Operating on a semester-to-semester basis, the clinics offer adolescent, couple, family, group and individual counseling as well as play and sand tray therapy. These services are offered for free to SHSU students, faculty, staff and community members, with no insurance check required. The quality of the care is guaranteed thanks to the highly skilled faculty members overseeing the sessions.
