Wellness
The Dean of Students Office at GW Law is committed to promoting your wellness whether you are at your highest highs or lowest lows. Wellness can be understood as an ongoing, active process of promoting growth across several dimensions, including emotional, safety/physical, social, financial, spiritual, occupational, and intellectual well-being. Below you will find a list of resources and services available to you across these dimensions.
Kami Sidman, LPC, MAEd, JD, Director for Wellness, Diversity, and Student Life, is available in the Dean of Students Office to help students with any issues that may arise and to help find solutions to complex problems.
Contact
- Phone: 202-994-8320
- Email: [email protected]
- To schedule an appointment: calendly.com/ksidman
Helping a Friend
What to look for:
- Confused thinking
- Abuse of alcohol or drugs
- Missing assignments
- Increasing irritability
- Dramatic changes to appearance, e.g., disheveled, significant weight loss or gain, poor hygiene
- Short temper or frequently agitated
- Excessive self-criticism
- Suicidal thoughts or references to self-harm
- Increased isolation
What you can do:
- Reach out and offer to talk or spend time together
- Listen and be supportive
- Come in to talk and/or encourage your friend to contact Kami Sidman in the Dean of Students office for a consultation
- Offer to accompany your friend to Counseling and Psychological Services or call their 24/7 phone line: 202-994-5300
- Access the CARE Network: a cross-departmental support system which recognizes that student concerns are often multi-faceted. Students are connected to resources through inter-departmental collaboration to provide them with appropriate and personalized outreach. Reports can be made anonymously.
Mental and Emotional Wellness
GW Resources
- Self Help Library Colonial Health Center
- Counseling and Psychological Services at GW 202-994-5300 (Free for students)
- Health Promotion & Education 202-994-2599
- The Center Clinic 202-994-4937 (Reduced fee on a sliding scale basis)
- Meltzer Center 202-994-9072 (Fees are sliding scale, based on client’s ability to pay)
- Community Counseling Services Center (CCSC) 202-994-8645
- GW Art Therapy Clinic
Off-campus Resources
- DC Lawyers Assistance Program (DCLAP) 202-347-3131
- American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
- American Bar Association Mental Health Initiative
- Law Student Drug/Alcohol Support Group
- The Addicted Lawyer
Helpful Apps, Podcasts, and Websites
Safety and Physical Wellness
Safety
- Title IX Office
- Haven, a safe space for GW. Resources related to sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating or domestic violence, and stalking.
- Division of Safety and Security
- Sexual Assault Response Consultative Team (SARC) 202-994-7222
- Self Defense Programming
Physical Health
- Colonial Health Center 202.994.5300
Fitness
Community and Social Wellness
- Personal & Family Life 202-994-2503
- Office of Military and Veteran Student Services services.military.gwu.edu or 202-994-9570
- GW Law Diversity & Inclusion
Financial Wellness
- Student Assistance Fund
- The Student Assistance Fund is designed to provide temporary, short-term financial assistance to currently enrolled law students.
- GW Law Financial Aid
- Max by Access Lex
Spiritual Wellness
Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose, and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred.
GW Student Resources
- Christian Legal Society
- J. Reuben Clark Law Society
- Jewish Law Student Association (JLSA)
- Muslim Law Students Association
Local Resources
National Resources
Intellectual/Academic Wellness
- Academic Excellence in the Dean of Students Office
- Law School Tutoring Program: 202.994.8320
- GW Law Writing Center: 202.994.4650
- DSS disabilitysupport.gwu.edu or 202.994.8520 - Rome Hall, Suite 102
Occupational Wellness
- Law School Tutoring Program: 202.994.8320
