Counseling Training Clinic
Counseling services are provided by graduate students who are closely supervised by Psychology Department faculty. All supervisors hold a Ph.D. in counseling psychology, clinical psychology, or counselor education and supervision and have extensive training and experience in therapeutic strategies and interventions. The graduate students provide individual counseling for adults, teens, and children. On occasion, counseling may also be available for couples and families. Please note that we are not able to provide formal psychological evaluations or court-ordered services.
The Clinic strives to provide quality services that affirm the dignity, worth, and value of all clients. Counseling students, supervisors, and Clinic staff are sensitive to client diversity, including but not limited to ability, age, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, nationality, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background.
The Psychology Department's graduate programs in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP), meeting or exceeding all academic and clinical standards. Our Counseling Training Clinic has been providing counseling for people in the Bellingham community for over 35 years.
The Counseling Training Clinic takes client privacy seriously. Please see our Notice of Privacy Practices and let us know if you have any questions or concerns in regards to the privacy or security of client records.
*Please note our counselors are unable to provide crisis stabilization or crisis care. If you need immediate help, call 911 for a life-threatening emergency or 988 for a mental health emergency.
If you are experiencing a crisis, you may also call the Whatcom County Triage Center at 1-800-584-3578 or text the Crisis Text Line (Text HOME to 741741).
Counseling Training Clinic Director
Christina Byrne, Ph.D.
Clinic phone: 360-650-3184
Clinic fax: 360-650-4584
The Counseling Training Clinic is located on the fourth floor of the Academic Instructional Center East (AI on campus maps), near the south end of the Western Washington University campus in Bellingham. Limited parking is available near the clinic, and parking permits are available from the counselors or Clinic receptionist.
The Counseling Training Clinic is open during winter and spring academic quarters, which run from January to early June. We begin taking phone calls in November from individuals interested in our services. We can be reached by phone at (360) 650-3184, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Counseling sessions hours are Monday through Thursday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Policy on prohibiting discrimination based on a protected class
(Interim: POL-UI1600.02, effective October 9, 2009; revised August 1 2024). This policy applies to employees, students, and all persons that use Western Washington University facilities or participate in University education programs or activities. The Counseling Training Clinic pledges to make every reasonable effort to implement this policy.