On-Site Counseling Center

For over 25 years, On-Site Counseling has existed to provide affordable, quality, site-based and school-based counseling services, especially to the underserved. Our professional counselors help individuals, couples and families grow towards more healthy and functional lives. Our services include individual adult, adolescent and child counseling, family counseling, group counseling and group education.

On-Site counselors respect the diversity of our community and welcome clients of all faiths or no faith. On-Site does not discriminate based on age, gender, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation or disability. Bilingual counseling may also be available.

On-Site does not provide crisis or emergency services. In case of mental health emergency, please call 911.

Service options

FPU Students

We offer direct, confidential and professional counseling services to traditional undergraduate, degree completion, graduate and seminary students. On-Site is staffed with clinicians able to speak multiple languages in effort to best serve the community. Individual, couples, family, and group therapy is available to all students. We can address a variety of issues and mental health needs.

Contact us at onsite@fresno.edu or 559-453-8050 to schedule an appointment. Our phone line goes directly to a confidential voicemail, in attempt to alleviate any additional stress of speaking with a therapist directly at that time. Taking the first step to pursue therapy is always courageous, but it does not always have to be intimidating. Our confidential voicemail and email are checked multiple times a day and you will receive a response promptly. Your initial 15-minute phone call with a qualified therapist will help determine which clinician will be the best fit for you.

On-Site does not provide crisis or emergency services. In case of mental health emergency, please notify FPU campus security and call 911.

WHERE

On-Site is located in North Hall (NOH 112), off of Chestnut and Butler.

Please note all therapy sessions are currently being conducted virtually. We use a secure and HIPAA compliant, licensed Zoom account. Phone sessions can be arranged if you do not have access to a device that supports video.

COST

Traditional Undergraduate/Main Campus Students:

Counseling sessions are free of charge from the beginning of Fall semester through the end of Spring semester as rates are included in student body fees.
$20/50-minute session applies during summer months.

Degree Completion/Regional, Graduate & Seminary Students:

$50/50-minute session

We currently do not contract with any insurance panels and therefore cannot bill your insurance for services. We can provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement. We do provide therapy services for pre-approved victims of crime and can work with you to have your services covered in part or whole by CalVCB (please mention at the onset of treatment).

On-Site clinicians are available to support the FPU community through presentations on mental health topics and social-emotional support. You can find us collaborating with other departments and serving campus wide (Athletics, CHIRP, Student Life, ALAS and other class presentations). If interested in scheduling a presentation or sponsoring group sessions, please contact us for more information.

Fee-for-Service

We provide therapy on a fee-for-service basis for individuals, couples and families to members of the community. Please reach out for a free consultation to see if we would be a good fit for you.

Contact us at onsite@fresno.edu or 559-453-8050 to schedule an appointment. Our confidential voicemail and email are checked multiple times a day and you will receive a response promptly. Your initial 15-minute phone call with a qualified therapist will help determine which clinician will be the best fit for you.

You can meet with your therapist for in-person sessions at our offices in Fresno, Reedley, and Visalia, or via telehealth with licensed, HIPAA compliant Zoom accounts.

COST

Payment for services are due immediately following a session. Ask your clinician for further details about making payments.

Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee: $50/50-minute session

Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist or Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor: $80/50-minute session

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist: $125/50-minute session

Good Faith Estimate

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Contracted Services

On-Site Counseling provides social-emotional support services to local school districts, churches and NGOs. With On-Site, you’ll work with the On-Site Counseling Director to design a program that meets the unique needs of your campus or site.

Our On-Site clinicians offer a combination of individual, family, group, and crisis counseling, as well as case management, assessment and referral, psychoeducation, and consultation, as appropriate to your clientele.

Patients receive services directly at your site thereby eliminating difficulties associated with accessing off-site counseling. Many patients feel more comfortable receiving counseling in the familiar setting of school or site and are therefore more likely to participate.

For details and to learn more, contact:
Angela J. Turner, MA, LMFT | Director
559-453-8060 | Angie.Turner@fresno.edu

Frequently Asked Questions

Why On-Site Counseling?

Over the past several decades, leaders in community development and pastoral care have begun to realize that the breakdown of relationships in our culture has led to an increasingly hurting church and community. There is a need for professionally trained mental health practitioners who can deliver services with multicultural sensitivity and spiritual integrity.

On-Site counselors work in the context of a seminary program that continually challenges them to integrate care for the whole person within their professional discipline.

Do I have to attend or work at FPU to receive services?

Therapy sessions are available to any individual, couple or family where On-Site Counseling is an appropriate fit.

Do I have to be a Christian to receive services?

On-Site Counseling does not discriminate based on age, gender, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation or disability. On-Site counselors respect the diversity of our community and welcome clients of all faiths or no faith. Bilingual counseling may also be available.

On-Site counselors provide services within the scope of practice for Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Social Workers and Professional Clinical Counselors. Clients with issues outside that scope of practice will be referred to more appropriate services.

How do I know when it’s time to seek therapy?

If you notice that you’re not feeling like yourself for more than a week at a time or you’re experiencing changes in your normal level of functioning. If your relationships are suffering, if you suspect that hurts from your past are lingering or want a safe place to process difficult life situations or stressors.

Is it confidential?

On-Site Counseling, like any other counseling, is completely confidential except in limited situations which are explained at the outset of counseling.

On-Site counselors are mandated reporters of child abuse, elder abuse and dependent adult abuse.