The PCC offers psychiatric consultation services to students who are engaged in counseling and are currently clients at the Counseling Center. For many students, access to our psychiatrist, Dr. Carlos Valle, is an unique opportunity to consult with a psychiatrist, ask questions about psychiatric difficulties and begin medication treatment, conjointly with psychotherapy. This important function compliments the Counseling Center’s provision of mental health services for New Paltz students.
Eligibility for psychiatric services is modeled after a short term psychotherapy approach. To be eligible for a psychiatric consultation, such as a psychiatric assessment or a medication evaluation, a client must be referred to Dr. Valle by a PCC staff member. Psychiatric consultation services are thus restricted to those students who are currently clients of the Counseling Center. Appointments with Dr. Valle are scheduled only by a PCC staff member. Should a client stop psychotherapy at the Counseling Center, the student is eligible for one concluding consultation with the psychiatrist and is then referred to a private psychiatrist or physician.
Medications are not provided by the PCC; nor are samples of medication provided. Please note that after a prescription is written, it will be the responsibility of the client to fill prescriptions.
Please check the “Prescription Medication” coverage in your family’s private insurance policy. Those students who have only the college’s Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan, managed by The Maxon Company, are provided minimal prescription medication coverage.
Those students who are already under the care of their private psychiatrist are encouraged to continue their medication evaluations and monitoring follow up visits with their private psychiatrist. Since both the Counseling Center’s individual counseling and the psychiatric consultation services are short term and time limited, continuing with a private psychiatrist will extend your care. Please contact us should you have questions.
