Written by Charli Turner \/\/ Graphic by Wagner Valdez <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alpha Pi Chi, Harding\u2019s counseling honor society, hosted a mental health panel on Tuesday, Nov. 1, called \u201cMind Your Gaps,\u201d in the auditorium of the Anthony and Wright Administration Building.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students were encouraged to send in questions ahead of time for mental health professionals to weigh in on and advise. The panelists were Department of Mental Health and Wellness Chair Todd Patten, Loren Beason, Dr. Adrian Hickmon and Hannah McMullen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI love the idea of creating a space where students can ask questions about mental health that they may not have previously felt comfortable doing,\u201d Alpha Pi Chi president Madeline Roseke said. \u201cIt also allows for further education on campus of the various forms that mental health can take and the variety of counseling techniques that are out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roseke\u2019s role as president of Alpha Pi Chi allows her to connect the Harding community to further mental health education through events and seminars such as Tuesday\u2019s panel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Normalizing talking about mental health can then create spaces for individuals to receive the help that they need and work through challenges they may have felt were too daunting before,\u201d Roseke said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior Student Association (SA) president Megan Sledge also weighed in on the importance of mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTherapy services and mentors in my life have strengthened my mental health,\u201d Sledge said. \u201cI would not be where I am today without this intervention. It is so important to pinpoint a decline in mental health when it is happening and intervene when needed. The SA supports this event because we highly value mental health and how that impacts students, faculty and staff here at Harding. This topic is difficult to discuss at times, but crucial to our growth and development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sledge also mentioned that the SA encourages students and faculty to take part in events such as the \u201cMind Your Gaps\u201d panel as everyone continues to navigate the world post-COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For some, such as graduate student Kendall Force, educating the Harding community on the realities of mental health is also about helping people understand how to meet someone where they are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeing educated in this has given me a deeper empathy and understanding for people and where they are coming from,\u201d Force said. \u201cI don\u2019t think people understand how crippling it can be, and I wish that was more well known.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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