Reflections, Trends and Visions forthe Future of College Wellness

A Working Workshop

NECHA/NYSCHA 2017 Combined Annual MeetingBurlington, VT

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Learning Objectives

1. The participant should be able to review the evolution and emergence of the concept of Wellness in College Health.

2. The participant should be able to identify the limitations and resistance to campus-wide wellness programs.

3. The participant should be able to describe strategies for advancing integrated wellness programs and initiatives on campuses.

Why this workshop?

‘Epidemic of Wellness’

‘What is it?’

‘Who owns it?’

‘Where does College Health fit in?’

WELLNESS is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy

and fulfilling life.

Research on WellnessBen Wood, PhD 2017

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10%15%20%25%30%35%40%

PublicUniversities

PrivateUniversities(Non Liberal

Arts)

Private LiberalArts

CommunityColleges

Ag/Tech HeathSciences

40%

25.50%22.20%

6.20% 4.40%1.80%

275 Colleges/UniversitiesOver 3 million students

School size range: 192 – 66,425 (11,497)

How is ‘Wellness’ defined?

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10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%

Mind & Body Physical Health Holistic none servingcommunity needs

45%

32.20%

17.10%

3.30% 1.50%

Where is ‘Wellness located? (housed or administered)

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10.00%15.00%20.00%25.00%30.00%35.00% 30.50%

19.60%15.30% 13.80%

7.60% 5.50% 5.10%2.50%

Results

• a definition is emerging

• there are many stakeholders and many pathways toward Wellness

• there are a variety of administrative structures that manage Wellness within the Mission of Higher Education

Where does College Health fit in?

Reflections, Trends and Visions for the Future of College Wellness: A Working Workshop

Workshop PresentersRyan M. Travia, MEd

Associate Dean of Students for WellnessBabson College

Gerri Taylor, MS, ANP-BC, Fellow, ACHA

Associate Dean, Health, Counseling and WellnessDirector, Health Center

Bentley University

Joleen M. Nevers, MAEd, CHES, CSE, CSESAssociate Director, Wellness and Prevention Services

University of Connecticut

John Miner, MD, Fellow, ACHA

Faculty, BMC – U Mass Psychiatry ResidencyWilliams College Health Services (retired)

Consultant

M. Gerard Fromm, PhDFaculty, Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center

International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations

Consultant

Plan for the morning

• Professional journeys to wellness• Coffee talk• Q&A• Stages of Change• Small group discussion• Large group process• Break• Histories of the Future• Closing discussion

My Journey to Wellness

Ryan M. Travia, M.Ed.Associate Dean of Students for Wellness

Babson CollegeRegion I Consultant, BACCHUS Initiatives of NASPA

Past President, New England College Health Association@DeanRyanTravia

Professional Journey

Repositioning Wellness

Leadership Style• Know yourself

- Know what you know. - Know what you don’t know. - Know what you need to know.

• Lead by consensus• Convener• Community organizer• A passion and a vocation• Collaborative health models in student affairs• Stay out of the way

My Journey to Wellness

Joleen M. Nevers, MAEd, CHES, CSE, CSESAssociate Director, Wellness and Prevention ServicesUniversity of Connecticut@UConnWellness

Professional Journey

Wellness Philosophy

Leadership Style• Team building• Mentor• Passion for work• Collaborator• Direct/To the Point

My Journey to Wellness

Gerri Taylor, MS, ANP-BC, Fellow, ACHAAssociate Dean, Health, Counseling and Wellness

Director, Health CenterBentley University

gtaylor@Bentley.edu

Wellness Philosophy

“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless and intelligence cannot be applied” (Herophilus, 335 BC)

Health, Counseling and Wellness

Leadership Style• Strengths-Based Philosophy

• Achiever• Learner• Individualization• Self-Assurance• Responsibility

• Inclusive• Listener • Collaborative• Honesty – Say what you mean and mean what you say!

My Journey to Wellness

John Miner, MD, Fellow ACHA

Williams College (retired)

ConsultantJohn.miner50@gmail.com

Limbic SystemIntegration of Mind & Body (‘Limbic Harmony’)

1) Fight or Flight2) Stress Response / Trauma3) Memory / Cognition4) Emotion Regulation5) Autonomic Nervous System6) Hormonal Regulation7) Immune Reactions/Responses8) Reward System / Motivation

Values TeamworkInterdisciplinary

Med School ICU Rotation(an integrative moment)

Fork in the Road

“soma” (Family Practice) “psyche” (Psychiatry/Psychoanalysis)

Another Fork in the Road(widening scope of psychoanalysis)

Intensive therapy Activities Department

Integration within Health ServicesToward Multidisciplinary Treatment &Training:Successes, Challenges & Solutions - 2014

Join the Mission‘Learn, Discover, Heal, Create ---And Make the World Ever Better’

U. of Rochester, 2009

Integration across the institutionMultiple Roles and Multiple Conversations:Challenges for College Mental Health – 2009

Leadership StyleSupport staff in their professional development

Model learning and teaching

Authorize staff to fully embrace their roles and tasks

Highlight how all roles and tasks join the mission

Develop integrated policies and structures so as to promote mission

Coffee Talk

When Thinking About Integration Where Are You With It? Consider This Model

Transtheroretical Behavior Change Model

(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992)

(Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983; Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992)

Histories of the Future