Counseling

Dine College Counseling Ofiices

Welcome

Counseling Services continue to provide virtual support for all Dine College students during the academic year. Counseling Services will be provided to students for the purpose of guidance, resource sharing, and individual student support. We ask that you please call or email to schedule an appointment with one of our counselors, located at Shiprock Branch (LeToy Harrison) or through Counselors@dinecollege.edu.

Mission Statement:

Dine College counseling service will coordinate interventions, accommodations, and transition services by offering the academic support and guidance to enable students to increase academic success and achievement.

Vision:

To promote academic success through integrity, diversity, and human strength.

Core Values:

Client-centered:  We do what is right for our students.  We make decisions with our students in mind.  We put them at the center of counseling services.

Cultural humility:  We respect the diversity of our students; race and gender.  We are able to look at their background and viewpoint to better understand their needs.

Respect:  We accept and appreciate all students and value their uniqueness and worth.

Integrity:  We do no harm.  We are safe, open, honest, and ethical.

Accountability: We communicate results.  We are transparent with students.  We take responsibility for our decisions and actions.

In an emergency:
If you or someone you know is in an immediate suicide crisis or emergency please call 911 or (928) 724-6911

Wellness, Health, Workshops, After Hours Contacts, and COVID-19 Resources

Student’s Rights and Responsibilities

As a student of Dine College, the Student Success Center Counseling Services would like for you to be aware of your rights and responsibilities as a client of our services. Below you will find an outline and if you should have any questions, please contact a counselor, 928-724-6854/6784 or 505-368-3628 or through email at Counselors@dinecollege.edu.

Student Rights:

  • Students have the right to receive counseling services at Dine College regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, and student demographics (i.e. traditional, non-traditional college student).
  • You have the right to Confidentiality
    • Exceptions to Confidentiality: The counseling services will take the required steps from the college, permitted by law, and to prevent potential harm from occurring.
      • If you pose a threat or harm to yourself.
      • If you pose a threat or harm to others, on campus, off campus, and via internet.
      • If the event of hospitalization.
      • If you report information on a child, elder, person with a disability being abused or neglected.
      • Court order issued by judge to require a release of information containing your records.
    • Release of Information (ROI)
      • You have the right to discuss your record with the counselor.
      • If you sign a ROI form, you are authorizing Dine College Counseling Services to share information with outside resources, you have the right to discuss specific information that will be released.
    • You have the right to end your counseling at any time.
    • You have the right to request for another counselor or will be referred to a source that will continue services with you.

You have the right to participate in the development and delivery strategies of your counseling plan.

Counselor Biographies

LeyToy Harrison

LeToy’s Bio:

LeToy Harrison, MSW, is the counselor at the Shiprock branch. Her clans are Hasht l’ishnii (mud clan) born for Kin l ichii’nii (redhouse clan), maternal grandfather’s clan is Kinyaa’aanii (towering house clan) and paternal grandfather is Bit’ ahnii (folded-arm clan).

Letoy has worked for Din4 College for over six years. Her counseling services support and guide students towards mental wellness, which has a positive impact on their learning. Her interaction with students incorporates compassion, caring communication, and acknowledgement. Letoy works with students focusing on their positive attributes of well-being and self-dignity guided by a cultural response and K’e.

Letoy’s counseling with students is done in a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental environment. She networks with services on campus and in the community to provide care for the students and strives to be effective in the growth of students academically, personally, and socially.

Students are welcomed to drop in or schedule an appointment with a counselor at Tsaile campus or Shiprock branch.

Office Schedules and Location

Office Hours for LeToy Harrison:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Office Location Office Location Office Location Office Location Office Location
Student Success Center Room 113, Shiprock Campus Student Success Center Room 113, Shiprock Campus Student Success Center Room 113, Shiprock Campus Student Success Center Room 113, Shiprock Campus Student Success Center Room 113, Shiprock Campus
Time: 8am-5pm Time: 8am-5pm Time: 8am-5pm Time: 8am-5pm Time: 8am-5pm

Office hours:  Virtual, phone, and email. Except holidays

Contact a Counselor

Please fill out the form and submit to contact our counselors.

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