Counseling and Wellness

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Counseling Services

The Counseling and Wellness Department at 麻豆视频 reflects the school’s relational approach to

student development within a community in which students are known, valued, and understood. School counselors embody the 麻豆视频 Excellence with Humanity philosophy by getting to know individual students who seek counseling and then tailoring the therapeutic approach to meet each student’s needs. This may take the form of short-term support, ongoing therapy, student/family outreach and advocacy, and/or team collaboration. Counseling services are provided by licensed mental health professionals and comply with national standards of care. The school counselors take a proactive and preventative approach to both direct counseling services and systems-level interventions, as part of a comprehensive school-counseling program that both helps individual students build skills and enhances the emotional climate of the school environment. School counselors collaborate as part of a larger 麻豆视频 wellness team to promote student well-being.

The department works to enhance the many systems of support that are ingrained into the school’s culture, such as the advisory program, DEI initiatives, and student-life programming. At 麻豆视频, wellness education for all students and voluntary individual counseling services complement one another. School counselors collaborate with the student advisory system, the school nurse, athletic trainers, and the deans’ office to promote student well-being at multiple levels within the 麻豆视频 school, student, and family communities.

Wellness Programming

Research-based prevention programs promote healthy development by focusing on children and their main socializing environment, school. At 麻豆视频, these educational wellness programs are implemented in classroom settings, at school-level or grade-level assemblies, and through “opt-in” programming during students’ non-academic times. Regardless of specific content, all wellness programs encourage students to integrate accurate information with their personal and family values in order to make healthy decisions. This programming also aims to help students learn to access adult support in appropriate ways. Below is an overview of the partnerships 麻豆视频 collaborates with throughout the school year.

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McLean Hospital鈥檚 School Consultation Service

麻豆视频’s multi-year partnership with McLean Hospital’s School Consultation Service (SCS), made possible by the vision and generosity of the Bartlett family, benefits our community at every level. This partnership supports 麻豆视频 clinicians to offer professional development for faculty and staff, wellness skill-building workshops for our students, and a series of parent-education sessions. Together, McLean and 麻豆视频 are committed to eliminating mental health stigma and obstacles to effective mental health care—obstacles that can and do prevent students from equitably accessing the full 麻豆视频 experience. The registration links for the parent workshops can be found
EducaHealth

麻豆视频 partners with EducaHealth to engage students across the Middle and Upper Schools in science-based, age-appropriate, and student-centered health education. EducaHealth provides high-quality comprehensive health education as a powerful tool to empower adolescents to make informed and responsible decisions with their lives. Please check out their website for more in-depth information:
One Love

In its ongoing mission to support the health and wellness of all students, the 麻豆视频 Counseling and Wellness department collaborates with the One Love Foundation in order to provide education to Upper School students about healthy relationships and relationship safety. One Love’s mission is to educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships and empower them to avoid abuse through education, training, fundraising, and more. Please check out their website for more in-depth information:
Mental Health Collaborative

The Mental Health Collaborative provides transitional programming to graduating seniors in order to reduce stigma and improve literacy around mental health. Seniors engage in a day of programming with MHC that includes, but is not limited to, learning strategies for stress, skills for talking about mental health, knowing when to seek help, and how to recognize warning signs in others. Please check out their website for more in-depth information:

Equitable Access to Care

The Counseling and Wellness Department operates from a DEI framework in order to advance inclusion in the full 麻豆视频 experience for all students. To this end, the 麻豆视频 School provides equitable and confidential access to licensed school counselors during the academic day at no additional cost to families. This means that students have the autonomy to schedule appointments with our counselors for single sessions or on an ongoing basis.

School counselors always encourage students to communicate openly and directly with their parents/caregivers, and will not mandate communication or break confidentiality unless there are imminent risks to the student's safety or the safety of others. The counselors work as part of a larger Wellness Team at 麻豆视频. There are many times when taking a wraparound approach to care best serves individual students' needs. With the student's consent and permission, this approach may include working with families/caregivers, teachers, administrators and/or outpatient providers to coordinate care in order to best support students.

Information for Current Families

Current caregivers and students should visit to find more detailed information about the department's confidentiality and collaboration policies, as well as an extensive list of external mental health resources. Individuals who would like to get in touch with a school counselor may utilize the referral form located in the "Counseling Forms" box at the top right-hand side of this page. They are also welcome and encouraged to call or email counselors directly.

Counseling Forms

Meet the Counseling & Wellness Team

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Eliza Adler

Director of Counseling Services

339-686-4504

Middlebury College - BA
BU School of Social Work - MSW, LICSW

Bio
Eliza Adler joined the 麻豆视频 Counseling and Wellness department as a school counselor after six years as a mental health clinician at the Manville School at Judge Baker Children’s Center, where she was also the middle school clinical coordinator. In her time at Manville, Eliza also established and facilitated the Gender/Sexuality Alliance. A licensed independent social worker (LICSW), she has a wealth of experience in both clinical and school settings. Her counseling work in schools has ranged from the early-elementary-school through graduate-student levels. Eliza graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College and earned a master’s degree in social work from Boston University School of Social Work.
Megan McCarthy

School Counselor, Head of Wellness Programming

339-686-4511

Naropa University - MA, LMHC
Lesley University - BS

Bio
Megan Delano joined the 麻豆视频 Counseling and Wellness Department in 2022. She has extensive experience in the mental health field, including school-based therapy, child and family therapy, student support, trauma-informed care, and emergency psychiatry. A licensed mental health counselor, she has experience in clinical and educational settings. Before joining 麻豆视频, Megan worked as a clinician and services coordinator at Bay State College, where she implemented program development training for faculty and staff, including workshops on DEI, cultural competency, and mental health trends on campus. Megan graduated from Lesley University with a BS in psychology and received her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Naropa University in Boulder, CO.
Sarah Cucchiara

School Counselor

339-686-2360

University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice - DSW
Columbia University School of Social Work - M.S.
Gettysburg College - B.A.

Bio
Sarah Cucchiara is a licensed independent social worker (LICSW) with expertise in child and adolescent mental health. Prior to joining the 麻豆视频 Counseling and Wellness Department as a school counselor, Sarah served as the upper school clinical coordinator and clinician at The Manville School and as the lead social worker at the McLean-Franciscan child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit. Sarah’s therapeutic style draws heavily upon psychodynamic theory, relational-cultural theory, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. Sarah graduated from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in Spanish. She earned a Master of Science in social work from Columbia University with a clinical specialization in health, mental health, and disabilities. Sarah is currently pursuing a doctorate in clinical social work (DSW) at the University of Pennsylvania.

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