Psychological & Wellness Services (PAWS) provides confidential mental health counseling and related services for currently enrolled UW Tacoma students at no additional costs. We also provide consultation to faculty, staff, and university student families.
We provide intentional, problem-focused mental health counseling, aimed at building better skills and exploring alternative ways of coping. Psychological & Wellness Services provides confidential crisis, individual, and group counseling; educational workshops and classroom presentations; consultation for students, faculty, staff, and student families; and referrals (when appropriate) to community mental health and social service providers and other UWT student services and resources.
Students new to UW Tacoma are unable to receive services until the start of their first quarter.
Our Hours
PAWS service hours are Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm (for phone calls and emails).
If you are in crisis and need to speak to someone outside of our office hours. Please call MySSP.
Contact Information
Call us on (253) 692-4522, please leave a voicemail if we are closed, or email uwtpaws@uw.edu.
Mask Policy Information
In accordance with UW Covid-19 Face Covering Policy (March 28, 2022) face masks are required to be worn in "psychiatry and mental health counseling clinical areas". This includes UWT Psychological and Wellness Services (PAWS).
I want to talk to a counselor
Interested in starting services with PAWS, but not sure where to start? All the information you need is here.
Concerned about a student
Concerned about a student or friend? We have resources to help you support them
Training Program
Looking for more information about our Doctoral Psychology Internship or Preinternship Training?
All services are via Zoom. We have a small number of private rooms for students to use to meet with a provider via Zoom. Rooms need to be reserved in advance. Reservable study spaces are also available around campus.
Not all study spaces are completely private. We recommend making sure the space will work for you before placing a reservation. We suggest the following rooms are the most suitable:
MDS 102 CP 324 A BHS 101 JOY 201
MDS 202 CP 342 B BHS 105
MDS 303
