Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMHS) partners with La CASA to provide embedded counselors and liaisons for students in need of mental health and wellness support. La CASA’s Embedded Counselors serve the entire student community, and are located in La CASA (Student Union 400).
For students who desire to work with an Embedded Counselor from La CASA and the other Student Equity and Inclusion Programs centers, including: CBCSA, APASS, LGBTQ+ Student Center, Veterans Resource Center, and First Gen+ Success Center, individual therapy appointments can be made through the mySHR portal (https://usc.edu/myshr). Students can also work with embedded therapists with the Office of International Services.
After establishing care, your therapist will discuss your care and a treatment plan to meet your goals. The treatment plan might include additional sessions; referral to psychiatry and medication management; open-ended therapy with an insurance-based private practice (including the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services practice, located on the 5th floor of the Engemann Building); or recommendation for an appropriate therapy group in USC Student Health.
CMHS also provides 30-minute Let’s Talk drop-in sessions, individual 1:1 appointments with a counselor, group counseling, and workshops0
Meet La CASA's Embedded Counselor
Dr. Joselyn Valle PsyD
Dr. Joselyn Valle (she/ella) is a proud daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, a first-generation college graduate, and the first in her family with a doctoral degree. Dr. Valle attended Cerritos Community College before transferring to Arizona State University to complete her B.A. in Sociology. She earned her M.A. in Psychology at Antioch University (with a concentration in LGBTQ+ affirmative psychology) and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University, Los Angeles (with an emphasis on multicultural community-clinical psychology). Moreover, she completed her pre-doctoral internship in Health Service Psychology at Stanford University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and worked at The Help Group’s Kaleidoscope program throughout her post-doctoral year. Currently, she is a clinical supervisor at Counseling and Mental Health Services (CMH) and an embedded counselor at La Casa for the spring semester.
Dr. Valle’s professional interests in college mental health include anxiety-based disorders, adjustment stress, LGBTQ+, autism, self-esteem, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and healthy relationships, among others.
On a personal note, Dr. Valle enjoys code-switching, gardening, and watching Bravo.
Clinical hours: Thursday 9a-5p and Friday 9a-4p.
Walk-in hours: Thursday 11a-12p (1st and 3rd of the month) and Friday from 1p-2p.
Email: joselyn.valle@med.usc.edu
SEIP Embedded Counselor
Dr. Ekta Kumar (she/her)
Dr. Ekta Kumar (she/her)
SEIP Embedded Counselor