Bob Portnoy (middle row, sixth from left) poses with participants in a psychotherapy training session at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Sitting to Portnoy’s left is Li Yan, director of the counseling center at Tsinghua University. Yan spent a year at UNL learning about psychotherapy training and supervision. Her visit led to Portnoy helping develop […]

Students, professor guide dead creations Working with youngsters at Park and Mickle middle schools, students in UNL’s Art in Community class created nine sculptures and 18 papel picados (paper banners) for the “El Dia de Los Muertos” celebration, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Sheldon Museum of Art. Each student in the class spent 80 […]

Portnoy tours China discussing mental health issues at four universities A visiting scholar helped Bob Portnoy open doors to a summer of mental health discussions in China. From June 15 to July 5, Portnoy, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, traveled to four universities in China, delivering psychology lectures and discussing mental health topics with […]

UNL is promoting a new partnership to raise awareness about threatening and troubling behavior on campus and empower students, faculty and staff to take action. The Threat Assessment Partnership re-emerged this spring as a collaboration between UNL Police, University Health Center and its Counseling and Psychological Services, and UNL Human Resources’ Employee Assistance Program, and […]