Ms. Eva Glahn Atkinson

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  Eva Glahn AtkinsonCounseling Center DirectorBrescia University717 Frederica St.Owensboro, KY 42301270-686-4282 phone270-686-4309 fax

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  Eva Glahn Atkinson is the current Projects Director and is the State Coordinator for Kentucky for the National Network.The Steering Committee advises and oversees operations.The Steering Committee consists of representatives from regional, community and private colleges and universities and from agencies and organization members who directly interact with higher education in Kentucky.For more information, contact Eva Glahn Atkinson at ky netwrk@yahoo.com or phone: 270-929-3959.

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  Published on: 2/20/2002    Last Visited: 2/20/2002  

  Sometimes college students, especially freshman away from home for the first time in their lives, need a navigator to help them weather a storm, said Eva Atkinson, director of the Counseling Center at Brescia University.
  
  When they have nowhere else to turn to cope with loneliness, depression, conflicts, substance abuse and other problems, they can call on Atkinson.
  
  "Sometimes they just need someone unbiased to help them," Atkinson said."Helping students to clarify their career decisions, to work through the day-to-day problems preventing them from success is the mission of the counseling center."
  
  Atkinson counsels any student at Brescia, but freshmen tend to have more problems than most because almost everything in their lives changes, Atkinson said.
  
  "Freshmen, especially if it's their first time away from home, a lot of them just need life skills," Atkinson said."Time management, prioritizing money . . . They get in trouble in areas that they've never had to do before.I've never taught anyone to do laundry, but I understand that's a problem."
  
  Two of the more common mental health problems are dealing with failing personal relationships and separation from family, Atkinson said.
  
  Atkinson, who writes a column for the Brescia student newspaper, gets referrals from teachers, coaches and "self-referrals."
  
  "Sometimes I get people who will have heard about me and know they have a problem, and they come to me," Atkinson said."We try to put a positive spin on it, that counseling is a good thing you can do."
  
  While it's rare, Atkinson has advised students to withdraw from college for their own mental health.
  
  "I counsel for the student, and Brescia has always respected that," Atkinson said."They've never asked me to compromise what I do.Sometimes Brescia isn't the best fit.Sometimes we don't have the major they need or there are issues at home to deal with.
  
  "There have been situations where students have gotten themselves into such a hole that being at home or in a treatment center is better for them," Atkinson said.
  
  An Owensboro native, Atkinson earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brescia in 1979 and a master's degree in counseling from Western Kentucky University in 1991.
  
  Atkinson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and is a certified alcohol and drug counselor.
  
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  Eva Atkinson, director of the counseling center at Brescia University, will give a presentation at the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Against Substance Abuse conference in Cyprus on Feb. 7-9.
  
  Atkinson will deliver her presentation "The Role of Mass Media in Substance Abuse Prevention" at Cyprus University in Nicosia.
  
  In addition to her presentation at the conference, Atkinson will also meet with the 30 participants in the Cyprus-American Scholarship Program who came to Owensboro last fall for three weeks of training in substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.
  
  Atkinson was awarded a grant from the Fulbright Commission of Cyprus to coordinate the program.
  
  EMPASA was founded in 1997 with the goal of involving everyone in the fight against drugs.Members of EMPASA include representatives from Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malta and Portugal.
  
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  Buena Vista Christian Learning Center and Animal Crackers Day School and Nursery have received single star ratings through the STARS for KIDS NOW state program.

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  "We really don't think of things like that," said Eva Atkinson, director of the counseling center at Brescia University who has known Wood for about 15 years.
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  "He's had a lifelong association with public service," Atkinson said.

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  Eva Glahn Atkinson, director
  
  Counseling Center
  
  Brescia University

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  The book challenges people to abandon preconceived notions about families, said Eva Atkinson, director of the counseling center at Brescia University.
  
  "People can't imagine what goes on behind the front doors of even the most affluent families' homes," she said."As a child, it's your job to keep secrets.We, as adults working with children, may not ever know what's going on in that child's life unless we help them trust us."
  
  Atkinson said the book is appropriate for religious educators, social workers and anyone who works with children.

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  n Eva Atkinson, director of Brescia University Counseling Center and a certified alcohol and drug counselor, will provide some education on the disease concept, genetic predisposition and the fetal alcohol effects of substance abuse.

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  n Eva Atkinson, director of Brescia University Counseling Center and a certified alcohol and drug counselor, will provide some education on the disease concept, genetic predisposition and the fetal alcohol effects of substance abuse.

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  Eva Atkinson is coordinating efforts in the Owensboro, Kentucky area to highlight "National Adoption Awareness Month" in November.A meeting of local adoption service providers and representative of adoption support groups is planned for Sept. 3 (at Brescia University) to brainstorm ideas.If you have ideas for NAAM or a November event planned for "National Adoption Awareness Month" in the Owensboro, Western Kentucky area, please contact Eva at evaa@omuonline.net or call her at 270-686-4282, and she will add it to the press release to area media.
  
  If you want to plan your own events for your area, here are some online resources compiled by Eva, an FTIA Kentucky Board Member:

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