{"id":52876,"date":"2026-10-07T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=52876"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:43:41","slug":"acc-expands-mental-health-support-for-students-with-free-24-7-virtual-counseling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2026\/10\/07\/acc-expands-mental-health-support-for-students-with-free-24-7-virtual-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Expands Mental Health Support for Students with Free 24\/7 Virtual Counseling\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">College doesn\u2019t always happen between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. \u2014 and neither does stress. Starting this fall, more ACC students have access to <a href=\"http:\/\/timelycare.com\/austincc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TimelyCare<\/strong><\/a>, a virtual mental health resource that makes it easier to connect with support when you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you want to talk with someone right away, schedule a counseling appointment around your classes and work schedule, or explore mental health resources on your own, TimelyCare offers several ways to get support \u2014 totally free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does TimelyCare offer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/TimelyCare-InfoGraphic-1024x1002.png\" alt=\"TimelyCare features graphic highlighting four mental health and wellness resources: TalkNow for 24\/7 live support with a mental health professional; Scheduled Counseling for virtual counseling appointments, with up to six visits; Support Modules with on-demand mental health and wellness resources; and a Video Library with educational videos and self-guided strategies.\" class=\"wp-image-52877\" style=\"width:685px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/TimelyCare-InfoGraphic-1024x1002.png 1024w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/TimelyCare-InfoGraphic-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/TimelyCare-InfoGraphic-768x752.png 768w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/TimelyCare-InfoGraphic-1080x1057.png 1080w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2026\/10\/TimelyCare-InfoGraphic.png 1471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TimelyCare is available to ACC Credit, Community Education, and College Readiness students age 18 and older. Dual credit and other high school students are currently not eligible for the service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register Before You Need It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Register using your ACC student email address. Registration can take up to 24 hours to fully process. Signing up now means the service will be ready when you need it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/timelycare.com\/austincc\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:32px;border-top-right-radius:32px;border-bottom-left-radius:32px;border-bottom-right-radius:32px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Register for TimelyCare<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TimelyCare complements <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.maxient.com\/reportingform.php?AustinCC&amp;layout_id=114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ACC\u2019s on-campus and virtual Mental Health Counseling Services<\/strong><\/a> by giving students another way to access support outside regular business hours. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/counseling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>austincc.edu\/counseling<\/strong><\/a> to learn more about mental health counseling, wellness groups, events, and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College doesn\u2019t always happen between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. \u2014 and neither does stress. Starting this fall, more ACC students have access to TimelyCare, a virtual mental health resource that makes it easier to connect with support when you need it. Whether you want to talk with someone right away, schedule a counseling appointment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":52893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[345,346,1666,126,128,1553,1667],"class_list":["post-52876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-for-you","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-health-counseling","tag-scheduled-counseling","tag-student-life","tag-student-support","tag-timelycare","tag-virtual-support","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52908,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52876\/revisions\/52908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}