UT students are now gaining hands-on experience with crisis intervention through a psychology course.
Sarah Stambaugh, a fourth-year doctoral student in Counseling Psychology,instructs PSYC 399 through a partnership with Knoxville’s Contact Care Line. She reached a full-circle moment as she took the same course at UT in 2019. According to Stambaugh, the Contact Care Line was then entirely volunteer-run, with just one paid intern serving the entire organization.
Congress approved substantial funding for a 3-digit number in 2020, expanding 988 centers nationwide. The Contact Care Line now employs over 100 staff members, according to Stambaugh…