Services Available to Sexual Assault Victims

Counseling Center services are for students only. Please contact TWU Human Resources for services for faculty and staff.

Victims of sexual assault are encouraged to seek counseling and support. TWU students may receive free counseling from the TWU Counseling Center. The Counseling Center has staff at every campus.

The TWU Counseling Center can provide immediate services through their crisis counseling services and through their regular counseling services. During normal office hours, call:

TWU Denton Campus, West Jones Hall	940-898-3801
TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center, Suite 8300	214-689-6655
TWU Institute of Health Sciences-Houston Center, Suite 2250	713-794-2059

After hours, the on-call therapist can be reached by calling the TWU Department of Public Safety on the Denton campus and ask to speak with the therapist on call.

TWU Denton Campus DPS

940-898-2911

You may wish to receive services directly from a local sexual assault care center. Each of the phone numbers listed below is a 24-hour crisis/service line.

In Denton County - Friends of the Family	(800) 572-4031
In Dallas County - Rape Crisis Center	(214) 590-0430
In Tarrant County - Women’s Center	(817) 927-2737
In Harris County - Women’s Center	(713) 468-5463
In Cooke County - Friends of the Family	(940) 665-2873

More information about community services, rights, and legal issues can be found at these sites:

• Texas Attorney General’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services
  (800) 983-9933
• Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
  (512) 474-7190
• TWU Counseling Center
• TWU Department of Public Safety