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    Shanta's QTalk & Let’s Talk Services! FALL 2025 - FIRST LET'S TALK & Q-TALK WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH! About Shanta Jambotkar, LCSW Shanta (she/they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and available to the UC Berkeley community (students, staff, faculty) for Let's Talk phone or video consultations. She is available for LGBTQIA+ students and communities as part of Q-Talk. This includes mental health services, wellness resources, and/or specific mental health needs. Shanta is cis-female, queer woman of color, and SSWANA identified. Her varied, lived cultural and personal identities inform her values and commitment to mental health supports that promote liberatory healing. Shanta works with BIPOC queer, trans and non-binary community, and immigrant and later generation students, and SSWANA students - with the hope to offer healing spaces for those who navigate multiple, powerful, and often intersectional identities. At UHS, Shanta also provides healing after trauma-informed counseling through Student Mental Health’s Social Services Program. She loves the chance to support folks through Q-Talk and Let’s Talk! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS Q-Talk and Let’s Talk The program provides easy access to informal, brief, consultation sessions with mental health professionals from UC Berkeley. It is free and there is no paperwork to complete. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER * Although Let’s Talk Consultations are with mental health professionals, they are not formal therapy sessions and do not constitute mental health treatment. If you would like to schedule a therapy appointment, please call the CAPS office at (510) 642-9494. * QTalk & Let's Talk Consultation sessions are not an appropriate type of service for urgent concerns. For urgent issues, crisis counseling is still available through the CAPS office. Please call (510) 642-9494 to speak with someone urgently. * If you have access to a confidential and private space and are located in the state of CA, you are eligible for telemental health services with Shanta (a LCSW licensed in CA) - such as a video or phone consultation. If these requirements are not met, we can still connect via phone for a brief check-in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW to SCHEDULE 1) Please leave your name or initials, email address, and phone number. 2) Open the "Leave a Comment" section - Please write in whether you prefer a phone call or a Zoom video visit. Depending on your request *ZOOM INFORMATION FOR VIDEO: You will receive a zoom link from me on the day of your appointment. (I send this out on the same day that we will meet, around or by 2pm.) *PHONE SESSION: Or I will call your number at the time of your appointment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How can you use Q Talk/Let’s Talk sessions? * learn more about mental health resources and virtual therapy services * talk about stress and anxiety related to academics and/or relationship concerns * talk about unique challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic * learn about healthy ways to cope with stress and other concerns * get emotional support and identify ways to increase social connection * create a menu of therapy options to consider * get consultation on how to support a student in distress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER-HOURS SUPPORT *For after-hours support, CAPS 24/7 support line: CALL - (855) 817-5667. * For 24/7 support for LGBTQ+ Youth: CALL - (866) 488-7386, or text START to 678-678 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: CALL - 988 ...