About Us
As a student, your segregated fees provide access to on-campus professional mental health and counseling services, clinical health services contracted through M Health Fairview Clinic-River Falls and Pierce County Reproductive Health in River Falls and holistic education and preventative initiatives and programming. Explore this page to learn more about our office, our staff and more.
Counseling Services Staff
Mark Huttemier
Director of Counseling, MA, LPC, LP (MN)
He/Him/His
Email: mark.huttemier@uwrf.edu
Mark's Bio
Mark is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Minnesota and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Wisconsin. He is experienced in individual and group counseling and specializes in stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. Mark incorporates identity development, positive relationship building and balanced living to support students in reaching their personal and academic goals while at school.
Jessie Steenblock
Assistant Director, MA, LPC, LPCC (MN)
She/Her/Hers
Email: jessie.steenblock@uwrf.edu
Jessie's Bio
Jessie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Minnesota. She is the Training Coordinator for our UWRF graduate level internships. She has experience in providing both individual and group counseling with a diverse population. Jessie believes in meeting individuals where they are at, often using a person-centered and strength-based approach to support students in achieving personal goals. Her focus is eclectic, including trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues and improving self-care habits.
Jennifer Herink
Clinical Counselor, M.S. LPC, CSAC
She/Her/Hers
Email: jennifer.herink@uwrf.edu
Jennifer's Bio
Jennifer is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor. She has experience and is trained to work with trauma issues, chemical dependency, family of origin, depression and anxiety. Jennifer believes in looking at the whole person, mind/body/spirit to help identify each person's true nature. She is a member of the Veteran Issues Group on campus and is credentialed in anger management.
Annemarie Schwery
Licensed Professional Counselor, M.S., LPC
She/Her/Hers
Email: annemarie.schwery@uwrf.edu
Annemarie's Bio
Annemarie is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in psychology from UW-Green Bay and her Master of Science in mental health counseling from Viterbo University. She has experience working on college campuses and with student athletes. She works from a person-centered, solutions-focused, motivation and cognitive behavioral approach.
Kayla Johnson
Clinical Counselor, M.S., LPC
She/Her/Hers
Email: kayla.l.johnson-1@uwrf.edu
Kayla's Bio
Kayla is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has experience working with a variety of client populations in outpatient and school-based settings. Kayla specializes in trauma, anxiety, and depression. Kayla works from person-centered, internal family systems, and somatic approaches to help clients build internal trust, self-compassion, and emotion regulation.
Anna LeBrun
Post Graduate Counselor/Administrative Intern
She/Her/Hers
Email: anna.lebrun@uwrf.edu
Anna's Bio
Anna is Licensed Professional Counselor-In Training. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in psychology and Bachelor of Arts in drama from UW-Stevens Point. She earned her Master of Science in education-clinical mental health counseling from UW-Superior. Anna has experience supporting college students and leading therapy groups. She utilizes a person-centered and solution-focused approach to help clients explore values, build self-care practices and manage challenges related to depression and anxiety.
Andrea Odney
Graduate Level Intern
She/Her/Hers
Email: andrea.odney@uwrf.edu
Mya Williamson
Graduate Level Intern
She/Her/Hers
Email: mya.williamson@uwrf.edu
Julia Phillips
Graduate Level Intern
She/Her/Hers
Email: julia.phillips@uwrf.edu
Counseling Services Mission and Goals
The mission of Counseling Services is to provide professional mental health counseling and consultation services for our campus community that:
- Incorporates a brief-therapeutic model with an emphasis on developmental counseling directed at helping currently enrolled students succeed in the university environment.
- Coordinates referrals to off-campus professionals when specialized, more intensive, and/or longer term services are needed.
- Creates developmental programming to increase healthy lifestyle and coping behaviors across campus.
- Provides leadership and advocacy for university mental health policy and initiatives.
Counseling Services Ethical Guidelines
All staff members are expected to know and adhere to the ethical principles of their respective professions and the legal standards set forth by state statutes and counselors’ respective licensing bodies. The professional organizations representing the most common mental health related professions include:
Website Resources
It is our policy that we only include links on our departmental webpages to government sponsored sites/organizations and long-established non-profits/sites that are based on research/scientifically sound information and have been established and kept updated for extended periods of time.
Student Counseling Services
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.