REFER Program
What is REFER?REFER, a mental health benefit for UK employees, is a professional therapy clinic (UK Family Center) available to assess your individual and family needs. Located on the second floor of Scovell Hall, REFER offers affordable sliding-scale payment options, confidential sessions, and flexible scheduling. REFER is staffed by Marriage and Family therapists-in-training, educated with the skills necessary to help you and your family work through a variety of issues. Additionally, our therapists can refer you to the appropriate University of Kentucky or community resources if specialized help is needed.
As a benefit to UK employees, there is no charge for the first five sessions. If you choose to continue to work with a REFER therapist, each session fee is based on a sliding scale according to your gross annual family income.
To set up an appointment, please call the UK Family Center at (859) 257-1467 or (859) 257-7755. Why REFER?

If you are seeking help with personal, couple, or family concerns, your REFER benefit at the UK Family Center may be a good resource for you. Our therapists are trained to help you with a variety of issues such as:
- Breakdown in family communication
- Childhood development concerns
- Child/adolescent behavior management
- Marital conflict
- Sexual dissatisfaction
- Stress at work or home
- Separation and divorce issues
- Pre-marital concerns or issues
- Family problems related to illness, loss, or gain of a family member
- Eating disorders
- Interpersonal relationships
- Depression
- Anxiety
Additionally, the UK Family Center is also able to provide resources for specialized and/or non-mental health related issues such as legal or financial problem, substance abuse, and physical health problems.
For more information about the REFER program, please email us at ukfamilycenter@uky.edu.