CARS promotes a healthy work-life balance by providing services to assist University of New Mexico and UNM Health Sciences benefits-eligible faculty, staff, their domestic partners and retirees. Services include counseling on a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, stress, job burnout, coworker conflict, eldercare, parenting, alcohol and drug use, grief and loss, managing change and preparing for retirement. CARS provides other services, such as workshops and training, supervisor and manager workplace consultations, critical incident stress management and grief intervention and referrals for services within the UNM Community and in the larger communities the client resides in. CARS Brochure

Our mission is to promote a healthy work-life balance by providing services to assist faculty and staff, their significant others, and retirees, to identify and resolve personal and professional concerns, thereby improving job satisfaction and job retention, and enhancing overall well being.

Our vision aims to achieve a civil, healthy and productive campus work environment through services that enhance the quality of life for the UNM Community. 

Goals

1. Improve the behavioral health and well-being of UNM faculty, staff and retirees.
2. Reduce the negative impact of personal and work-related problems on productivity and job satisfaction. 
3. Increase outreach and service provision to the UNM Community.
4. Collaborate with other UNM departments to identify and address service needs.