The Taking Care of Our Own Program

What is the Taking Care of Our Own Program?

The Taking of Our Own Program (TCOOO) is a service offered to all physicians and housestaff at the UNC Medical Center who would benefit from convenient and confidential expertise in wellness and mental health. We also provide educational services for departments or divisions within the School of Medicine.

As a physician, your physical and emotional health may end up as a secondary priority to the health of your patients, family, and friends. TCOOO was created to encourage health and wellness in those that heal others. We are a group of mental health clinicians who meet individually with you to assess any unique factors which may contribute to symptoms of stress, mood changes, anxiety, and burnout. We can help you to cope with these common issues which may be impacting your professional journey as a physician.

Please click on the appropriate box below to learn more about how we can meet your specific wellness needs.

To request an individual appointment with one of our TCOOO providers or to request a referral for care, please complete the TCOOO Intake Form.

**If this is an emergency please call 911.** If you need non-emergent immediate assistance please access one of the resources below:

Teammates who wish to speak with an administrative coordinator during routine business hours can call 984-974-9372 to be connected to helpful well-being resources. If our coordinator is on another call, please leave a message and your call will be returned.
Emotional support resources are also available through the Employee Assistance Program and the expanded Taking Care of All of Our UNC Health Teammates program to help connect any for emotional health clinical services.
The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year by dialing 988.
We will continue to work with our partners to respond to these times of acute need and offer additional emotional support resources.
Please visit unchealthcare.org/wellbeing to view all of our Well-Being resources.

Please complete the Group Support Request form to request a formal group support session, presentation, or panel discussion by one of our team members.

The Well-Being Program is committed to supporting the emotional health and well-being of our teammates across UNC Health:

Teammates who wish to speak with an administrative coordinator during routine business hours can call 984-974-9372 to be connected to helpful well-being resources. If our coordinator is on another call, please leave a message and your call will be returned.
Emotional support resources are also available through the Employee Assistance Program and the expanded Taking Care of All of Our UNC Health Teammates program to help connect any for emotional health clinical services.
The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year by dialing 988.
We will continue to work with our partners to respond to these times of acute need and offer additional emotional support resources.
Please visit unchealthcare.org/wellbeing to view all of our Well-Being resources.

What does TCOOO offer?

We provide education, support, advice, and if appropriate, professional referral for individual mental or physical help that meets your needs.
We offer multiple different forms of mental health treatment that include evidence based therapies for burnout, depression and anxiety, and have developed a comprehensive referral base of providers who have experience caring for physicians.
We work directly with each clinical department and division to implement educational programs with customized material for each clinical specialty, as the demands and stressors vary among the diverse fields of medicine.
We work with medical training directors and other faculty to make necessary changes that greatly increase the odds that a training physician will be successful in their program.