Student Counselling

Contacting us

Please contact us for an appointment if you feel we might be able to help you. You can contact us by phone, by email or call in and see us at our address.

About the Counselling Service

The Counselling Service is here to meet the needs, when required, of all the student population. We are a team of qualified counsellors working with a variety of approaches. We offer primarily time-limited, short-term counselling, although contracts may be extended where individual need makes it appropriate.

Information on common problems

There are many reasons why you might benefit from counselling, and here we provide information on the most common of these. Please don’t be discouraged if your concerns don’t fit with one of these labels, everyone is unique, including you.

Why Counselling?

Counselling is.......

a talking and listening process that helps you to focus on, and understand, the concerns that are troubling you.

Counselling provides.......

a space where you can feel comfortable and at ease while talking with an empathic listener, and where you have the opportunity to explore as much or as little of your concerns as you choose to bring.

Your Counsellor will.......

• Be non-judgmental and respect your values, choices and lifestyle.
• Listen carefully to you and offer support and understanding, in a non-critical way.
• Help you to explore areas of your feelings, thinking and behaving where you may experience being stuck.
• Help you to make appropriate choices, decisions, or changes.

Counselling may be concerned with.......

• Addressing and resolving specific problems.
• Coping with crisis and change.
• Developing personal insight and knowledge.
• Improving relationships with others.
• Making decisions.
• Working through feelings of inner conflict.

Counselling is not.......

• telling people what to do.
• giving advice and information (although these aspects may feature in some counselling relationships).