Student Counseling

As we all know college is certainly a once in a lifetime experience. It’s a time for parties, football games and very important tests. All of these things can add up and cause a lot of physiological, mental, and physical problems? Because of these reasons the university has set up a counseling center for the student body. The Counseling Center on campus caters to nearly all problems that can arise from being in college.

The Counseling Center is filled with a variety of different Counseling services and outreach programs that are designed to help students struggling with a variety of different problems. One of these counseling services specifically deals with stress relief. All of us get stressed at some point or another. Whether it be worrying about grades and time management or trying to be on top of your social life. The Counseling Center is there for students who might want to talk with a counselor, or perhaps they might be more comfortable talking about their problems in a group session. “Our main priority is to just be there for the students. Whatever we can do to help our students we will do - because that’s our job”, said Paul Baron who a counselor at the Counseling Center.

Stress relief is only one of the programs that the counseling center has. They also have more programs aimed at severe problems such as suicide prevention. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students. With college being as demanding as it is some people are vulnerable to snap, anything could set them off such as: a fight with friends, a relationship problem or just deep depression. It’s for those very reasons that the Counseling Center has set up a suicide prevention program. This program list all the potential signs that lead up to suicide, it allows for people to either get help for themselves, or a friend. Whether it’s going in and speaking to a counselor one on one or calling an anonymous hotline.

Even If you’re not sure if you need help you can even go to their website and take the online mental health screenings. This is a quick survey in which you answer a variety of questions and it informs you with your mental health status based on those answers.

It is for very obvious reasons why the University has set up the Counseling Center. Not only are they concerned with the academic success of the students, but also they are concerned with the mental and physical well-being. This is a good thing to have available for the students on any campus.