Counseling Services
Location: New Residence Administrative Wing
Office: (401) 341-2919
Fax: (401) 341-2987
Why Do Students Seek Counseling?
Everyone expresses it differently, and everyone's problems are legitimate and can be helped. These are some of the reasons a person might come for help:
- Feeling hopeless or sad about yourself or particular events in your life.
- Feeling unduly worried or anxious.
- Trouble in relationships... with friends, roommates, family or other members of the college community.
- Feeling unmotivated or unable to concentrate.
- Feeling that something is wrong, but not being able to figure out what it is.
- Vocational/career indecision.
- Loss of self-confidence or self-esteem.
- Problems around eating, sleeping, sex.
- Overuse of alcohol and/or drugs.
- Suicidal thoughts.
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed out.
- Difficulties adjusting to college life.
What will happen in the first session?
You will be able to talk freely and in confidence about what's troubling you during your 50 minute session. A counselor will listen, clarify, help you sort out your problems and point out some of the various ways you might choose to address your particular set of concerns. Your counselor might recommend that you begin counseling at the counseling center or might simply encourage you to continue with your present coping methods; but it's still useful to talk these things out with a trained and objective professional.
Students seeking the services of a board certified psychiatrist to provide medical evaluation and prescription medication are encouraged to use their home insurance providers and/or consult with the counseling department staff for referral.