Career Counseling may assist students in career related goal setting and decision making. This may involve clarifying interests, values, skills, and personality styles and relating this information to potential careers or jobs. Counselors may make use of a variety of career assessments and career resources to assist students in reaching their goals. Typical Career Counseling Goals choose a major determine a career direction to take with that major adjust to changing career circumstances make a mid-life career change define what a particular career would be like on a daily basis research future job outlook, salary, etc. for different careers Academic Counseling may assist students to manage issues that are interfering with their academic success. Sometimes people confuse Academic Counseling with tutorial assistance or academic advising.
Counselors offer more long term support and assistance with a variety of academic issues.
Personal counseling may cover a wide range of issues and may be brief or longer term in length. However, there are instances where, after the initial consultation, a counselor may provide a referral to an outside resource such a psychiatrist, specialist, or hospital for additional or primary treatment. Additionally, referrals to off campus sources of treatment are available to any student who might prefer to seek out other helping professionals.