Because the college years are filled with challenges as well as opportunities, they provide an excellent time to explore life concerns and to develop ways to live more effectively. Individual and group counseling offered within this department allow students to learn about themselves, to grow personally, and to resolve life conflicts. Ongoing groups address concerns such as family dynamics, African American women's needs, substance abuse recovery, sexual trauma, eating concerns, and other personal growth issues. A diverse group of Counselors, all of whom have achieved or are studying at the doctoral level, make up an interested staff, well prepared to assist University students in dealing with the challenges of their changing lives. Also, the helpline C.H.A.T.T is available at 761-9000 Ext. 5389.
All calls are confidential.
Based on our experience meeting, watching, assisting and intervening with University students year after year, our staff counselors have developed a list of issues that frequently challenge students. The freedom and variety that confronts freshmen in every area of college life can lead some beginners to take on too much of some things, not leaving enough time or energy for other. Handling 12 to 15 academic credits requires personal goals and careful planning. Students who begin with a schedule that includes an many blocks of time devoted to preparation and study and fewer blocks of time for extracurricular activities will be better able to make the college adjustment than those who do the opposite. Negotiating can be a struggle as students grapple with asserting their independence as young adults.