The Counseling Center offers individual counseling, workshops and groups, and a variety of self-help materials. The professional staff of The Counseling Center provides a private, confidential relationship in which students may discuss any concern. Many students visit The Counseling Center because they want to learn more about themselves in the new life situations they are encountering.
Some students come because they want to improve their studies or are unsure about their major.
Others come because they have difficult decisions to make, they are dealing with an unhappy turn of events in their lives, they have a general feeling that they could be getting more out of life, or they want to explore their relationship to the people and the world around them. Students also come for counseling because they feel something is bothering them but they do not know what it is and they do not know how to talk about it. It would be an unusual student who at some time did not experience challenges in adapting to new situations and changes taking place. Counseling services are provided free of charge to all Allegheny students. When appropriate, the staff refers students to other campus offices as well as to human service agencies in the community.