About Student Counselling - University of Wolverhampton

Student CounsellingServicesThere’s more to us than just listening

Coming to counselling is about making apositive choice to get support from someonewho is not involved in any aspect of your life.Counselling offers you the chance to focus onand understand your difficulties. The counsellorswill listen, offer support and understanding whileaccepting your values, attitudes and lifestyle in anon-judgmental way.Help is offered in developing your strengths,making decisions and developing the skills andresources to cope with both University and life.As counsellors we help you to find the answers.Counselling is part of the University’s StudentServices and free of charge to all students of theUniversity, whether you are an undergraduateor postgraduate, full or part-time, internationalor home student. Whatever your backgroundwe offer support in a confidential and safeenvironment.All counselling is confidential with the exceptionof when someone is being, or likely to be,seriously harmed. In these rare cases we willdiscuss any necessary break in confidentialitywith you.Counselling can help prevent small problemsbecoming much bigger than they need tobe, and can sometimes make the differencebetween completing your studies and graduatingwith a qualification or not. Problems can be dealtwith in counselling, allowing you to work towardsthe things you want out of your life.We can help you with most types of difficultiesincluding: anxiety, addictions, bereavement,bullying, lack of confidence, conflict withflatmates, depression, family problems,homesickness, pregnancy, relationshipdifficulties, suicidal feelings, stress, to namebut a few.Some people feel nervous about seeing acounsellor. But you needn’t worry, as thecounsellor will work towards putting youat your ease.During the session you are given the opportunityto discuss whether counselling is right for youand what might be the way forward. Your firstappointment will last approximately 50 minutesand you would meet with the same counselloreach week.

One session may be all you need while othersmay want to see a counsellor over a longerperiod of time. Your counsellor would discussthis with you during the first session.We do keep some records to help usremember what was presented to us byour clients and some statistical and factualinformation is stored on our databaseanonymously.Counselling is available to all campuses. Inaddition, the Student Counselling Services atCity Campus also provide a drop-in serviceevery weekday from 12.30pm-1.30pm andcan arrange early evening appointmentson Tuesdays if you have difficulties gettinghere during the day. A drop-in service is alsoavailable at Walsall Campus. Check with ouroffice for further details.We advertise and run workshops and varioussupport groups throughout the year. If youare interested, why not give us a ring or let usknow your suggestions?We offer much more too: online counselling,downloadable self-help leaflets and a websitefull of links to useful materials.In their own wordsCounselling has helped me to thinkof strategies to manage problemsin my life.In their own wordsCounselling has allowed me to talkand to accept who I am and notwho I should be.In their own wordsThe service helped me continue withmy degree, just knowing there wassupport there has been a huge help.

The counselling team(from left to right):Charlotte Joseph (Head of Service), Lou Langford, Jenny Leeder, KullyBarn and Bav Abbi.To find out more, contact:Student Counselling ServicesMB BuildingCity CampusUniversity of WolverhamptonWV1 1LYTel: 01902 322572Email: counsellingservices@wlv.ac.ukWeb: www.wlv.ac.uk/counsellingWOLF: Counselling Services topicFacebook: University of Wolverhampton Student Counselling ServicesMAC750