What is counseling?
Counseling provides you with a safe place to explore the issues you are experiencing. Sometimes counseling consists of simply talking about your thoughts and feelings with an objective counselor who is trained to listen. Sometimes counseling helps you in a decision-making process. Other times counseling provides you with certain types of information and resources. Counseling might also help you change your behavior or change your thoughts and feelings about yourself, others or situations. Additionally, counseling can help you deal with long-term issues or crises.
Why seek counseling?
People usually attend counseling because they want to live a healthier lifestyle, make healthy decisions and generally “feel better.” Some examples of why people may come to counseling include:
- Cope with depression or anxiety
- Cope with stress
- Improve self-esteem
- Improve relationships
- Understand their sexuality
- Cope with grief
- Become more assertive
- Address drinking/drug use issues
- Learn effective time management
- Adjust to college life
- Address an eating disorder
- Address issues associated with sexual abuse/sexual assault
