Counselling service
All students, in fact everyone, can find that there are times in their life when they have unhappy, confused or overwhelming feelings. Sometimes these feelings can be connected to specific problems and at other times we may not even know why we feel the way we do. For most of us, it can help to talk to someone outside our immediate family and circle of friends. At the Cornwall Campus all students have access to professionally trained counsellors.
How counselling can help
Counselling can help:
- resolve specific problems
- make decisions
- help with phobias
- low self-esteem
- stress
- anxiety
- depression
- addictions
- abuse
- bereavement
- conflict with others
- relationships
- and many other issues affecting emotional and mental wellbeing
Counsellors can help in many ways. They may just listen, because speaking out loud about your problems can help you put you thoughts in order. They may also come up with options which you may or may not have considered, but they will certainly help you to examine these options carefully. Counsellors will never tell you what to do, just explore what you can do in order to help cope with your current situation.
Issues with academic progress
Sometimes it can be helpful to let counselling staff know if you are having problems which may affect your academic progress on your programme of study. We can often negotiate deferral of assessment points, intermitting or repeating years with your programme leader or tutor, but only with your consent. We can guarantee that confidentiality remains paramount, and that any contact with other staff would only be made if you wanted it to happen.
How to make an appointment
Student counselling on our Cornwall Campus is available from Accommodation and Welfare Services, 1st Floor, The Annex, University of Exeter Cornwall Campus, TR10 9EZ. You can contact the service on (01326) 370460. Find out more information on the Falmouth University Student Counselling webpages
