counselling service
personal issues
Many difficulties can be resolved by talking to a trusted friend, a family member, your G.P., chaplain, tutor etc.
However at times it's valuable to elicit the input of a counsellor.
The kind of personal concerns students consult a counsellor about vary. Typically the issues may include:
- Family difficulties
- Parental Divorce/Separation
- Domestic Violence
- Bereavement
- Accidents
- Bereavement
- Rape
- Physical Assault
- Unplanned pregnancy
- Sexuality
- Sexual identity
- Substance Abuse
- Addictions
- Phobias/Obsessions
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Depression
- Self Harm
- Psychosis
- Body Image/appearance
- Eating problems (binging, not eating, over eating)
- Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia)
- Suicide
- Suicidal thoughts and feelings
- Attempted suicide
- Attempted suicide by a friend
- Suicide by significant other
- Harassment/being bullied
- Racial discrimination
- Traumatic experiences