You can talk to a counsellor about matters that may be concerning you either currently or from your lifetime which may be impacting how you wish to live your life.
“My counsellor has always been patient and understanding. She has certainly helped me through a difficult time in my life, for which I am very grateful”
Counsellors can:
- Help people explore concerns ; make sense of their world; identify patterns of thought and behaviour and, if necessary, challenge patterns which have outlived their usefulness.
- Help people come to terms with past experiences, seek new perspectives and suggest alternative strategies for living.
- Offer the opportunity to explore and express your thoughts and feelings without criticism or judgement, at your own pace. You decide what is talked about and your concerns are the focus of attention.
Your counsellor will not tell you what to do.
What to expect from our Counsellors
If after attending a STAR appointment, you are referred for short-term counselling at the university, you will be invited to your first session with a counsellor. During this appointment, you and your counsellor will clarify the goal you want to work on and develop a plan of support that may include self-help resources, external sources of help and/or individual counselling.
In usual circumstances, anything that is said in counselling is confidential, and sensitive data will not be revealed to anyone outside the CMH Service without your permission. On rare occasions, breaking confidentiality may be considered when there is a serious risk of harm to yourself or others. In such circumstances, your counsellor will try to speak with you first before disclosing sensitive information.
Our counsellors can provide further information about this policy when you attend your first appointment. Please ask if you have any questions or concerns about confidentiality.
The University of Worcester Student Counselling Service is an Accredited Service of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and as such adheres to the standards and ethics of the BACP as laid out in their Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.