Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service

Welcome to the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service

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To make a referral via our referral form

The Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service will be closed for the Easter break from 4 pm on Wednesday, 1st April and will reopen at 9 am on Thursday, 9th April.

During this time, you can continue to complete the for either yourself or if you're concerned about a student.

Please note - all submissions will be reviewed when the Service re-opens. If you require support, visit the Other Sources of Help page.

To make a referral via telephone

The Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service will be closed for the Easter break from 4 pm on Wednesday, 1st April and will reopen at 9 am on Thursday, 9th April.

During this time, our telephone line will be closed. You can continue to complete the for either yourself or if you're concerned about a student.

Please note - all submissions will be reviewed when the Service re-opens. If you require support, visit the Other Sources of Help page.

Welcome to the Student Counselling and Mental Health Advice Service.

Urgent care

If you need urgent help please contact your doctor, or �ԹϺ�� College Health Centre on 020 7584 6301.

You can also ask to see someone at the Accident and Emergency department of your nearest hospital. Information about your Call 999 if you need help straight away

Other urgent out of hours mental health support

Samaritans - for people experience high levels of distress including suicidal feelings. Call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org, this service is 24 hours.

Shout crisis text service - offers a 24 hour text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

Our Services

Find out more about the different types of support we offer below.

Counselling

The Counselling Service offers both individual and group counselling in the form of talking therapy to help students explore and address a specific emotional difficulty or concern. For individual counselling, we offer up to 5 sessions of brief, focused counselling usually occurring weekly. Our therapeutic groups are run termly, meeting once a week for 6 weeks with the same group of students each week.

Mental Health Advice

For students experiencing moderate to severe or enduring mental health difficulties, the Mental Health Advice Team offer support on an ongoing or intermittent basis during your studies to help you manage the impact of your mental health difficulties and to liaise with your academics and medical professionals as needed.

Mental Health Intervention Officers

If you have concerns about your own wellbeing or the wellbeing of another another student and want advice on where to get support, this team is here to help assess your needs and signpost you to the appropriate services. This is usually a one-off appointment rather than ongoing emotional support.

Study Mentors (Mental Health)

Study Mentoring (Mental Health) is a form of specialist support for students with mental health and neurodevelopmental difficulties. It is designed to support students to keep on track with their academic work by helping students to identify the impact of their condition upon their learning and to develop effective study strategies.

Psychoeducational Workshops, Courses and Webinars

Our Service offers a variety of one-off psychoeducational workshops and webinars on topics such as procrastination, sleep, perfectionism, relationships ,and exam stress throughout the year. We also offer a 4-week course based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for those struggling with low mood as well as a 4-week mindfulness-based course for stress reduction.

Self-Directed Support

Often a good place to start, we’ve put together some self-directed support full of useful information and strategies to help you find ways of coping with your difficulties and improving your wellbeing. This includes our Kind Mind video series, symptom-specific resources, Silver Cloud - our online CBT modules - as well as a list of useful external and crisis resources.

Find out more about how your information is stored and used

Confidentiality & Data Protection Policy

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