Center for Counseling and Student Development

Overview of the Center

Mission

The Center for Counseling and Student Development (CCSD) strives to help students cope more effectively with personal, emotional and situational barriers to learning; improve students' adjustment to unavoidable stress; and contribute to their personal growth and development by providing psychological support and guidance.  This is accomplished primarily through the provision of counseling services for enrolled students and secondarily by offering psycho-educational programming and consultations to the campus community.

What we do:

• Provide counseling to students experiencing personal adjustment, developmental, or psychological problems.
• Offer psycho educational programming to assist students in identifying and learning skills that will support them in effectively meeting educational and life goals.
• Consult with college staff, faculty and family members who are concerned about a student.

Why might a Student meet with a Counselor

College life brings many opportunities as well as challenges that are often stressful. Students experience those challenges in a number of different areas--some students have difficulties adjusting to the changes in academic demands from high school to college, others experience confusion in deciding on a major or career path, and still others struggle with issues in their families and relationships. Most students feel anxious, depressed, or confused at some point during their college experience. Support often comes from friends, family members or significant others, but in many cases a trained professional can be the most effective source of support. 

In fact most of us, at some time in our lives, feel overwhelmed and could benefit from talking with someone objective who won’t judge us, and who will help us to see new alternatives. Thus, the primary goal of the Center for Counseling and Student Development is to provide students with psychological support and guidance toward finding more effective coping strategies. Counseling can be a key experience in the attainment of the skills essential to academic and personal success.

The Center is available to all registered students. There are no fees for our services as the cost is already built into your yearly fees.  Faculty and staff may request a consultation.