SGUL Counselling Service
What is counselling?
Counselling is a confidential service which is separate from teaching and assessment and student records.
Many students who have attended the service say it helped them in their personal life, enabled them to deal better with stress and helped them to study more effectively.
Counselling provides a non-judgemental, confidential setting in which to think about things in your own way. The aim is to help you gain perspective and a better understanding of your situation, to enable you to develop a fuller, more rewarding life, and to learn more effective ways of dealing with potential problems in the future.
When is counselling needed?
Coming to university is a time of change. Life at university can be stressful. You don’t have to suffer alone in silence. Counselling can help.
Studying or working within the health professions can be both rewarding and difficult. At times, personal and emotional problems can get in the way of concentration and make it difficult to study effectively. A lot of people find it helpful to come for a few sessions of counselling.
Clients of the service are encouraged to talk about any emotional or practical difficulties they are facing. Early consultation can prevent difficulties developing into unmanageable problems.
Seeking counselling is an important step but no problem should be considered too small to be brought to the counselling service.
Who can use the service?
It is available to all undergraduates and postgraduates studying at St George’s. The service is also available to university staff. It is free and confidential. None of the counsellors discriminate on the grounds of sexuality, race nor religion. They aim at all times to be impartial and non-judgemental.
What sort of problems?
Counselling can help you find solutions for problems in your relations with friends and family, worries about work and examinations, worries about yourself—in fact anything that causes you stress.
“I’m so grateful this service is available. It guided me through a difficult time and ultimately meant that I remained in higher education and completed my degree” — Student client
What sort of counselling?
The counsellors assess the needs of each clientand will talk with you about what might fit best, and what we can offer.
Where is the service?
Level 2, Hunter Wing. Turn left from lifts past Pret-a-Manger and continue to the end of the corridor where you will find counselling rooms on your left.
When is it available?
Monday: 9am – 7pm
Tuesday: 9am – 7pm
Wednesday: 9am – 6pm
Thursday: 10am – 7pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
How do I make an appointment?
Registering is quite simple, just go to our online registration form, complete it and we will get in touch.
Please email us at counselling@sgul.ac.uk. We will ask you to fill in a short form and then book you in to see the next available counsellor.