Counseling Services

• General Information
• Individual Counseling
• Couples Counseling
• Group Counseling
• Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment

General Information
Counseling is a process which encourages a person to explore personal issues, examine feelings, and consider alternatives in a supportive atmosphere with a professional who will listen and provide feedback.

Students sometimes have problems that make their academic and personal lives at colleges difficult. Students come into Counseling & Psychological Services for a variety of reasons. While some students seek help when they are in crisis, it is not necessary to have a serious problem to see a counselor. Sometimes what is needed is to have someone with whom to talk things over.

Some problems that students commonly experience include adjustment to college or life transitions, relationship concerns, depression and anxiety, eating and body image concerns, family problems, recovery from abuse, trauma, alcohol and substance abuse problems, stress, grief and loss, social anxiety, test anxiety, and identity development.

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Individual Counseling
Individual counseling is an opportunity to speak privately and confidentially with a trained counselor about personal concerns and/or emotional problems, as well as to facilitate personal growth.

An important advantage of speaking with a counselor rather than with family or friends is that counselors are trained and supervised in working with problems faced by college students, are not personally involved in your life, and can be unbiased in helping you to resolve your problems.

Counseling may take one or several visits. The frequency of sessions is negotiated with your counselor. Most sessions usually are about 45 minutes long.

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Couples Counseling
Relationships are an important part of most students’ lives. Sometimes relationships go through difficult periods. All relationships go through changes as they develop over time. Couples counseling can help couples work through existing problems in their relationship, learn new skills to strengthen and enhance the relationship, and establish goals for the future.

Counseling is available for heterosexual and gay and lesbian couples. Only one member of the couple needs to be a currently enrolled student to utilize this service.

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Group Counseling
Group counseling involves a small number of people meeting together on a regular basis under the guidance of a professionally trained therapist to help themselves and one another.

Group counseling provides a safe and structured place where you come together with others to share problems or concerns, to better understand your own situation, and to learn from and with each other. Group counseling can help people learn more about themselves and improve their interpersonal relationships.

The Rowan Counseling Center provides a variety of counseling and therapy groups each semester depending on student needs. Group topics include:

• Life Transitions
• Gender Issues
• Body Image Issues
• Trauma Recovery
• Relationships
• Anxiety
• Bereavement
• Alcohol and Drug Education/Awareness

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Alcohol & Substance Abuse Treatment
The Center provides both individual and group treatment for students with alcohol and other substance abuse problems, and we are able to provide referrals to community treatment options.

If you have a concern about your substance use, contact the Center to arrange a private appointment to discuss how we might be of assistance to you.

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