Office Spotlight: Counseling & Psychological Services

Has your student ever wanted to look for counseling but didn’t even know where to start? Counseling & Psychological Services at FSU has all the resources that your student  may be searching for! Formerly known as the University Counseling Center, Counseling & Psychological Services is located in the Askew Student Life Center Building. It is home to psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, treatment coordinators and mental health education coordinators. Counseling & Psychological Services offers a range of services to students. Learn more about each one of them down below.

Alcohol & Other Drug Services: Confidential drug and alcohol-related evaluations and outpatient services are provided at Counseling & Psychological Services at no additional charge to enrolled FSU students. Evaluations require two sessions with a licensed Certified Addictions Professional using interview and standardized assessment instruments. Students may also be seen for outpatient substance use counseling or referred elsewhere, as appropriate.

Learn more by visiting https://counseling.fsu.edu/alcohol-and-other-drug-services.

Couples Counseling: Couples counseling is offered to students on a short-term basis to help address a variety of issues, including communications skills, conflict resolution/problem solving, and other issues that may arise within a relationship. One of the individuals must be currently enrolled at Florida State University to be considered eligible for couples counseling.

Learn more by visiting https://counseling.fsu.edu/students/counseling/couples-counseling.

Crisis Intervention: Different types of crisis intervention services are provided by the counseling center staff. These include working with students on an individual basis and also consulting with faculty/staff and occasionally parents to help them determine when a referral may be needed for a student. Support services are also provided for parties affected by campus crises. 

Students having a crisis may come to the center to see an on-call counselor without an appointment. A plan will be formulated to address the needs of the student. This plan may include scheduling a follow-up intake, and/or a referral for other services. Clinicians are available to assist faculty/staff as well as parents to identify when it is appropriate to refer a student to the counseling center. Counseling & Psychological Services has a clinician on duty 24/7 by calling 850-644-TALK (8255). 

Learn more by visiting https://counseling.fsu.edu/students/resources/in-case-of-emergency.

Eating Disorder Treatment Team: Counseling & Psychological Services and the University Health Services uses a team approach in helping people with eating disorders. The “team” approach is the most successful way of helping those coping with eating disorders or who may be engaged in disordered eating behaviors. Individual counseling, nutrition counseling, and medical consultation are all essential aspects of treatment for eating disorders.
 

Group Counseling: Counseling & Psychological Services offers a variety of groups each semester. Those groups recently offered have focused on issues such as relationships, grief, shyness/social anxiety, and women’s issues, among others. Like individual counseling, group counseling is confidential; information disclosed to other members is not discussed outside the group.

Learn more by visiting https://counseling.fsu.edu/students/counseling/groups.

Individual Counseling: Individual short-term therapy is provided at the center to help students address a variety of concerns and issues. Click here to learn more about some common presenting problems.

Learn more by visiting https://counseling.fsu.edu/students/counseling/individual.

Counseling and Psychological Services has collected resources that are available outside of the university that may serve as informational and educational self-help tools. For more information check this link out, https://counseling.fsu.edu/students/self-help/resources. 

Counseling and Psychological Services strive to support students and build a campus environment where students feel accepted, affirmed, and safe. They do this through a variety of counseling techniques and through campus partnerships. You can learn more about Counseling and Psychological Services by visiting their website here, https://counseling.fsu.edu/.