Counselling and Mental Health Team

Our Counselling and Mental Health Team provide free confidential support to students in a safe space who need help in managing their emotional and mental wellbeing. The team are professionally trained Mental Health Advisers and Counsellors who provide 3 services; counselling, mental health advice and drop-in support.

Mental Health Service

Mental Health Advisers provide confidential support to our students who are experiencing mental health difficulties. They specialise in assessing how a mental health difficulty may affect your ability to learn, can recommend adjustments to enable study and progression and will work with you to find effective coping strategies to help overcome mental health difficulties.

We also provide Specialist Mental Health Mentoring if funding is in place.  if you have a diagnosed mental health condition, you may be entitled to Disabled Student’s Allowance (DSA) to fund this. For more information, please visit the gov website.

If you are managing a mental health condition and have concerns about disclosing this on application to University then you might find content on the University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN) website helpful.

Counsellors

Counselling can give you an opportunity to explore, discover and clarify ways of living more resourcefully with a greater sense of fulfilment.

Counselling may be concerned with addressing and resolving specific problems, making decisions, coping with crises, working through conflict, or improving relationships with others.

Our Counsellors will listen and support to help you make sense of your situation and find your own answers.  They recognise you may need other help and will assist you in making, or accessing, the appropriate resources or agencies when necessary.