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QUT Counselling Services provides professional counselling services on each campus
and is available to students who may want to talk about:
- stress, depression
and anxiety;
- personal development;
- relationship issues;
- study effectiveness;
- finance;
- course and career issues;
- university procedures.
Counselling is a way of addressing and resolving issues.
It can involve identifying options and choosing between them, learning new
skills to cope better with
problems, gaining greater understanding of what is occurring, or being supported
while
recovering from some significant life event.
Counselling is a collaborative
process that involves the development of a unique, confidential helping
relationship. The counsellor acts as a facilitator
in
helping clients to understand feelings, behaviours, relationships with
others, situations,
choices and decisions. Further, the counsellor offers a safe, confidential
and non-judgmental context in which students can:
- Gain clarity and perspective on the issue;
- Receive the support they need
to resolve issues and make decisions;
- Deal with negative feelings and
emotions;
- Explore personal resources and develop new skills.
Counsellors can provide
expert advice on matters in their areas of specialisation and possess skills
in specific therapeutic modalities, e.g. cognitive behaviour
therapy, hypnosis, family therapy. Additionally, the counsellors at QUT have
extensive experience in assisting students in navigating the academic demands
of their course.
Counsellors also provide support in the form of information,
advice, mediation and referral to a range of services. See the following
sites below for further
information:
- Student Financial Assistance Scheme was established to provide assistance
to students, who, as a result of unexpected circumstances, find themselves
in financial difficulty, which adversely affects their university studies.
- Centrelink - information about AUSTUDY, ABSTUDY, Youth Allowance and Social
Security.
- Going to Uni - a Commonwealth Government site with information about paying for your studies, fees, loans and scholarships.
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