Psychological Counseling
Promoting Well-being and Personal Growth
The Psychological Counselling Unit offers confidential, professional, and student-centered support services that contribute to emotional well-being, resilience, and mental health awareness. The unit provides guidance and counselling in a safe and supportive environment, helping students successfully navigate personal, academic, and social challenges.
When Can I Seek Psychological Support?
You may be considering psychological support but feel unsure whether you need it. You do not have to be in crisis or wait until difficulties become overwhelming before reaching out. You can also seek support to understand yourself better, make sense of your experiences, and develop ways of coping.
What Can You Seek Support For?
The following experiences may help you recognise when speaking with a professional could be helpful:
- Emotional difficulties: Feelings of sadness, anxiety, anger, or restlessness that become intense, persist, or feel difficult to manage.
- Difficulties with everyday life: Struggling to attend classes, fulfil responsibilities, or maintain personal care.
- Loneliness and changes in social relationships: Feeling lonely, withdrawing from others, or finding it difficult to build connections.
- Changes in sleep or appetite: Difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, waking refreshed, or managing changes in eating habits.
- Attention and concentration difficulties: Finding it hard to focus when studying, making decisions, or carrying out daily tasks.
- Challenging life events: Needing support following loss, separation, violence, traumatic experiences, or significant changes.
- Substance use or behaviours that feel difficult to control: Alcohol, substance use, or certain behaviours negatively affecting your life.
- Relationship difficulties: Recurring disagreements, communication difficulties, or challenges setting boundaries with family, friends, or romantic partners.
- Adjustment and concerns about the future: Difficulties adjusting to university, managing homesickness, meeting academic expectations, or coping with uncertainty about the future.
These experiences do not, on their own, indicate a mental health diagnosis. Some difficulties may also have physical or environmental causes. Speaking with a professional can help you understand your needs and explore appropriate support options.
When Urgent Support Is Needed
If you are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, seek professional support promptly. If you think you may act on these thoughts soon, have a plan, or cannot keep yourself safe, try not to remain alone. Tell someone you trust and contact local emergency services or go to the nearest hospital emergency department.
In an emergency, do not wait for an email response or a counselling appointment.
How Can You Arrange an Appointment?
You can request an appointment by emailing the Altınbaş Kıbrıs University Guidance and Psychological Counselling Centre (psikolojikdanismanlik@wpu.edu.tr). You do not need to include detailed personal or health information in your initial email. Simply state that you would like an appointment and provide your contact details.
Sessions are generally scheduled once a week and last approximately 50 minutes. The frequency and course of counselling are discussed with you, taking your needs and the Centre’s working arrangements into account. Where appropriate, you may be referred to another specialist or healthcare service.
You do not have to work everything out on your own before asking for support. If you are unsure where to begin, you can start by talking about that.
