USW Counselling is a short-term, brief intervention service within the University. Counselling provides an opportunity to be heard and understood by someone who is not personally involved in your life, who can help you to make sense of your experiences and move forward.
If this type of support is appropriate, you may be referred to Counselling following a Wellbeing Advice Appointment.
Your counselling journey will begin with a single session in which you and your counsellor work together to; make sense of your experiences, explore your hopes and aims for counselling and consider how you might be supported to move forward from any issues that you wish to address. Counselling can:
The counselling team have extensive experience working with neurodiversity, gender identity, sexuality, culture and ethnicity. We are committed to working in ways that are inclusive, accessible, non-judgmental and affirming to students from all backgrounds.