{"id":75,"date":"2025-05-30T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ossd\/psychological-counselling\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:29:33","slug":"psychological-counselling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ossd\/health-wellness\/psychological-counselling\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Counselling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid page-wrapper site-font\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<section id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Psychological Counselling <\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"page_text\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\/*Hide News and Notices right column. 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This process can help you to deal with a potential problem before it becomes a crisis.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\" lc-helper=\"video-embed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvOQk4wlZmg?rel=0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Interventions provided<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Individual counselling<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Therapeutic groups<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Psycho-educational workshops, including topics such as exam preparation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Time management and stress management<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">General health and wellness advice and self-management skills.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"banner\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tips\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/Health-Wellness\/Psychological-Counselling\/images\/Psychological-Tips-For-Health-and-Wellness.jpg\"> <span style=\"font-size:26px;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/studentservices\/health-wellness\/tips.aspx\">Click here for health and wellness tips!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Benefits of Psychological Counselling<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Psychological Counsellor offers support to empower you to make choices, helps you get a better understanding of circumstances\/issues and helps you develop alternative ways of dealing with your concerns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Counselling<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Improves your academic achievement<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assists you in making appropriate personal choices<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Increases your personal capacity to form effective personal relationships and build self-esteem<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Improves capacities such as study and time management skills, which will have a life-long positive impact<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assists you in addressing issues such as grief and sudden loss or trauma<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assists you in developing the kind of self-knowledge and self-development skills that allow you to successfully negotiate different aspects of life<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Confidentiality<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Confidentiality is essential to the counselling process. Disclosure will however be necessary where there is potential for harm to self or to others or where there is a court order for release of information.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">If referral to another service is necessary, disclosure will only take place with your consent.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"banner psy\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3><strong>Psychological Counselling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCounsellor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ossd\/staff-profile\/dr-jacqueline-benn\/\">Dr. Jacqueline Benn<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTelephone: 417-4169 (voice mail available)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:jacqueline.benn@cavehill.uwi.edu\">jacqueline.benn@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAppointments may be made online via Bookings by clicking the &#8220;Schedule an Appointment&#8221; icon on our homepage or click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office365.com\/owa\/calendar\/StudentAssistance@uwi.edu\/bookings\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> to Schedule an Appointment. You may call 417-4165 (Office of Student Services and Development). You may also email the counselor at the email address above.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe Full Time Counsellor (Dr Benn) is available: Monday through Friday between 9 am and 3 pm.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPart Time Counsellors are available as follows:<\/p>\n<div id=\"psyco-text\" style=\"top: 50px; left: 381px;\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr Farrell<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tMondays 6 pm, 7 pm and 8 pm<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tTuesdays 6pm, 7 pm and 8 pm<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ms Napoleon<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tWednesdays 5 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm and 8 pm<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tThursdays 12 noon and 1 pm<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tFridays 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dedicated evening services will be available to students.&nbsp;Appointment times for evening counselling services will be advertised. This is in our efforts to provide easier access to students who find it difficult to attend counselling sessions during the usual 9 am to 5 pm period.&nbsp;You may also book an online appointment with one of our part-time counsellors via the Bookings link.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Your counsellor may also make referrals to see the Student Health Clinic\u2019s Consultant Psychiatrist depending on the circumstances and after discussing with you.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychological Counselling Psychological Counselling is a process that helps you resolve personal (emotional and psychological) issues. This process can help you to deal with a potential problem before it becomes a crisis. 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