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.
Interventions provided
- Individual counselling
- Therapeutic groups
- Psycho-educational workshops, including topics such as exam preparation
- Time management and stress management
- General health and wellness advice and self-management skills.
Benefits of Psychological Counselling
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.
Counselling:
- Improves your academic achievement
- Assists you in making appropriate personal choices
- Increases your personal capacity to form effective personal relationships and build self-esteem
- Improves capacities such as study and time management skills, which will have a life-long positive impact
- Assists you in addressing issues such as grief and sudden loss or trauma
- Assists you in developing the kind of self-knowledge and self-development skills that allow you to successfully negotiate different aspects of life
Confidentiality
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.
If referral to another service is necessary, disclosure will only take place with your consent.
Psychological Counselling
Counsellor: Dr. Jacqueline Benn
Telephone: 417-4169 (voice mail available)
Email: jacqueline.benn@cavehill.uwi.edu
Appointments may be made online via Bookings by clicking the "Schedule an Appointment" icon on our homepage or click here to Schedule an Appointment. You may call 417-4165 (Office of Student Services). You may also email the counselor at the email address above.
Dedicated evening services will be available to students. 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. You may also book an online appointment with one of our part-time counsellors via the Bookings link.
Your counsellor may also make referrals to see the Student Health Clinic’s Consultant Psychiatrist depending on the circumstances and after discussing with you.