Counselling is a talking and listening process that helps you to focus on and understand the concerns that are troubling you. The Counsellor’s role is to listen carefully to you and offer support and understanding in a non-judgemental, non-critical way. Your Counsellor will respect your values, choices and lifestyle. Counselling can help you to explore your feelings, thinking and attitudes. It may also help you to make choices, decisions, or changes that are right for you.
The aim of counselling is to provide an opportunity “to work towards living in a more satisfying and resourceful way”. Counselling is a process which can help you to deal with different situations and issues, including coping with loss or bereavement, making challenging decisions, developing personal insight or improving relationships with others. It is not telling people what to do, nor is it primarily advice and information although these aspects may feature in some counselling relationships.
Accessing Counselling
Student Wellbeing have partnered with Health Assured to deliver a comprehensive Student Assistance Programme (SAP) which is accessible through the Wisdom App and online portal.
The Live Chat feature allows you to contact a dedicated wellbeing counsellor using live messaging and video calls.
For further support, you can call their helpline which is available 24/7, 365 days a year.
More information can be found here:
Wisdom app – Track Your Mental Health & Wellbeing (healthassured.org)
The Wisdom App is available on mobile, tablet, and desktop. When you have registered, you will need to enter the unique code MHA289405 which identifies you as a University of Lincoln student.
