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This website has been set up by the Heads of the various
Student Counselling Services in UK Universities in order to:
- Provide more information about the support available to UK university
students
- Help students locate appropriate services
- Help parents, families and friends of students find what support is
available
- Provide easy access to pages dealing with common student psychological
and emotional problems
- Provide links to others sources of help for such problems.
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Emotional and psychological problems encountered by student
counselling services include:
- anxieties about aspects of study including exams and presentations
- general stress and anxiety
- depression
- relationship difficulties
- eating problems
- bereavements and parental separations
- loneliness and homesickness
- lack of self confidence or low self esteem
- managing transitions
- making difficult decisions
- traumatic experiences including rape, assault and abuse
- difficulties with alcohol or drugs
- issues around sex and sexuality
- self-injury
- suicidal thoughts
- anger management
- worries about appearance.
- Test extra
This site has been produced by the Heads of University Counselling Services
(HUCS) a special interest group of the Association for University and
College Counselling (AUCC). AUCC is a division of the British Association
for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
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