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Information for faculty, staff, advisors
The Counseling Center is a place for students who recognize that they have concerns, behaviors, or problems that interfere with academic progress.

The Counseling Center is supported by student fees; therefore, counseling services and workshops are offered at no cost.

The Counseling Center is staffed by professionally trained psychologists and counselors. Graduate counseling students may provide services under the supervision of licensed staff. Located in Davidson Student Center, room 146, across from the CSU Bookstore, the center is easy to locate. Workshops and presentations are conducted throughout the year. Personal and career counseling are offered individually and in groups. Staff help students select majors and develop career plans through career counseling.

The Counseling Center has a referral form that staff and faculty can use as a vehicle to document the behavior of students who are a subject of concern and refer them for counseling.

Career counseling is a service the center offers that usually takes three sessions before a student develops a career plan in which they have confidence. We will help students:

• Choose a major.
• Develop their own career plan.
• Learn more about themselves -- values and interests.
  
• Learn about the "world of work," including various careers.
  
• Understand their career interest test results.

Students who request testing to seek academic accommodations must pay a fee to cover the cost of the test battery.

Emergencies are handled on a walk-in basis. Otherwise, students should call or come by to request an appointment time.

Students are entitled to confidential counseling services. Others may not make appointments for students.

The student may choose to authorize release of information by signing the appropriate form in the Counseling Center. Signing this form "waives" confidentiality.

Test Anxiety Management workshops are offered the week preceding midterms and final examinations.

A four-hour seminar on Academic Retention is offered to students who are:

• Concerned about academic survival.
  
• Facing academic probation.
  
• Given this option by Admissions following academic exclusion.

Students may participate in these workshops to facilitate academic reinstatement.