Adjustment to College

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Adjustment to College
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Common Fears/Problems in Students

• Fear of freedom, of not being able to manage your
  time without family around
• Depression
• Fear that college will be too difficult
• Homesickness
• Lack of good study habits
• Difficulty in understanding professors
• Fear of competition from brighter, younger, or
  older students
• Fear of disappointing parents
• Roommate problems
• Worry over choosing the wrong major
• Shyness
• The expectation that you have to cheat to survive
• Fear of being perceived as a klutz or some other
  kind of undesirable by other students
• Worry about making friends
• Time management- more distractions

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What is Counseling?
Drexel University Student Counseling Center
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Myth 1

• Counselors will suck out your brains

and shrink your head.
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Myth 2
Counseling requires a lifetime (or long-term
commitment)
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Fact

• Counseling can help with short-term problems or
  situations
• or long term issues.

How to get through Finals
Depression
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Myth 3
Counselors will call your parents or instructors
immediately after the session
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Confidentiality

• No one outside of the counseling center is given
  any information
• No one is allowed to know that you have visited
  the counseling center
• If parents, friends, or professors call, the
  information will not be disclosed
• You may see therapists on campus, they wont talk
  to you unless you decide to approach them.

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Limitations to Confidentiality

• The therapist believes you have the intent to
  harm yourself.
• The therapist believes you have the intent to
  harm someone else.

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Myth 4

• Counseling is for weak people.

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Myth 5

• The counselor will ask you to lie on a couch
  during therapy

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Myth 6

• Counselors ask you about your childhood and
  blame everything on your mother

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Myth 7

• Counselors will tell you exactly what to do to
  fix your problem and/or your life.

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Myth 8

• Counseling is for REALLY sick people or
  psychotics.

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Myth 9

• Counseling at the Drexel Student Counseling
  Center is not professional or as good as you
  could get somewhere else.

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Common Issues that Bring Students to the
Counseling Center

• Stressed out
• Not doing well in school
• Problems in a relationship
• Questions about sexual identity
• Not enjoying themselves as much as in the past
• Concerned with the way they eat
• Someone close to them has problems with alcohol
  or drugs
• So much anxiety they cannot concentrate
• Life doesnt seem worth living anymore

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Drexel Student Counseling Center

• Located in 201 Creese Student Center
• 215-895-1415
• Open Monday Friday 8am 5pm
• Walk-ins are available for emergencies.

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Peer Counseling Helpline

• Completely anonymous, confidential and FREE
  service open to all undergraduate and graduate
  students
• Peer support line to provide information, peer
  support, and referrals.
• Monday Friday 8 pm Midnight
• 215-895-1523

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