What is Counseling?
Counseling is a collaborative process that involves the development of a unique, confidential helping relationship. The counselors act as facilitators to help clients better understand themselves and the world around them. Open and honest discussions of feelings, behaviors, relationships and life experiences with a trained counselor in a safe environment allow individuals the opportunity to make healthy choices and take appropriate goal-directed actions.
The counseling offered by Student Development is performed by skilled mental health professionals trained in the science of human behavior and student development. All students are treated with respect and dignity.
Why Students Come to Student Development Services
Students at CSM are wonderfully diverse. They cannot be type-cast as simply “students,” since that is but one aspect of their lives. Students come to our office for help with such concerns as academic performance, test anxiety, poor concentration, interpersonal relationships, career decisions, and low self-confidence. They also seek help with problems related to their families, suicidality, past sexual or physical abuse, drug/alcohol abuse, eating disorders, rape/sexual assault, life-threatening illnesses, and bereavement. Over the course of their education, students go through numerous changes and pressures. During such times, talking with a counselor can be a helpful and valuable resource.
