The comprehensive services of the Counseling and Testing Center (CTC) reflect the University's concern for the many needs of currently enrolled students. Counseling is available to students having educational, personal, or relationship concerns. The center offers individual, couples and group counseling. Groups include several interpersonal process groups including general growth groups, an African-American Women's Support Group, African-American Co-ed Support Group, GLBT Support Group, a Graduate Student Support Group, a Grief Support Group, a Stress Management Group, and a Substance Abuse Group. Individual stress management sessions are also available to students. For those who are in counseling with the Center or the Psychology Clinic through the Clinical Psychology Department, psychiatric services for evaluations and medication determination are available. Referral services for students having special needs also are available.
Counseling is available by appointment. Additionally, students who are experiencing an urgent situation may be seen on a walk-in basis every day during business hours. Faculty, staff or students concerned about a student's health and wellbeing are encouraged to phone the Center to consult with the senior emergency on-call counselor. A counselor will assist in determining the most appropriate course of action.
The CTC's Testing service offers many national examinations, certifications, psychological assessments, math placement, the Regents test and testing for institutional programs. Test proctoring and test scoring services, complete with statistical analyses, are available to the faculty through testing services.
Educational workshops are designed to respond to the variety of needs that students experience during their academic careers, including stress management, time management, study skills, performance enhancement, relationship enhancement, and anger management among others. Psychologists from CTC are also available for guest lectures in classrooms and for student organizations.
All counselors in the Center have advanced degrees in social work, counseling, or psychology, are licensed or supervised by a licensed clinician and have a special interest and skills in relating to university students and their concerns. Visits to the CTC are private and confidential. No one outside the Center is given any information regarding any appointments that have been made or what is revealed in counseling without the written release from the student according to Georgia Law. No information becomes part of a student's academic record.
For more information on the services offered by the center, please call 404/413-1640, visit the Center at 75 Piedmont Ave., or visit www.gsu.edu/counseling.