Any currently registered student can use counseling services. Students can also bring a non-student romantic partner for couples counseling or other family members at the student’s discretion.

Each year, one in four SU students visits the Counseling Center. In counseling, students talk about many concerns including:

• Stress
• Homesickness
• Test anxiety
• Problems sleeping
• No motivation or procrastination
• Sadness, mood swings, irritability
• Losses and grief
• Relationships, loneliness
• Sex, sexual orientation
• Perfectionism
• Eating and body image
• Family and parents
• Feeling violated, abuse, sexual assault
• Feeling out of control (drugs, alcohol, internet)
• Figuring out school and life plans
• Just a place to sort through hard choices

Counselors are available to help you work through any kind of concern in a supportive, confidential setting. Any enrolled student can make use of these free services.

The appointment desk is open Monday through Friday during the following hours: 9am-5pm.

Call us at 863-1252 or come by our office in the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning, Suite 200 to speak with our medical administrative assistant and schedule an appointment with one of the counselors.

When you come in to talk with a counselor for the first time, you will be asked to complete an information sheet that provides your counselor with background information about you. Then you’ll sit down and start a conversation to explore the problems you are facing and ways to make things better. Sessions last 50 minutes.

We’re located in the Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Center for Lifelong Learning, Suite 200. We’re the same office as Health Services. The appointment desk is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The confidentiality of what you tell your counselor is protected by Texas law, and no record of your counseling is made on academic records or job placement files. SU Counseling Services will not share information (including if students have visited The Counseling Center) with faculty, staff, parents, or other students on campus without your written permission. In rare circumstances (involving physical safety) there are a few limits to confidentiality. The details are provided to students in writing during their first visit to The Counseling Center.

SU Counseling Services will not share information with faculty, staff, parents, or other students on campus without your written permission. This includes revealing whether or not a student has even visited Counseling Services.

If you are concerned about someone (including a fellow student) who’s facing a problem, you can talk confidentially with a counselor about how you might help that individual. Counseling Services will not reveal information about the consultation (including your identity or that you have visited with a counselor) without your written permission.

The Counseling Center offers short-term counseling, but try to be flexible since everyone will have different concerns and needs. Some students feel better after one session, while additional appointments are more helpful for other students. The Counseling Center collaborates with students during the first session to determine what will work best for each individual given his or her current concerns. When it appears that a student’s needs would be best met by an off-campus agency, counselors also provide referrals.