Services

Counseling

University students normally encounter various stresses during their college experience. These may include coping with new academic demands, feelings of anxiety or depression, making and maintaining new friendships, and adjusting to changing relationships with parents and other family members. However, stress can become overwhelming and threaten your college experience and academic progress.

University Counseling Services (UCS) can help you resolve your personal concerns and manage your situation. Counseling can give you valuable feedback, a different perspective on your situation, and provide you with new ways of coping.

UCS offers a range of psychological and mental health counseling services for current students of Pittsburg State University. Services are provided in a supportive and confidential atmosphere. Sessions are offered to help students with a variety of problem areas such as:

• Depression, anxiety
• Family problems, communication skills
• Relationships, self-esteem
• Stress, substance misuse/abuse

Many problems can be addressed using a brief, solution-focused approach, often requiring only a few visits. Individual counseling sessions are usually from 25 to 50 minutes in length depending on the needs of the student.

Nutrition

University Counseling Services has contracted with the Crawford County Health Department to provide Pittsburg State University students with a dietitian to help support them with their dietary needs.  The dietitian offers nutritional services to students in a supportive and confidential atmosphere.  The dietitian will work individually with students to plan a program of nutritional services to meet their needs in compliance with state and licensing boards.  Individual sessions are usually from 25 to 50 minutes in length depending on the needs of the students.

Referral to Other Agencies

Students requiring longer-term counseling, psychiatric services, vocational counseling, academic advising, or academic/study-skills assistance are referred to other campus offices or community agencies for assistance as appropriate.

Agencies Include:

On Campus Resources:

Off Campus Resources: