Individual Counseling

Students meet individually with a counselor to discuss a variety of issues. These may include personal feelings, relationships, coping with stress and anxiety, self-awareness, and other personal concerns. Overall, counseling services are intended to provide help to students whose problems can be addressed over a short-term period, in a limited number of sessions. Because the primary mission of the Counseling Center is to provide short-term immediate help in order to facilitate students’ college success and adjustment, counseling will focus on short-term objectives. If it is determined that your situation requires counseling beyond the scope of practice of the Counseling Center, you will be referred to an outside agency for services. You are responsible for any expenses that you incur for services you receive from outside agencies.

For more information on individual counseling click here.

Group Counseling

Many students find group counseling to be the most effective means of help. During group counseling, students with common concerns meet together with one or more counselors to explore a specific topic. Recent groups offered at the Counseling Center include Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dealing with Dysfunctional Families, Facing the Fear: Anxiety, Sexual Assault and Abuse Survivors, Getting Past the Past: Grief and Loss, Anger Management: Your Plan for Real-Life Coping, and the Women’s Body Image group.

For more information on group counseling and a list of our current therapy groups, click here.

For a FAQ on Group Counseling services, click here.

Couples Counseling

While couples counseling often requires a time commitment beyond the scope of the Counseling Center's services, counselors can meet with couples, both of whom must be a student at Texas State and currently enrolled, on a limited basis to provide relationship counseling.

Career Counseling

Some students seek out personal or psychological counseling and during that process begin to understand how their educational and occupational choices impact their emotional and mental health.  Because of this the Counseling Center offers career counseling services as well.

For more information on career counseling at the Counseling Center please click here, or visit Career Services website for more information on helping you decide what career would be best for you.