The Wellbeing Team
We are here to:
- Listen and hear you
- Help you with stress and anxiety
- Promote positive thinking and attitudes
- Support you in your programmer
- Signpost you to get the right help
- Be a point of contact for you
How to access our wellbeing services
- Speak to your lecturer for a referral
- Visit the wellbeing desk in the student services hub
- Scan the QR code on the attached leaflet.
- Email wellbeing@tynecoast.ac.uk
Onsite Counselling Service
What is counselling and how may it help me?
If you are struggling with college pressures or homelife difficulties and would like to meet with the college counsellor, please feel free free to use the self-referral link found on My Student Hub, ask your lecturer for help, or scan the QR code on the attached leaflet.
The service is free for everyone aged 16+.
Your college counsellor is Karen Amblez.
Your time at college can be rewarding, fun and exciting but it can also be a time of stress and there may be other problems that affect your life and studies. The College Counselling Service is one of the support services which are there to help. Our qualified counsellor offers one-to-one, confidential counselling to all enrolled students and staff on any personal concerns or difficulties, whether they involve life in college or outside. There are a number of ways in which counselling can help, such as:
- Dealing with a crisis or immediate concern
- Support with longer term difficulties
- Getting access to specialist help
- Referring on to other resources
Common issues that are talked about include:
- anxieties about aspects of study, including exams and presentations
- general stress and anxiety
- depression
- relationship difficulties
- eating problems
- bereavements and parental separations
- loneliness
- lack of self-confidence or low self esteem
- managing transitions
- making difficult decisions
- traumatic experiences, including violence or abuse
- difficulties with alcohol or drugs
- issues around sex and sexuality
- self-injury
- suicidal thoughts
- anger management
- worries about appearance
What happens in counselling?
Sessions with a counsellor usually last for fifty minutes and are held in confidence in a counselling room. Your first appointment will provide an opportunity to explore your reason for coming and will help build a clearer picture of your needs.
Confidentiality
The college counselling service is highly confidential. There are some limits to confidentiality and these are discussed with you in the first session. For example, risk of harm to yourself or someone else.