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Counseling center adds programs
By Jenny Millinczek
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Monday, October 6, 2003
The SCSU Counseling Center is offering some new programs this fall that are geared to help students with a variety of different pressures.
These programs are group based and include everything from social anxiety to career direction. Other group programs that are offered are cultural differences, meetings for non-traditional students, depression management and first-generation college student support.
These programs seem to offer many different levels of support.
If you are interested in improving your career making skills you can attend a Career Direction Seminar. Jayne Lokken of the Counseling Center said this seminar can help students assess their abilities and skills and then match them to specific occupations that may fit the student best.
International students can meet for a weekly discussion every Thursday from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the third floor lounge in Lawrence Hall. Students may bring their lunch to this informal discussion. This group setting is designed to help international students with transitional difficulty into the United States.
Lokken said that Americans may come across as very friendly to people of other cultures, but being friendly does not necessarily mean the same as being a friend to Americans. Another problem these students may face is invitations. Americans may loosely use the term, "I'll see you later," but this is not typically seen by Americans as a formal invitation to come and visit. These are just a few of the issues discussed during the lunches.
According to one SCSU student these discussions seem like they could offer a lot of insight for international students.
Another program offered this fall is an eight-week course for students to learn and deal with social and general anxiety.
"Anxiety is one of the most treatable problems we deal with in psychology," Lokken said.
The course will address the four major components of anxiety: cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and physiological.
First-generation students are also being offered help from the Counseling Center. This group offers advice and support to students who may be seeking assistance. Lokken said some of the problems that first-generation students face are lack of knowledge about the college system, lack of family support, financial aid, and fear of failure.
There are suggestions that may help these students such as attending study skill workshops, becoming familiar with campus resources and joining student organizations to meet new people.
Counseling options
The programs that are offered this fall have a wide range of angles and are open to all SCSU students. For more information, contact the counseling center at 308-3171.
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