Personal Counseling
Personal counseling involves meeting one on one with a mental health professional to address issues that affect one’s personal life. Themes addressed in personal counseling can include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relationship problems, stress management, anger, or other topics relevant to one’s well-being.
Academic Counseling
Similar to personal counseling, academic counseling involves meeting one on one to focus on issues related to academic performance. This can involve working on time management skills, study skills such as note-taking and how to utilize one’s learning style, improving concentration, and other relevant goals to improve academic performance.
Couples Counseling
In couples counseling, members of the couple meet together with a counselor to address issues relevant to their relationship. Although relationship issues can be addressed in individual counseling, it is often more effective for all individuals in the relationship to work together in couples counseling. Although this will typically be a couple romantically involved, couples counseling can also be relevant for friends, roommates, classmates, or any other relationship of significance. Themes addressed in couples counseling can include learning to communicate more effectively, developing healthier behaviors, setting appropriate boundaries, and others. All members of the couple must be enrolled TAMU students to be eligible for couples counseling.
Consultation
Students often deal with complex interpersonal relationships. These can include dealing with classmates and faculty/staff. The focus of consultation is on getting help for a specific interpersonal problem. Consultation is typically briefer in nature than individual counseling and is more problem-focused. Consultation can be a way to address issues such as how to communicate more effectively, how to approach a classmate appropriately about a behavior of concern, how to handle communication with a professor, or other relevant problems where specific advice or an opportunity to think through a situation in confidence would be helpful.
The Relax Room
The Relax Room is a space for students to learn and practice a variety of things to help with stress management and relaxation. The relax room and its contents are available for students to use to balance the stress of their studies and promote confidence and calmness in their daily lives.
Presentations and Workshops
VMBS Well-Being Services provides presentations to VMBS students on topics such as working with thoughts and emotions, stress management, maintaining healthy relationships, general wellness, and other relevant topics to aid in student wellbeing. If you are interested in learning more about presentations, please contact the counselors at vetcounselor@caps.tamu.edu.