Counselling service

What is counselling?

Counselling offers an opportunity to talk in confidence about problems that concern you. Counsellors do not give advice or offer solutions, but do support and encourage you in making your own choices.

By talking through your problems or concerns with a counsellor, you may deepen your understanding of what is happening and develop alternative ways of dealing with the situation.

Appointments

Appointments, which last 50 minutes, are available at Avenue and Park Campuses Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Fridays 9am-3pm.

Booking an appointment

Contact the Student Services' help desks:

In person: our friendly help desk staff will arrange an appointment for you
By email: studentservices@northampton.ac.uk
By telephone:
- Avenue Campus help desk on 01604 893162
- Park Campus help desk on 01604 892833
Online: complete our counselling appointment request form drop-in sessions

We offer one-off sessions five days a week. A one-off session lasts half-an-hour and is therefore different from a first counselling appointment which lasts 50 minutes. One-off sessions give you a chance to talk to a counsellor if something is urgent, you only need one session or are not sure if counselling is for you. It also gives you an opportunity to decide whether further counselling is the best way forward.

We ask you to book an appointment at the Student Services' help desks before coming to check availability and save unnecessary waiting.

Who are we

The three part-time staff are all professionally qualified counsellors with several years experience.

Name	Job role	In office
Kathy Lambie	Senior Counsellor	Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Eileen Hobbs	Counsellor	Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Traci De Marco	Counsellor	Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Find us

Avenue Campus Student Services can be found opposite the cafeteria. At Park Campus we are located above the Doctors' Surgery in the Medical Centre next to the Student Centre.

Useful publications

The counselling service have produced a number of leaflets which are available from this website or from Student Services. Also available are some information cards produced by the Mental Health Adviser Service.