Student Health
During your time at UCC, to ensure that you maximise your potential in every aspect of your life, please avail of the student health services that are provided for you:
The Student Health Department aims to promote the maintenance of sound bodies and sound minds in a student population which faces increasing challenges each year. This service is complementary to the services available to you though your General Practitioner. If you are worried about a health problem, arrange an appointment with our service on 021-4902311 or call to the department where the receptionist will make an appointment for you. If you are acutely ill on the day, your problem may initially be assessed by a nurse and if necessary seen by the doctor as soon as possible.
All consultations are confidential and not revealed to any one without the students permission. All notes are confidential and kept in the Department and do not form part of the students Academic file.
The Student Counselling & Development Department offers invaluable support to students in the form of counselling and training programmes.
What do we do?
Our chief aim is enshrined in our mission statement:
"to enable students to maximize their personal, social, academic and career potential in a safe and supportive environment."
We provide a full range of personal counselling services at our rooms on College Road.
Students may avail of support and learning opportunities through workshops and seminars.
Purpose of Counselling
How can counselling help you? Essentially, the counselling service provides a safe place where you can come and talk, in a relaxed and private atmosphere, about any personal or academic concern, which may be troubling you. The counsellor-student relationship is built on trust, empathy, confidentiality and absence of judgmental attitudes.
Counselling can provide you with opportunities to explore issues that may stem from past experiences or current dilemmas and enable you to identify strategies and/or choices which are right for you. Counsellors cannot provide magic solutions but they can help you to achieve greater self-awareness/self-knowledge and provide you with support and guidance if you have to make any difficult decisions/changes in you life.
Workshops
Students can also take part in our Seminars and Workshops.
Here you can learn more about yourself and develop new skills by participating in seminars such as :
Study Skills
Relaxation/Stress management
Communication Skills
Assertiveness and Self Esteem
Making an appointment
You can contact us in a number of ways:
| Telephone: | [021] 490 35 65 |
| Text: | 087 215 25 05 |
| E-mail: | counselling@ucc.ie |
| Open: | 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.15 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. |
| Location: | Ardpatrick House College Road Next to College Car Park |
