University Counseling Center (UCC)
Typical Concerns For UR Student
- Adjusting to College Life
- Workload
- Higher expectations of self
- Transitions/adjusting to college, graduation
- Financial Pressures
- Identity Issues
- Who am I?
- Who do I want to be?
- What can I do with my new freedom?
- Self-image / self esteem
- Relationship Issues
- Distress about romantic relationship
- Problems with family
- Conflicts with friends/roommates
- Fitting in
- Psychological Issues
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Substance abuse
- Previously diagnosed conditions/history of self-harm
- Temptation to self-regulate medications
- Academic Concerns / Learning Disabilities
- High expectations (self or parents)
- What do I want to do with my life
- Workload / managing high demands
Concerns for Graduate Students
- Isolation / no dorms / structures like for undergraduates
- Financial / "real life" responsibilities
- Roles and relationships - marriage / family
- Relationship with advisor (like parents / other authority)
- Time management / lack of imposed structure
- Pressure / job placement
- Perfectionist / highest achievers
- Let down / disappointment / feeling behind / lost
- Compare to "real world" of friends
- Other transitions