THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING OFFICE
About the Psychological Counselling Service
The Psychological Counselling Service was established at Comenius University by Assoc. Professor PhDr. Jozef Koščo, CSc, and his colleagues in 1968. Ever since, the Service has been available at no charge to all University students and staff who need no referral from the GP to use its services.
The staff who provide psychological counselling are open to queer/LGBTI+ people - including transgender people.
The Service is available to individual clients as well as couples and groups. Its staff also offer specific training and courses on an irregular basis.
News
BUDDY – Peer Support Programme
During the summer semester, in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, we launched the Peer Support Programme in Mental Health for medical students. Trained "buddies" are ready to support their peers in adapting to the university environment and to advise on mental wellbeing. Topics may include practical university issues, stress management, exhaustion, social anxiety, or relationship difficulties. You ma sign up for the programme using the application form. Once completed, you will be contacted by your 'buddy' who will work with you to find the best solutions and help.
Counselling process
Psychological counselling involves a series of meetings of the counsellor with a client to explore the client's difficulties and seek ways of making the client feel better. The client's cooperation is indispensable to the successful outcome of the counselling. The relationship arising between the client and the psychologist involves a high degree of trust and is entirely confidential: anything said during the sessions remains between the counsellor and the client. Individual sessions last about 50 minutes and couples sessions about 80 minutes. The number of sessions is tailored to the needs of every client.
The issues of our clients are frequently combinations of some of the following:
- Family relations
- Partnership
- Social relations
- Relationship with oneself
- Study issues
- Trauma
- Process of individuation
- Psychosomatic problems
Psychological counselling also supports clients with specific needs or clients in addition to psychiatric treatment.
Reservations
Book individual psychological counselling via the contact form. Personal data processing details can be found on the website https://uniba.sk/oou.
If we are unable to schedule your appointment soon enough, please do not hesitate to use the crisis intervention network. These helplines are available:
CU also has a legal advisor.