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Counselling and Mental Health Team
Our Counselling and Mental Health Team provide free confidential support to students in a safe space who need help in managing their emotional and mental wellbeing. The team are professionally trained Mental Health Practitioners and Counsellors who provide three services; counselling, mental health support and a drop-in service.
Mental Health Service
Mental Health Advisers provide confidential support to our students who are experiencing mental health difficulties. They specialise in assessing how a mental health difficulty may affect your ability to learn, can recommend adjustments to enable study and progression and will work with you to find effective coping strategies to help overcome mental health difficulties.
We also provide Specialist Mental Health Mentoring if funding is in place. if you have a diagnosed mental health condition, you may be entitled to Disabled Student’s Allowance (DSA) to fund this. For more information, please visit the gov website.
Register with the Mental Health Service
Counsellors
Counselling can give you an opportunity to explore, discover and clarify ways of living more resourcefully with a greater sense of fulfilment.
Counselling may be concerned with addressing and resolving specific problems, making decisions, coping with crises, working through conflict, or improving relationships with others.
Our Counsellors will listen and support, to help you make sense of your situation and find your own answers. They recognise you may need other help and will assist you in making, or accessing, the appropriate resources or agencies when necessary.
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Drop-in
Our Counselling and Mental Health Team offer a telephone drop-in service. We offer between two and four 20-minute slots each day, Monday to Friday throughout the academic year.
A drop-in session with provide you with an opportunity to talk with a member of the team if you are experiencing emotional or mental health distress, or if you are unsure if the Counselling Service or Mental Health Service best suits your needs. We will listen and support you in making sense of your situation and way forward.
Our drop-in appointments are by telephone so you can access our services remotely. However if you prefer a face-to-face appointment, then book a Tuesday slot and email mha@northampton.ac.uk to let us know you would like to attend in person. All drop-in slots will become available for the week ahead from end of day, every Friday.
Register with the Drop In Service
Please ensure you are registered with a Doctors surgery before you book to see us. You can register with the Health Centre at Waterside Campus Moulton Surgery | GP Surgery in Moulton, Northampton (watersidecampushealthcentre.co.uk) OR with a Doctor closer to home https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-gp
If you have any concerns about your mental health, please book an appointment with your GP / Doctor or visit the NHS website to find mental health services or the mental health helpline in your local area:
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline