This semester, Counseling Center staff will be offering a various classes to assist students with academic concerns such as for  testing anxiety and/or ADHD symptoms. 

The Counseling Center is now accepting applications for pre-professional graduate assistants for the 2016-2017 academic year.

The recent deaths of three students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who identified as Muslim understandably evoke a variety of responses from across our own campus community. Students, faculty, and staff at Illinois may experience fear, vicarious trauma and other responses related to this tragedy.

The Counseling Center is saddened by the loss of student Vicente Mundo, and our thoughts go out to everyone affected by this tragedy. We understand that many students may be having a range of grief responses and can benefit from assistance sorting through their experiences and/or guidance with coping strategies.

The Counseling Center, along with New Student Programs, International Student and Scholar Services, and the Asian American Cultural Center will offer a workshop addressing some of the challenges international students and scholars potentially face when writing in U.S. academia. 

The Counseling Center will be open during normal hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m Monday to Friday) most of winter break--except for university-designated reduced service days, which are December 24 through January 4.  

Recent events surrounding Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri , and Eric Garner’s death in New York City have highlighted that racist attitudes and actions toward people of color—particularly African American males—continue to threaten their safety, rights, and ability to seek justice. The University of Illinois Counseling Center and its Sankofa African-American Outreach Team are firmly committed to building inclusive communities—both within the university and outside of it. We understand that working toward positive change can be frustrating, hurtful, depressing, and exhausting, but we continue to be hopeful that the efforts of our students, faculty, staff, and communities will result in real, lasting change.

Alejandro Gómez, clinical counselor at the Counseling Center, recently was recognized by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Access for his advocacy of LGBTQ Affairs at the university with the Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award.

Achieving wellness is not an easy task for most people. But when stresses resulting from the everyday microagressions that racially marginalized people often experience, wellness can be even harder to achieve. This three-part series will address strategies individuals can employ.

In Focus is a six-week group that offers education and peer support for students who experience difficulties commonly associated with ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD). Group meetings will be interactive and help students develop valuable skills for succeeding in school, career, and daily life. Meetings begin October 22, and go from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesdays.

To ask questions about In Focus or to register, please email Jodi Thomas or call 217-333-3704.

On September 21 and 22, 2014, the Counseling Center hosted the 23rd Annual Dennis H. May Conference on Diversity Issues and the Role of Counseling Centers at the Illini Union. A record number of attendees dialogued and considered how to effectively reach out to growing international student populations and the unique issues they face.