College Student Therapy – Why Would You Need to go Off-Campus??
My simple answer is: it isn’t enough. Most colleges limit the number of sessions a student can attend on campus. Students also cannot control which therapist they are matched with, so if there is a personality clash the sessions may not be beneficial at all. Also, most college therapists are generalists. They are there to help every problem that comes in the door. I am different in that I declare myself an anxiety specialist from the start.
You can try on-campus counseling, but my clients say they walk away and still don’t have their anxiety under control.
Investing in an off-campus therapist is a decision to help a college student not only weather their current stress but to set up a stress management skillset they will use for the rest of their lives. The college students that work with me tend to have big goals for themselves like an Honors diploma, a music industry job, landing work in a major city, or going on to Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. degrees. Big goals can bring up big fears that requires additional support from parents and a specializing professional like me.
College is when you figure out who you are. Everything gets more intense. New people & places bring out all your fears and insecurities. You’re supposed to care about everything. Sometimes you don’t know where you stand on something until you see it in a well crafted meme.
College comes with invisible pressure, and with pressure comes high levels of stress. Everyday worries suddenly escalate to an unmanageable level. It’s ok to need support managing the unknowns in the future. So much is going on in this phase of life anxiety can spike to an all-time high.
Signs your Stress is Really Unmanageable Anxiety
You keep calling it stress, but you know it is anxiety. Not everyone experiences anxiety the same way. But if you identify with a few or a lot of the following symptoms, you may benefit from therapy for college students.
- Seeming successful externally but spiraling internally
- Being unable to fall asleep or having stressful dreams
- Stomach problems or headaches
- Irrational fears about dying or something terrible happening
- Overly worried about grades, money, or health
- Overthinking social interactions
- Getting a little controlling with the people around you
- Easily irritated, angry, or crying excessively
- Episodes of having trouble breathing or worrying that you might be dying
Therapy Can Help With College Student Anxiety
There is good news!
Now is a great time to turn all of this around.
Throughout my time as a therapist for college students, I have watched young people transform right when they needed it most. Your 20s are when you are honing your skills. It sets you up for long term success.
My experience makes me uniquely qualified to help young adults. I guide college students through managing the grumpiest of professors. I help them stop the looping thoughts about whether or not their friends are mad at them. I often prep them to talk to a doctor on their own for the first time. I am sometimes a young adult’s very first therapist. I have several clients that have stayed with me for many years, as well as some that stop sessions when they are feeling strong and then restart when they identify a new problem. My numbers of returning clients are proof that what I offer works.
Utilizing psychoeducation, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), solutions focused as well as a psychodynamic, relational strengths based approach we can help you with everything from low self-esteem to landing your dream job.
Reach Out for College Student Therapy
I use online therapy in Tennessee to meet with college students and young adults around the state from my Murfreesboro, Tennessee based practice.
Schedule a consultation. I look forward to meeting you!
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