The counseling service is available to all students with individual or group counseling in such areas as personal and social growth, career counseling, interpersonal relationships, and spiritual concerns.
The services are provided by the college at no cost by walk-in or appointment. Counseling services are available 24 hours a day if an emergency arises.
The counseling service guards your confidentiality very carefully. No one who requests information will be told when or why you have an appointment. This includes your parents, friends, and any college personnel. Confidentiality will be broken only if it becomes apparent that you intend to do injury to yourself or to others.
An Interview With Bob Wiersma
What Counseling is:
- Helping you realize what you are capable of and then helping you to make your own decisions
- Helping encourage and support you
- Helping you learn how to learn
- Helping through two-way communication
- Helping you with confidential personal concerns
- Helping you work through interpersonal conflicts
- Helping you learn more about responsible service in God's Kingdom
What Counseling is NOT:
- Making psychological analysis
- Making decisions for you
- Telling you what is right or wrong
- Leaving you alone with your concerns
Personal Counseling can help you...
- Establish and clarify individual goals
- Determine how to reach your goals
- Obtain support during times of personal difficulty (e.g. death of a loved one, traumatic family experiences, rape, stress, lack of motivation)
- Develop greater self-respect
- Work through social pressures (e.g. use of alcohol, drugs, sexual relationships)
- Establish support groups (e.g. eating disorders, substance abuse)
- Mature as a dedicated, uncompromising servant of Jesus Christ
- Integrate your faith in your chosen career goals
- Establish priorities
- Obtain support during times of spiritual crisis
- Develop a Christian perspective with respect to everyday life
