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Counseling Services
Counseling at LAU helps you power through your university years. Starting with the school-to-college transition and all its emotional baggage, to dealing with anxiety such as that associated with remote learning, university counselors equip you with essential tools to effectively manage current and future problems.
Sessions are strictly confidential and free of charge for all students. They are typically scheduled once a week and may expand over several weeks depending on the objectives identified by the counselor.
When Should I Seek Help from a Counselor?
If you are experiencing one or more of the following concerns:
- Test anxiety
- Sleeping problems
- Low self-esteem
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Concentration problems
- Decision making problems
- Dramatic mood swings
- Hopelessness or helplessness
- Exposure to sexual, physical, or emotional abuse
- Anxiety, fear, or anger that affects everyday life
- Eating disorders
- Suicidal thoughts
- Loneliness and/or homesickness
- Procrastination
- Relationship issues (family, friends, romantic)
- Loss of a family member or loved one
- Poor academic performance.
What Types of Counseling Services Are Offered at LAU?
- Short-term individual counseling
- General consultation
- Group counseling
- Academic skills guidance
- Career/vocational counseling
- Crisis interventions
- On/Off campus referrals
If the counselors believe that the student’s concerns are beyond the scope of the services provided at LAU, they will provide the student with a list of off-campus professionals (i.e., psychotherapists and/or psychiatrists) from which to choose.
How will a Counselor at LAU Help Me?
Counseling at LAU offers you the chance to:
- Disclose and discuss sensitive issues in a safe environment
- Confide in someone who can be trusted for their open-mindedness and professional help
- Receive support and aid in overcoming distress
While knowing that all the information discussed during counseling sessions:
- Will not go on your official record, nor on your transcripts
- Are strictly confidential – unless the counselor identifies that there is potential for self-harm, or harm to others.
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Dealing with Anxiety
LAU Counseling Services
Counseling at LAU helps you power through your university years. Starting with the school-to-college transition and all its emotional baggage, to dealing with anxiety such as that associated with remote learning, university counselors equip you with essential tools to effectively manage current and future problems.
Writing Center
Welcome to the LAU Writing Center!
We are pleased you are visiting our website and we hope you find the information helpful.
We provide writing support for LAU undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and the external community. We will work with you through the stages of writing and advise you on issues such as structure, clarity and grammar, in a flexible and friendly environment. We also provide several tutoring services including one-on-one, either in person or virtually, group tutoring and library walk-ins.
Bring your assigned papers and reports, projects, grant proposals, dissertation chapters, unfinished articles and conference papers, and our professional and peer tutors will help you at any stage of the writing process to produce a polished final draft.
We hope to see you at the Writing Center soon!
LAU students, faculty and staff:
We’d love to assist! You can schedule your individual free writing appointments through the WCOnline platform.
Non-LAU members:
We provide various paid consultancy services. Click on the “Book a Meeting via Email” button to schedule an appointment to assess your needs, we will then provide you with a work plan.
Engaging LAU Faculty & Staff as Associates in the Mental Health Support System
University students often experience high levels of stress. Any number of potential events- leaving home and moving into the dormitory, academic failure, the loss of loved one, job termination of close relatives, and so on- may require students to make adjustments in the patterns of their daily living. Not all life transitions are negative, but even positive events, when accompanied by significant changes and demands, have the potential to be distressing.
Many students weather the “stormy periods” of their lives without professional assistance; others may find that the distress of being a student provides an occasion to consult a mental health professional. Thus, every year, the University Counseling Office sees students seeking help with different concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship problems, family issues, academic difficulties, just to name a few.
You, Faculty and Staff, play an important role in detecting and helping distressed students. However, identifying and responding to students in distress is not an easy job; it can be confusing and overwhelming. Hence, the University Counseling Office has prepared this guide that sheds some lights on the different signs and symptoms of distress; its purpose is to guide you in handling a problem until a referral to the counseling office can be arranged. If you wish to consult with professionals or believe that a student should do so, we welcome the opportunity to help.
We appreciate the role you play as associates in the Mental Health Support System at LAU, and hope that this guide will be useful to you in your efforts.
Sources of Trouble/Distress
- Family problems
- Grief and loss
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Loneliness
- Relationship problems/break-ups
- Low self-esteem
- Financial problems
- Academic pressure or failure
- Conflict with classmates/Professors
- Difficulty adjusting to university life
- Trouble adjusting to different culture
- Career indecision
- Athletes (pressure/ expectations)
- Eating disorders
- Drug/alcohol abuse
- Sexual or physical abuse or assault
- Identity/sexual confusion