咨询 & Psychological Services

个人心理咨询

Personal counselors are here to help you identify 和 accomplish your academic 和 career goals, enhance your personal development, meet life's challenges, 和 improve your interpersonal relationships. We offer brief therapy sessions to individuals 和 couples who are matriculated students of San José State University.

You do not need to be in significant distress to seek counseling. 有时候我们的信念 or expectations of ourselves, or of counseling, results in a delay in seeking help until situations become serious. While no issue is too big or small, many students tell us that they wish they had come to counseling so一个r. Start the journey now 和 seek counseling earlier rather than later.

个别咨询

Individual counseling facilitates the exploration 和 resolution of personal 问题 和 issues according to the needs of the individual.

Some of the issues often addressed in individual counseling are:

  • 压力
  • Don't know how to cope with life circumstances
  • 抑郁症
  • 焦虑
  • 自尊
  • Identity issues, including cultural, religious, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender, 等.
  • Body image, eating disorders
  • 孤独
  • Difficulty forming or maintaining healthy relationships
  • Physical or emotional abuse (past or present)
  • Cross-cultural issues (including cultural conflicts between parents & 孩子)
  • Difficulty defining 问题
  • Marked changes in functioning
  • 易怒
  • Changes in thinking or perceptual abilities
  • Difficulty setting limits 与他人

夫妻咨询

Sometimes people who care about each other encounter impasses in their ability to resolve issues in their relationship. Personal counselors can help couples improve self-awareness, insight, communication, 和 relationship skills, particularly when couples attend together.

Personal counselors utilize a variety of interventions to assist couples in resolving 问题. Couples may be given assignments to work on, either as a couple or individually. Couples counseling is often complicated by 一个 or both of the individuals having significant unresolved personal issues. It is important for participants to be willing to address their own internal issues as well as the personal issues of the other person in a non-blaming 和 constructive manner.

How to see a personal counselor

If you have never had counseling at the Student Wellness Center, please call our office at 408-924-5678 or stop by to schedule your initial session. The purpose of this initial meeting is to underst和 your needs so that we can guide you to appropriate resources such as groups 和/or workshops, brief therapy, or referral to an outside counseling 机构. 

If you have been to us within the past year 和 would like to return, please call to schedule an appointment. A counselor will discuss your options for services.

组

组 are a great way for you to connect with peers, learn new skills 和 strategies, 和 grow, both emotionally 和 educationally!  

We offer numerous types of groups that get students interacting 和 connecting to 互相帮助. 

组 are often the most effective way to:

  • Gain support 和 encouragement from others
  • Learn how you are perceived by others
  • Gain specific skills to improve your life
  • Develop relationship skills

Ground rules, including confidentiality, are typically established with group members 促进信任. For most benefit, consistent attendance is strongly encouraged. 

Some groups may require registration. 要注册，请访问 Student Wellness Center Patient Portal. 

If the event is online 和 the link is not provided below, you must log-in to the Student Wellness Center Patient Portal at the time of the event to retrieve the link. 

If a group requires a referral to attend, please call (408) 924-5678 to make an appointment.

Psychology (Doctoral) Training

CAPS also hosts an APA-Accredited Health Service Psychology Internship Program 和 Multicultural Postdoctoral Residency 程序. Both training 程序s are essential to the values of CAPS to provide multicultural 和 social justice-oriented training 和 services, 和 are an important part of our center. Please visit links for both 程序s for 更多的 information.