Individual Therapy

Students come to therapy to discuss many different issues. For some students, the problem is recent or related to a current situation. For others, the problem has been present for a long time. 

Individual therapy is an opportunity to talk with a mental health clinician about your concerns and to work on particular issues that you and your clinician agree upon. Sessions generally last about 50 minutes. There is a limit of 10 sessions per year (August - August).

Frequent issues students talk about when they come to therapy are:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Relationship problems (with romantic partners, family, friends, roommates, coworkers, advisors)
• Experiences of oppression, discrimination, prejudice
• Poor concentration, difficulty focusing
• Questions about identity
• Body image concerns
• Adjustment to college, graduate/professional school, new life situations
• Grief
• Trauma
• Uncertainty about choice of major or career

At the UK Counseling Center, we generally work within a brief therapy model. This means that most students experience positive change within 5-7 sessions. Some students may be seen only for a few sessions, and some students may be seen slightly more than average. You and your therapist will decide together how many sessions are appropriate to address your concerns and what other services will be helpful to you.

We are committed to serving the student body as a whole and recognize that different students have different needs, which is why we have many ways of offering therapy services, including groups and workshops. If you are interested in seeing the same therapist in individual therapy for a long period of time (semester to semester), we can assist you in locating therapy resources in the community.

To get started, contact TRACS (Triage, Referral, Assistance, and Crisis Support) for an initial appointment and referral for individual therapy at the Counseling Center.

Schedule an appointment with TRACS

Finding a therapist off-campus