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COUNSELING CENTER

www.rit.edu/counseling
(585) 475-2261 (voice), (585) 475-6897 (TTY)

The Counseling Center, located in the August Center, Building 23A, offers a variety of services to RIT students. These services include:

RIT Counseling Center hours
Counseling Center hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, except during finals week, break weeks, and summer quarter. During those periods, the hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Services are confidential and free. For more information about services, please call (585) 475-2261 (voice) or visit the Counseling Center website at www.rit.edu/counseling .

Personal/psychological counseling
Individual counseling is available for students who could benefit from meeting with a counselor to explore, for example, more effective ways of dealing with conflict and stress, managing emotions, developing satisfying relationships, communicating with others, dealing with depression and anxiety and coping with personal crisis.

Crisis intervention
Crisis counseling and emergency services may be obtained by calling or visiting the Counseling Center during business hours, or by calling Public Safety at (585) 475-3333 and asking to speak to the counselor on call after hours.

Career exploration counseling
Counselors can assist students in making thorough appraisals of their interests, abilities, and personality traits so they can use this information in developing educational and vocational plans. Tests of aptitude, interest, and personality may be used in this assessment process.

Career exploration resources
Located in the reception area of the RIT Counseling Center, career exploration resources include occupational information on a variety of careers, vocational and educational reference books, and DISCOVER. The center and its resources are available on a walk-in basis.

DISCOVER is a career guidance system that uses a computer to help students learn more about:

Groups and outreach programs
The Counseling Center staff offers groups that assist students in their personal development. These groups offer a supportive environment in which to explore a variety of issues that typically affect the lives of students such as forming relationships, handling loss, managing stress, clarifying values, and choosing careers.
In addition, center staff members will present special programs to student groups and organizations. Presentations include communication skills, helping friends get help, stress management, and dealing with loss, among other topics.

Testing
The Counseling Center may administer a number of psychological tests and interest inventories as part of the counseling process.

Consultation
Services are designed to support and assist faculty and staff in handling difficult student situations, including identifying students in distress, guidelines for interaction, and how to make a referral to the Counseling Center.

Referral services
In addition to referrals to the university’s staff psychiatrist in the Student Health Center, counselors can assist students with referrals to community-based practitioners and resources, when appropriate.

FACULTY WORKSHOPS:
The Counseling Center can provide any of the following workshops for faculty:

RIT Contact Person:   John Weas, Director

Telephone:                  475-2261 (Voice)
Location:                     August Building (23A), Room 2100
Website:                      http://www.rit.edu/counseling

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