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Counseling Services

Janet and Irene

The CSUB student Counseling Center offers a variety of counseling services to all regularly enrolled CSUB students. The services are designed to help students in reaching their educational goals. The services are provided for by the student's registration fees and are confidential within state and federal laws and the CSU policies.

The CSUB Counseling Center provides:

Individual Counseling

This is an opportunity to meet on a one to one basis with a professional counselor to explore various need and concerns. Working with students from a short-term counseling model, counselors may help students with personal or academic concerns. Personal counseling includes dealing with adjustment, relationships, emotional concerns (such as loneliness, self-confidence, anger, and depression) and abuse. Personal counseling may address any issue, which influences a person's sense of well being and progress in school. Educational counseling includes selecting an appropriate major, working on academic problems and educational planning. It also provides opportunities for identifying interests, goals and skills, including learning decision making, time-management and anxiety reduction skills.

Group Counseling

Each quarter a variety of counseling groups are offered, many for credit as General Studies courses. Groups typically available include such areas as stress management, parenting, adult children from dysfunctional families.

Crisis Intervention

Counselors are available at all times that the Center is open to provide crisis intervention assistance.

Location

The Counseling Center is located in the Student Health Center Building. (South side of parking Lot E, just west of the Icardo Athletic Center)

Hours

The Counseling Center is open between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

Phone

(661) 654-3366

After hours, emergency numbers

Kern County Mental Health, Crisis Stabilization Unit

(661) 868-8000

Memorial Center

(661) 398-1800

CSUB Public Safety

(661) 654-2111 (911)