Counseling Center

We all look at the world through a filter of our own emotions. This is why we are sometimes unable to see solutions for ourselves when we are dealing with subjects which are emotionally charged. A counselor is able to help us sort through the emotional storm by reflecting back the content of what we are experiencing while still respecting the depth of the emotions involved. Counseling is not just for mental health ‘problems.’ It’s for all of us when we experience a lack of clarity or stress relating to how we are feeling.

Emotional check-ins

1. Counseling provides a safe place to process stress, relationships, academic pressure, or life transitions before they become overwhelming.           

Stress Management

2. Students and adults learn coping skills such as grounding techniques, breathing exercises, and cognitive reframing.

Self-Awareness & Growth

3. It helps individuals understand patterns, triggers, strengths, and values -which support better decision-making.

Prevention Not Just Intervention

4. Regular check-ins can prevent burnout, anxiety escalation or emotional fatigue.

Social & Academic Support (College Setting)

5.  At the college level, counseling promotes:

• Improved focus and academic performance
• Healthier peer relationships
• Reduce stress that interferes with studying
• Builds time management and goal-setting skills
• Build self-confidence
• Enhance communication skills
• Gain skills to manage strong emotions in healthy ways

Counseling is a space to Pause, Reflect, and Recharge. Counseling is part of maintaining your overall wellness.  Contact the counseling center for an appointment, or simply walk in.  We’re here to help you.

The counseling Center is a safe place to:

• Share what is troubling us
• Work through what is holding us back
• De-stress
• Improve our ability to perform when we are afraid
• Find our way when we feel lost
• Contemplate making changes
• Plan our future
• Get help when we are overwhelmed
• Realize we are not alone

• Test and school anxiety
• Relationship difficulties
• Overcoming trauma
• Depression
• Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or unhappy
• Maximizing potential
• Finding hope

Email nbrown@donnelly.edu or call the counseling office at 913-621-8781.

All counseling services are free for students, staff, and faculty, and everything shared is confidential. If you need extra support with housing, financial concerns, clothing, medical care, or legal matters, please call 211 for additional resources (www.211.org). You may also stop by the counseling office for resources and referrals.

Do you know how to talk to someone who might be contemplating suicide?

QPR has been sponsored by the Donnelly College Counseling Center and is free to anyone with a Donnelly email.

Please go to qprtraining.com/setup to begin.

Our organization code is DC1