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Individual Counseling
Individual counseling provides students with the opportunity to talk with a professional counselor about concerns or problems which might interfere with personal growth and academic achievement. Common issues include relationship concerns (e.g., romantic partner, roommate, family), depression, anxiety, stress, adjustment to college, academic difficulties, and substance use or abuse.

Couples Counseling
Couples counseling may be an appropriate choice for helping students resolve problems in a romantic relationship. Couples counseling may be provided as an adjunct to or instead of individual counseling.

Group Counseling
Counseling groups offer students the opportunity to get support and feedback from other students who face issues similar. Counseling groups are offered on as-needed basis. If a student is interested in working on a particular issue in a group format, the counseling staff will help find other students who share the same concerns to form a group. Past groups have included Self-Exploration, Eating Disorders, and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA).

Additional Information About Our Services

Confidentiality
Counseling Services maintains a strict policy of confidentiality. No information is released without the student's written permission except where disclosure is required or allowed by law.

Fees
All counseling services are provided free of charge.

Referrals
If Counseling Services is not the most appropriate service to meet the student's needs, referrals to other resources will be made.
SUNY Delhi does not employ a psychiatrist and Health Services provides only limited prescriptions for psychiatric medications such as Prozac and Zoloft. If full psychiatric services are recommended or required a referral will be made to Delaware County Mental Health Clinic in Walton, NY or to a private psychiatrist in Oneonta, NY.

Confidential Communications between Counseling and Health Services Staff
The Counseling Services and Student Health Services at SUNY Delhi are both located in Foreman Hall and maintain a close working relationship; referrals from one to the other are common. Confidential counseling records, and health records are maintained separately, however, and neither become part of student educational or placement records. Both offices are committed to teh well-being of all members of the Delhi College Community, and recognize that many of the problems college students contend with involve both physical and emotional components. Confidential communication extends between the staffs when, in their professional judgment, it is desirable to consult with one another. Both services adhere to professional standards of conduct.