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Counselling and mental health

All Student Welfare and Support Services are firmly committed to embed inclusion in all of our activities.  We seek to deliver services where diversity is valued and respected, with practices that are culturally competent and trauma-informed, and to foster an environment that positively advances equality.  Read the Service's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion statement.  

There are contacts for emergency (including out of hours) and non-emergency services for health, welfare and academic support.

For appointment and enquiries, please email [email protected]. When requesting an appointment, you will be asked if you have a strong preference to be seen in-person or online and we will do our best to accommodate this.  For those students who can be flexible and will accept either option, we will allocate the earliest appointment to you that matches your availability.

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Supporting your mental health at Oxford

Oxford has a comprehensive approach to support your mental health during your time here, set out under the Common Approach. On this page you’ll find a guide on steps to take to find support if you need it, ways you can best support yourself, and what you can do to help others.  

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Individual counselling

There are many benefits to working in a therapeutic relationship with a professional counsellor on an individual basis. It can be a relief to tell someone who is impartial about difficulties you have struggled with on your own. You may have a longstanding concern, be encountering new difficulties, or simply have a sense that something isn’t right.

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Workshops & Groups

Open agenda group sessions and workshops and groups on specific topics can be an effective form of help for a range of problems, providing an opportunity to explore how you relate to others and benefit from their experiences and support.

Supportive resources

These pages offer lists of recommended resources on various themes, including books, websites, apps and more.

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Explore how you're feeling on a platform full of courses, resources, and anonymous chats with others for free, 24/7.

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Making an appointment

The Counselling Service is here to help you address personal or emotional problems that can impact your time at Oxford and help you realise your full academic and personal potential through a focussed and brief therapy.

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Counselling Service podcasts

These podcasts have been developed to address some of the particular concerns that students at the University speak about when they attend the Counselling Service.