Student counselling
The Semmelweis University Student Counselling service provides free, confidential psychological and academic support for university-related stress, exam anxiety, and personal difficulties. The service is running by the Institute of Behavioural Sciences.
Coming to university can be a very exciting and rewarding time. It can also be a time of change and stress, especially when you left your home country and have to face a new culture, language and environment. There may be a whole range of difficulties and dilemmas affecting your life and studies.
Stress can be the result of either past or present experiences. The Semmelweis University Student Counselling Service is one of the services which are there to help you. In our team, 4 mental health professionals (3 psychologists, 1 psychiatrist) are providing consultations about the issues that are important for you.
Our Consultation Service can help you with the following problems:
- anxiety problems related to exams and presentations
- general stress
- relationship difficulties
- parental separation,
- loneliness and homesickness
- lack of self-confidence or low self-esteem
- making difficult decisions
- issues around sex, sexual orientation and sexuality
- anger management.
With psychiatric problems (e.g: eating disorder, severe anxiety and depression), please contact the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Budapest, Balassa János street 6) or the Clinical Psychology Department (Üllői út 25. 1st floor)
Please consider the following:
- Student consultation cannot be considered as a psychotherapy and it is not a hot-line/emergency” service.
- A lot of students would like to apply for regular appointments so there is a waiting list.
- After recieving your E-mail, we are offering you help as soon as possible.
In case of suicidal thoughts, severe depression, self-injury please contact the 0/24 service provided by the Department of Psychiatry, any time of the day, even on weekends, or national holidays. They provide a free of charge emergency service for the students of the University even in english language.
Location: Budapest, Balassa János street 6., 1083. Google map
If you need to talk to someone Immediately: https://findahelpline.com/
If you feel lonely and have difficulty to connect to other students: join the Open Circle mentor program peer support group: https://semmelweis.hu/mentorprogram/en/peer-led-group/
How to contact the student counseling service?
If you have any questions or want to book an appointment to see a counsellor, just send us an email and we will get back as soon as possible, with the name of your future counsellor.
Please, let us know if you have any special request about the gender of the mental health professional, and describe your problem briefly!
You can reach us here:
studentcounselling@semmelweis.hu
Please be aware, that we are available only on working days (Monday-Friday) between 8am-4pm.
Place of counselling:
Institute of Behavioural Sciences
Nagyvárad tér 4, 1089 Budapest
More information about the counselling process:
Counselling is an active process that is designed to give you the time, space and encouragement to explore and understand the issues you bring. The counsellor will be able to help you think about your problems from a different perspective. The aim is increasing your awareness of yourself, your situation, and the choices that are open to you. Coming for counselling can take courage as it involves facing yourself and asking someone else for help.
Counselling provides a safe place, separate from your daily life, where you can explore issues or feelings which are causing you difficulty. The counsellor will aim to relate to you in a supportive and purposeful manner and assist you in the task of finding your own way forward. Your use of counselling remains confidential to the service within the limits agreed with your counsellor.
useful resources
Progressive relaxation in English (18′)
Surviving Season Holidays
Relaxation Video
https://semmelweis.hu/mentorprogram/en/peer-led-group/