Personal Issues - Counseling Department
Links to Personal Self-Help Information
Counseling is a process of helping you use your own and other resources in answering your questions or solving your dilemmas. Some of the reasons students seek counseling are for personal growth and understanding, relationship concerns, self-esteem or anxiety, loneliness, family problems, career decisions, difficulties managing schoolwork or exams, just to name a few. Our counselors have extensive professional training with backgrounds in education, therapy, and communication. Counselors are a little more removed from your personal situation and have the expertise and knowledge that can make a difference.
These website links are listed to help you to areas which contain information or resources for personal issues.
Alcoholism
- National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
- Alcohol and Alcoholism by Oxford Journals Online
- http://alcalc.oupjournals.org/
- The National Council of Drug Dependence
- http://www.ncadd.org/
- Alcoholism at About.com
- http://alcoholism.miningco.com/
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/
Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Drug Abuse
- http://www.nida.nih.gov/
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
- http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csat/csat.html
- Nasadad, National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors
- http://www.nasadad.org/
- The Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR)
- http://cedar.pharmacy.pitt.edu/main.html
- Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies
- http://www.datos.org/
Depression
- Veritas Medicine for Patients
- http://www.veritasmedicine.com/d_index.cfm?did=41
- The National Institute for Mental Health
- http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- www.nodepression.net
- http://www.nodepression.net/
- Depression-when the sadness just won't stop
- http://www.blarg.net/~charlatn/Depression.html
- Depression-Screening.org
- http://www.depression-screening.org/
Eating Disorders
- National Eating Disorders Association (EDAP)
- http://www.edap.org/
- Rader Programs-Specializing in the treatment of Compulsive Overeating and Bulimia
- http://www.raderprograms.com/
- Academy for Eating Disorders
- http://www.aedweb.org/
- Anorexia and Related Eating Disorders, Inc.
- http://www.anred.com/
- Something-fishy.org
- http://www.something-fishy.org/
Sexual Harassment
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html
- Office for Civil Rights-Resources for Addressing Sexual Harrassment
- http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/sexharassresources.html
- Information on Sexual Harassment by Nancy Wyatt
- http://www.de.psu.edu/harassment/
- Sexual Harassment: Myths and Realities
- http://www.uoregon.edu/~counsel/harass.htm
Teen Pregnancy
- Babycenter-Cradle and All
- http://www.babycenter.com/fetaldevelopment/?adcode= DAR:ADV:ALL&CP_bid=
- The National Campaign to Prevent Teenpregnancy
- http://www.teenpregnancy.org/
- Medline Plus: Teenage Pregnancy
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenagepregnancy.html
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
Stress Management and Anxiety
- Stress Management at About.com
- http://stress.about.com/
- How to Manage Unbearable Stress
- http://www.teachhealth.com/
- Cyber Psychologist.com
- http://www.cyberpsych.com/stress.html
- Stress Busters!
- http://stressrelease.com/www/strssbus.html
- Magic Stream
- http://fly.hiwaay.net/~garson/
Grief and Loss
- Grief and Loss Resource Centre
- http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/grief/grief.html
- Griefnet.org
- http://griefnet.org/
- Recovery from Grief and Loss
- http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/grief.htm
- Web Healing.com
- http://www.webhealing.com/links.html
- Articles, Poems and Stories
- http://www.grieflossrecovery.com/
- About Grief, Loss and Recovery
- http://www.grieflossrecovery.com/
Bullying, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence
- Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools
- http://www.cfchildren.org/issues/bully/bullyharass/
- Departments of Justice: Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/
- National Institute of Mental Health-Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
- http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/helping-
children-and-adolescents-cope-with-violence-and-
disasters-what-parents-can-do.shtml - Cybergrrl.com
- http://www.cybergrrl.com/fs.jhtml?/views/dv/
