Welcome to the Counselling Section of the website
- Are you feeling anxious, worried or upset?
- Are there some issues preventing you from focusing on your studies?
- Can counselling help you?
Everyone can benefit from counselling. People’s surprised response is that “counselling works”. It offers a safe environment for you to explore your own special situation. The counsellor presumes health rather than illness. It is normal for people to have problems and a counsellor will enable you to interpret those problems and thereby gain greater self understanding.
How talking over something with a counsellor helps
Counselling provides you with the skills to cope with life’s stresses by allowing you to examine your life situation, offering you an alternative set of choices and empowers you to make the decisions that can enrich your life. To quote the philosopher Lou Marinoff, “Monologue retards thinking: dialogue advances it”. Also “debating with oneself is unenlightening, debating with another illuminating”. The University has a professional, confidential counselling service available to all students free of charge.
Summer supports available to you
One-to-One Counselling
You can schedule phone, video, or in-person sessions with our counsellors. This service is free for all Carlow and Wexford students. To make an appointment, call 059 9175600 or email [email protected].
Online Support
Join Togetherall, our anonymous online peer support platform, to connect with students nationwide and internationally. You can also explore self-guided courses on mental health and wellbeing. Register at Togetherall.com using your student email.
External Supports
- The Samaritans: Call 116 123
- Pieta House: Call 1800 247 247 or text Help to 51444
- HSE Text Service: Text Hello to 50808
- Carlow Garda Station: Call 059 9136620
- Wexford Garda Station: Call 053 9165200
- Emergency Services: Call 112 or 999
You are very welcome to book an appointment to meet with one of our team.
In order to book an appointment, you will first need to create your own user profile on the SETU Counselling Service portal. Once you set up your user profile, you can log in and out of the portal whenever you wish. You must use your official SETU student e-mail when creating your account. This is the only e-mail format accepted by the portal. If you are having difficulty accessing the portal, please e-mail us directly for help at [email protected]
Please use the link below to open the SETU Counselling Service booking portal.
Cancellations
If you are unable to keep your appointment, we ask you to please give at least 24 hours' notice of cancellation so that your time can be re-allocated to another student. This helps us to keep waiting times for counselling appointments as low as possible.
Telephone: 059 9175600
Email: [email protected]
Location: Visit the student service office (Room F129), in the Barrow Centre
Telephone: 053 9185802
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Location: visit the student service office
Togetherall’s online community is clinically moderated by mental health professionals, and offers students a safe and anonymous place to express their thoughts, concerns and triumphs. Resources are free for students to use and are available 24/7/365. Students are able to draw strength and insights from peers that have real lived experiences, as well as access a range of self-directed, clinically validated tools to promote positive mental health and wellbeing.
Why Join Togetherall?
Togetherall is:
- Completely free to use
- Anonymous, with no judgement or stigma
- Online for easy access with no waiting lists
- Monitored by mental health professionals 24/7
On Togetherall you can:
- Share your experiences with others in the community
- Read others’ stories and find comfort in knowing you’re not alone
- Join a group based on a topic that’s important to you
- Respond to others’ posts with a kind word, phrase or advice
- Create art to express yourself because sometimes words aren’t enough
- Read helpful articles, take wellbeing courses and self-assessments to feel better on your terms, in your own time.
Join Togetherall
Policy Docs
Please review the policy documents in the section below. The privacy policy applies to your engagement with any of the services we offer. The Conditions of Service Use and National Student Counselling Dataset Project Consent apply only to attendance at individual counselling.