Counselling

The University Counselling Service offers you help in understanding, dealing with, or overcoming the many sorts of difficulties that may prevent you getting the most out of your life and studies at university.  These may include problems at home, pressures from personal relationships, and difficulties in coping with stressful events, now or in the past, such as examinations, separation, bereavement or forms of abuse.  There are also some group sessions/workshops on specific issues, e.g. confidence and self-esteem, managing low mood, managing exam stress, coping better with academic pressure, speaking out in groups, etc. Please see the Counselling Service website for more details and up-to-date information.

Students who have not used the service before, need to complete a brief questionnaire before contacting the service (http://www.counsellingservice.manchester.ac.uk/get-help/appointments/). This should take no more than 3 minutes to complete. After completion of the questionnaire, you then call the Counselling Service reception desk for available appointment times on (0161) 275 2864. Those students who have used the service within the past 2 months, can make an appointment with their counsellor through the reception desk (0161 2752864).

At certain times the Service experiences especially high demand and waiting times can increase. To ensure the best possible service is provided and waiting times are managed effectively, a Duty Counsellor is available each day (during opening hours) for those who feel they need to talk to someone before the earliest available appointment date. 

Opening times

The Counselling Service is open from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, except on public holidays and during the University’s Christmas closure period.

 Contact details

Email: counselling.service@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 2864 (52864 from an internal phone)
University of Manchester Counselling Service
5th Floor, Crawford House (building 31 on campus map)
Booth Street East
Manchester
M13 9QS