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Mental Health Counseling

Due to high demand and a strained staffing situation, unfortunately, no counseling appointments are currently available in the Mental Health Counseling. However, feel free to reach out at the middle of April 2024, and we are confident that we will be able to schedule appointments again. Please make use of the drop-in office hours (see below) for a short initial session.

In the meantime, you can contact two people at the Central Student Advisory Service in case you have questions about your studies, organizing your studies, exam preparation or about family and exam-related stressful situations. Bettina Hertrich, study advisor and systemic individual, couples and family therapist, as well as Ulrike Sträßner, study advisor and exam and performance coach, are available to arrange an appointment as soon as possible.

To arrange a prompt appointment, please contact psychologische-beratunguni-potsdamde.

We would like to inform you about possible alternative counseling and discussion offerings:

You can also find a very good overview of psychosocial emergency support services here:

In addition, there are the following contact points in Potsdam:

Here you can find the offerings of the "Feel Good Campus," the student health management of the University of Potsdam.

When your studies become a burden – the Mental Health Counseling Service of the University of Potsdam can help you.

Students can sometimes lose their mental equilibrium, too: pressure in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs is increasing through frequent tests and exams, funding your studies independently can become more and more burdensome due to the limited time resources, and job prospects are often lacking.

That is why the Mental Health Counseling Service was created at the University of Potsdam. Here, you will find somebody to talk to about your concerns relating to your university studies, such as:

  • work- and learning difficulties,
  • motivation problems,
  • exam anxiety and fear of public speaking,
  • writer’s block,
  • or social anxiety

but also in case of difficulties and worries that have a more indirect effect on your performance and contentment in your studies, such as:

  • relationship problems,
  • conflicts in partnerships or with the family,
  • problems with your self-worth,
  • personal crises,
  • or various addiction problems (media, substances, gambling, etc.).

You can make appointments for counseling sessions via e-mail (psychologische-beratunguni-potsdamde) or telephone during the drop-in office hours.

You can find further helpful information as well as contact and advice offers in our Knowledge Base: Get Ready for Digital Studying.

Above all, the drop-in office hours are an opportunity to address your issues in a short conversation. After that, we can decide on the next steps to be taken together. As demand for counseling is often high, please allow for some waiting time in your schedule.

Individual counseling sessions (up to 45 minutes) will be arranged with you via e-mail or during the drop-in office hours and will be scheduled to take place outside drop-in office hours. In our initial first session, we will try to decide together how things will proceed. Further counseling appointments can follow or we might help you find a therapist or a suitable group to help you. Counseling is confidential and free of charge.

For urgent crises and emergencies, we would like to point out the existing contacts for crisis management (e.g. Berliner Krisendienst), the respective social-psychiatric services or the emergency departments of the local psychiatric hospitals.

Drop-in Office Hours (no appointment necessary)
PLEASE NOTE: The drop-in office hours will only be available from March 4, 2024!

Monday

10 - 12 AMBirgit Klöhn
In-person consultation: Am Neuen Palais, Building 8, Room 0.82 (Campus Map)
E-Mail: birgit.kloehnuni-potsdamde
Tuesday2 - 4 PMBirgit Klöhn
Consultation over the phone:+49 331 977-1830
E-Mail: birgit.kloehnuni-potsdamde
Friday10 - 12 AMBirgit Klöhn
Consultation over the phone:+49 331 977-1830
E-Mail: birgit.kloehnuni-potsdamde

Contact

Dipl.-Psych. Birgit Klöhn | N.N.

Universität Potsdam | Central Student Advisory Service | Mental Health Counseling

 

Campus Am Neuen Palais
Am Neuen Palais 10
Building 8, Rooms 0.82 - 0.84
14469 Potsdam