“If I don't get good grades at school, I won’t get into a good university. If I don’t get into a good university, I won’t get a good job. If I don’t get a good job, I won’t earn enough money. If I don’t earn enough money, I will be miserable.”
As ICS University Counsellor Rachel Doell explains in her Times Higher Education article, we can not take away all the triggers of mental-health struggles for our students. But we can ensure that our guidance is not one of those triggers.
This is the narrative I hear from students every day. A shorter version is: “If I don’t get good grades, my life will be over.”
So what, as university and career counsellors, can we do to support our students’ mental health?
Read the February 2024 article How to support anxious students – tips from a former therapist featured in the Times Higher Education.
