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Counselling Service

The WIT student counselling service is provided free of charge to all registered WIT students. Counselling provides a safe environment in which students can discuss any difficulties they may be experiencing in college in a confidential and supportive setting. Some of the problems students have sought help with in the past have included:

  • depression
  • anxiety/panic attacks
  • eating disorders
  • bereavement
  • rape/sexual abuse
  • addiction, exam stress
  • sexual identity
  • family difficulties
  • and many others

Address

Student Counselling Service, Waterford Institute of Technology, Cork Road, Waterford.

Telephone

(051) 302878 or 302475

E-mail

Anne Howard (ahoward@wit.ie) or Ann Marie Quigley (amquigley@wit.ie)

Opening Hours

The WIT counselling service is available during office hours Monday- Friday throughout the year. Evening appointments are offered on some days during term.

You can make an appointment by:

  • Calling into the medical centre and making an appointment with the receptionist.
  • Ringing the receptionist on (051) 302873
  • Leaving a message on the counselling service phones (only the counsellors have access to the messages).
    Main campus: 051-302878. College street: 051-302475

Resources available to Download

Below are some information sheets on topics which might be of use to you. Please click on any of these files to download.

file: Adult Children of Alcoholics, MS Word, 25KB Adult Children of Alcoholics
(MS Word, 25KB)

file: Alcoholism
, MS Word, 28KB Alcoholism
(MS Word, 28KB)

file: Anorexia, MS Word, 22KB Anorexia
(MS Word, 22KB)

file: Anxiety, MS Word, 25KB Anxiety
(MS Word, 25KB)

file: Assertiveness, MS Word, 27KB Assertiveness
(MS Word, 27KB)

file: Bereavement, MS Word, 48KB Bereavement
(MS Word, 48KB)

file: Bulimia, MS Word, 24KB Bulimia
(MS Word, 24KB)

file: Child Sexual Abuse, MS Word, 24KB Child Sexual Abuse
(MS Word, 24KB)

file: Coming Out, MS Word, 28KB Coming Out
(MS Word, 28KB)

file: Peer Support Programme, MS Word, 20KB Peer Support Programme
(MS Word, 20KB)

file: Suicide, MS Word, 25KB Suicide
(MS Word, 25KB)

file: Trauma, MS Word, 28KB Trauma
(MS Word, 28KB)