Student Services
Individual Counseling
Counseling Services offers problem assessment and short-term individual counseling for currently enrolled LSU New Orleans students. Short-term treatment can be defined as time-limited counseling with a clear focus, specific treatment goals and measurable outcomes. Limited to 10 sessions per semester. When a student presents at Counseling Services with mental health concerns, counselors discuss the student's present concerns and conduct a full mental health assessment in order to determine appropriate treatment recommendations. Counseling Services staff are trained to distinguish between concerns which can be addressed in short-term treatment and those which warrant longer-term or specialized care. When longer-term or specialized treatment is warranted, Counseling Services staff can provide students with referrals for appropriate services. When short-term treatment is deemed appropriate, measurable treatment goals are established and sessions are scheduled, typically on a weekly basis. Sessions last approximately fifty minutes. Treatment is problem specific and time limited. During times of high need for services, there may be session limits that need to be enacted, or biweekly sessions will be scheduled in order to accommodate the needs of the students.
Examples of situations and concerns which may warrant a referral:
- when a student desires ongoing counseling without session limits
- when psychiatric assessment and/or medication management is/are warranted/needed
- when long-standing, chronic mental health concerns are present
- when ADHD and/or other psychological testing is needed
- when a student desires psychological testing and/or formal diagnosis to document a disability
- when a student desires psychological testing and/or formal diagnosis for employment or legal purposes
- When a student desires a psychological testing for an emotional support animal
- when potentially problematic use of alcohol and/or other drugs is present
- when alcohol and/or other drug use confounds diagnosis and/or decisions regarding treatment
- when assessment and/or counseling is mandated by a court of law
Fees for Services
There is no charge for individual, career or group counseling at LSU New Orleans Counseling Services.
Career Testing and Counseling
Individual career testing and counseling is available to currently-enrolled LSU New Orleans students. The goal of career counseling is to help the student make decisions about career directions based on in-depth assessment and exploration of the student's personal, professional and lifestyle priorities, skills and interests, and personality traits. This is accomplished through one-on-one interviews, values and priorities exploration exercises and the use of the following assessments:
Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS)
The CISS is used by counselors and human resource professionals in a variety of settings to explore new avenues in career development. With the CISS, clients learn how their self-reported interests and skill levels compare to those of individuals who are happily and successfully employed in a variety of occupations. The CISS feedback report provides a list of possible occupations and fields of study matching the client's interest and skill patterns.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
The most widely used personality inventory in the world, the MBTI provides an accurate picture of a person’s personality type based on preferences on four axes: Extraversion–Introversion, Sensing–Intuition, Thinking–Feeling and Judging–Perceiving. Combinations of these preferences result in 16 distinct personality types. The MBTI results report provides detailed information about how a person's type might impact the process of career selection, interview behaviors and overall career development. The report also provides an extensive list of majors and possible careers matching the person's type.