UA Counseling Center

Welcome to The University of Akron family! The Counseling Center offers free, confidential comprehensive psychological services to students.

A diverse staff of licensed psychologists and doctoral trainees provides counseling and psychotherapy, career decision making counseling, psychological assessment, psycho-educational outreach and consultation to the university community. Testing personnel administer a variety of national standardized and on-campus tests.

College can be an exciting and also stressful time for students. The Counseling Center counseling and psychotherapy services teach students to adapt to the multiple roles of becoming a college student, manage stress, increase self confidence, enhance relationships with family and friends and decrease depression and anxiety. Students can also attend psycho-educational workshops on various topics such as study skills, substance use and eating concerns.

Career decision making counseling is available for students who need to choose or decide to change their major. They may meet individually with a psychologist, in a group and/or use an extensive array of online services on the webpage.

Testing is used to assess ADD/ADHD and learning disorder concerns to help students identify their academic strengths and growth areas. Many students also use this office for psychological/personality testing and career decision testing. National standardized tests such as the ACT are given and be sure to check out the CLEP Exam that gives students college credit.

The Counseling Center is here to help your student succeed at The University of Akron and life. We encourage you to view our dynamic interactive webpage.