Western Michigan University Parent and Family Guide
WMU University Counseling and Testing Center
Students are faced with many challenging situations and important decisions while attending college. They become involved in social and personal situations that may leave them feeling confused, dissatisfied or distressed. The inherent stresses of university life are likely, at some point, to interfere with academic achievement and personal growth. The University Counseling and Testing Center (UCTC) helps students deal effectively with many of these concerns.
Counseling and Testing Center services are intended to assist students. Sometimes simply sharing thoughts and feelings in confidence with a good listener who is objective can be helpful for students facing important decisions and/or life difficulties. At other times, counseling involves providing students with, or directing them to, certain types of information and helping them understand that information in relationship to their situation.
UCTC assists students with a variety of issues including:
- Assertion
- Loneliness
- Coping with stress
- Depression and/or anxiety
- Coping with a death or other losses
- Academic direction and goals
- Major and/or curriculum choice
- Self-confidence
- Career goals
- Traumatic stress
- Concerns regarding sexuality
- Interpersonal problems
- Eating disorders
- Substance abuse
UCTC is staffed with professionally licensed counselors and psychologists. Both personal and career counseling assistance is available free of charge to all actively enrolled WMU students. There is a nominal fee for career testing services.
Phone Number: (269) 387-1850
