Counseling Services

Learning how to be successful in college is an important key for students. Our counselors can help students in exploring their educational goals, motivation, and attitudes. Students receive help in planning general educational goals and tying them to career goals.

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The mission of Counseling Services is to provide academic, career, and personal counseling designed to:

• Help students identify and attain their educational and career goals
• Promote personal growth and development of students
• Guide and assist students in becoming active, responsible, self-disciplined citizens
• Foster student self-reliance in decision-making

A counselor is available to assist you with career or personal counseling needs.

How can counseling services benefit me?

Counseling Services can help you find a satisfactory major if you are undecided or changing majors. It may also help you to resolve personal issues or psychological problems that may interfere with your success as a student.

Examples of such issues include the following:

Information and Referral
First Call for Help -- Information and Referral service for Macon and DeWitt counties
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
202 East Eldorado Street, Suite B
Decatur, IL 62523
Phone: (217) 475-2255
Website: www.firstcalldecatur.org

The Counseling Services offices are located in the Student Services Offices in the North Wing of Richland Community College. Counselors provide academic, career, and personal counseling services for students.

Our counselors can provide workshops on the many barriers that may affect a student's performance. Attending workshops can help students make more effective life transitions; balance roles, time commitments, family responsibilities and work obligations; and assist with life planning. Topics of focus are:

Group counseling offers students a supportive and stimulating environment to explore common issues of concern. Typical groups may include:

• Personal growth
• Assertiveness training
• Stress and test anxiety
• Healthy relationships

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One-on-one confidential counseling is available to assist students with a variety of concerns. Our counselors can help you to learn how to manage personal concerns that interfere with your goals and how to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Common issues presented to counselors by students are the following:

Richland provides counselors to assist students with career, academic, or short-term personal counseling.