Where to go for help with mental health?

fcuked

Hi there. Without unloading my complicated problems upon you good people where in college should i go for help with my problems?
I'd prefer to speak to someone with qualifications. Specifically my course has a large enough continous assessment component and I have missed a lot of essays/assignments over the last few weeks (i have done some). Normally I would keep my issues to myself but I'm hoping that after talking to someone and explaining my problems they might be able to swing it so i can hand up some stuff now to give me a reasonable chance of passing in may.

Thanks:).

The Black Oil

There's a college mental forum here where you can post anonymously. https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~drichar/Online_Mental_Health/html/

There's the student counselling service. http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/ They've details of qualified counsellors here. http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/one-to-one-counselling/staff.php

The health service if you felt like trying it out. http://www.tcd.ie/College_Health/

You probably have a tutor or personal tutor as well?
Good luck.

dabh

fcuked wrote: »

Hi there. Without unloading my complicated problems upon you good people where in college should i go for help with my problems?
I'd prefer to speak to someone with qualifications. Specifically my course has a large enough continous assessment component and I have missed a lot of essays/assignments over the last few weeks (i have done some). Normally I would keep my issues to myself but I'm hoping that after talking to someone and explaining my problems they might be able to swing it so i can hand up some stuff now to give me a reasonable chance of passing in may.

Thanks:).

If such problems are impacting on your academic work you would be well-advised to approach your tutor. Your tutor may be able to help you with regard to contacting departments and lecturers with regard to deadlines etc. Also if problems are impacting on your academic work, you may find yourself in a position of wishing or needing to make an appeal, or enter into correspondence with the the Senior Lecturer. Such appeals and correspondence are processed by your tutor, who would need to know the background, any relevant medical or other matters that might be taken into account. Medical certificates are a requirement. And both tutors and departments can manage such issues far better if they don't suddenly materialise when exams are over.

And there are others you could approach, as pointed out by the previous poster.

devinejay

dabh wrote: »

If such problems are impacting on your academic work you would be well-advised to approach your tutor. Your tutor may be able to help you with regard to contacting departments and lecturers with regard to deadlines etc. Also if problems are impacting on your academic work, you may find yourself in a position of wishing or needing to make an appeal, or enter into correspondence with the the Senior Lecturer. Such appeals and correspondence are processed by your tutor, who would need to know the background, any relevant medical or other matters that might be taken into account. Medical certificates are a requirement. And both tutors and departments can manage such issues far better if they don't suddenly materialise when exams are over.

And there are others you could approach, as pointed out by the previous poster.

Not to be disparaging to the OP (to whom I wish the best), but in my experience tutors aren't always as helpful as the fix-all solution they're billed to be. Just a caution.

dabh

devinejay wrote: »

Not to be disparaging to the OP (to whom I wish the best), but in my experience tutors aren't always as helpful as the fix-all solution they're billed to be. Just a caution.

Maybe not. Successful outcomes in 'student cases' often depend on the necessary applications and supporting documentation being forwarded by the tutor to the right office at the right time. This does not always happen.

But College procedures customarily require that appeals and other interactions of the student with certain College officials and offices be dealt with through the tutor, so getting in contact with the tutor is advisable. Students may be in contact with other support services, but when a student makes an appeal, or interacts, through his or her tutor, with the Senior Lecturer's Office, all the necessary supporting documentation, medical certificates, medical reports etc. have to be supplied by the tutor. This can be problematic if the tutor only finds out at the last minute that the student has problems.

Also academic departments may have established procedures in place to deal with situations when a student with significant medical or domestic problems might need to seek, for example, an extension to an essay or project deadline. But if they only find out that a student has severe problems at a late stage then matters may have to go to a formal appeal that might otherwise have been dealt with earlier in a more informal and effective manner.

I believe that it is the responsibility of the Senior Tutor to oversee the workings of the tutorial system, and maybe pick up the pieces if the response of the tutor is inadequate.

And of course there are the SU Education and Welfare Officers who, in addition to any advice that they themselves might provide, could point a student with problems towards other support services in College, and who would have the contacts to deal with problems that a student might have in his or her dealings with people such as tutors or College officials.

There are various support services for students who experience problems. If one seems less than satisfactory, then there are others avenues to explore.

myfatherrsson

Cormac in SU welfare office is fantastic! Very approachable and helpful, couldnt recommend him enough!:)

phoenix0250

Go to Cormac Cashman, the walfare officer in House 6, second floor.(ask the su office or shop they should tell you where his office it). Talk to him as it is confidential obvioulsy and he's really good at his job.
You could also say that Alexander sent ya for extra credits lo
Good Luck