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Mental Health Support

If you’re experiencing problems with your mental health, we can help.

Our experienced Safeguarding Practitioners are friendly and approachable, and can help you make sense of any difficulties you may be having. These could include, but aren’t limited to:

Feeling low, sad or depressed
Feeling stressed, worried or anxious
Having problems at home, with friends or in relationships
Bullying or harassment

You don’t need to go through anything alone. If you’re struggling, you can access support by talking to any member of College staff, whether it’s a lecturer, a Personal Tutor or Personal Development Tutors, a mentor or Learning Assistant from our Additional Learner Support (ALS) team, or Student Services. They can offer a listening ear and point you in the direction of other services we offer if needed, to make sure you get the right support for you.

If you don’t feel comfortable approaching someone in person, you can also call 0117 312 5000, email safeguardingteam@cityofbristol.ac.uk.

We also offer a range of academic and personal support resources and support.

Other support

TalkCampus

TalkCampus is a peer support mental health and wellbeing platform. It’s created specifically for students in recognition of the unique challenges you face, and offers a welcoming and confidential environment where you can share what’s on your mind. All City of Bristol College students can access TalkCampus with their student email.

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Counselling

If a Safeguarding Practitioners thinks you’re having a particularly difficult time, they can refer you to our free, confidential counselling service.

Counselling can help you overcome your problems, and find new ways to manage your situation more effectively so that you can return to studying successfully again.

If you are referred, you’ll be offered four counselling sessions at your most convenient centre, at the same time every week.

Our counsellor is highly experienced and works within the British Association for Counselling (BAC) code of ethics.

We can also refer you to an external agency if necessary.

Remember you can always contact your GP too, to discuss any problems affecting your health.

To find out more about our counselling service, call 0117 312 5733

This well-being pack contains signposting to alternative services, tips for stress management, a thought record, a weekly schedule for behavioural activations, positives activities for behavioural activations, a self-care checklist, the “Wheel of life” tool and Goal setting:

Wellbeing Pack