Counseling for College Students in Louisiana
Helping college students feel less stressed and more confident.
When you start college, you have a vision of how your college experience will be. You’ve finally arrived at a place in life where you get to make your own decisions. But the responsibility of taking care of all your daily tasks and school work, along with other obligations like work, relationships, and social activities, can leave many college students feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and stressed. You may find yourself thinking, “This is not how college was supposed to be.”
There are lot of things you have to figure out. Counseling for college students in Natchitoches, LA, and Alexandria, LA can be a safe space for you to explore the things happening in your life… the thoughts, feelings, experiences… and help you make sense of them so that you can overcome the challenges you are facing.
College Isn't Easy
The truth is that pursuing higher education is not easy. There’s a lot of pressure when trying to figure out whether or not college is right for you, what you want to do as a career, and how to navigate relationships with friends and romantic partners.
There is no instruction manual of what next step is the right step for you. It isn’t easy and there is many things you have to figure out along the way. This can sometimes lead to overwhelm, high anxiety, depression, and a feeling that you just want to give up. But, before you throw in the towel or get lost in the struggle, we want you to know that we are here to help.
How Can Counseling Help Me?
Our caring therapists can help you navigate a variety of mental health concerns and help you grow through the many transitions you face as a young adult. Counseling can provide a place for you to talk about the struggles you are experiencing so that you can figure out the next best step for you. College students can struggle with different mental health concerns, listed below are a few things that bring college students into our Natchitoches, LA, and Alexandria, LA, counseling offices.
Anxiety Treatment
Anxiety can overwhelm you and take over your life. We can all experience anxiety from time to time. But when anxiety takes over, it can keep you from being able to present each day. When a lot is going on in life, many college students find it hard to cope.
Most college students who start therapy feel like they are missing out on life. You might be able to relate. You may have noticed you complain a lot about feeling stressed, tired, and unfulfilled. Maybe you are having social anxiety and don’t want to do things with your friends. Or, you feel sick and struggle to sleep before a test or big assignment is due.
Therapy for anxiety can help you learn ways to stop worrying all the time. Together, we will challenge anxious thoughts, and learn how to feel better.
Our therapists offer anxiety treatment to help with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, OCD, test anxiety, or just anxiety surrounding specific things.
To find out more, check out our anxiety counseling page.
Grief & Loss
Grief is not just one feeling. It’s a bunch of feelings all rolled into one.
Losing a loved one can be hard at any point in your life, but it can be even more challenging when you are trying to figure out who you are and where you envision yourself going in life.
It can be very lonely and isolating when you are grieving because sometimes your friends don’t understand and you may be miles away from any support.
Grief counseling helps you make sense of it all so that you can find a new normal in the midst of the pain and loss you feel.
Life Transitions
Going to college is a major change and transition. Sometimes you may find yourself questioning if you are on the right path and if you are making the “right” decisions.
All the changes you have to deal with can be unsettling, but our therapist can help you navigate those changes so that you can fully transition into this new season of your life.
Figuring out who you are and where you fit in at in college is something everyone goes through. We work with students who are transitioning into college and out of college as they take the next step in their life journey.
Trauma Therapy
When you experience something unimaginable, it may be hard to believe you will ever feel like yourself again.
Most college students who seek trauma therapy feel scared, depressed, and/or on edge. They relive the traumatic event they experience again and again. You might be able to relate. You may have experienced intrusive, unwanted thoughts. Or, you avoid situations and people that trigger unsettling memories about what happened.
Whether you’ve experienced a natural disaster, just ended an abusive relationship, were sexually or physically assaulted, or feel haunted by the past, therapy can be a great first step in getting the help you need. Our trained trauma therapist can help you process the trauma so that you can live a full life.
Depression
Do you struggle to find the motivation to complete your school work or do things you used to find fun? Maybe you are tired more than you usually are and you just can’t find the energy to do things.
Do you find it hard to get out of bed? You’re sleeping in and missing class or not getting enough sleep and feeling tired and can’t focus on your work.
You feel worthless and maybe find yourself questioning why you started college to begin with. Or you may feel irritable all the time and just want the stress of it all to “go away”.
These are common signs of depression. And, experiencing depression in college is more common than you think. With depression treatment, our therapists are trained and experienced in helping young adults struggling with depression find ways to get back to feeling like themselves again.
Stress & Worry About the Future
There can be a lot of pressure in college from yourself, professors, family, employers, and friends. Learning to cope with the stress you experience is vital, because if you don’t, it can overwhelm you and come out in unhealthy ways. We can help you develop a plan of self-care to help you prevent burnout and enjoy your college years.
You may worry about the future and what lies ahead for you in your life. Managing stress for college students in Natchitoches, LA is important and can help with worrying. Counseling can be a great place to process your fears and help you find ways to focus on the now.
Relationship Struggles
If you find yourself struggling in your relationships, we are here to help. Whether it’s your friendships, romantic relationships, roommates, family relationships, or interactions with professors that have you stressed, we want to help you find ways to interact and engage in those relationships in a healthy way.
Through counseling, you can learn to set healthy boundaries and improve your interpersonal effectiveness skills so you can feel good about the relationships you have.
The quality of your relationships really does determine the quality of your life, but most of us aren’t taught how to have healthy relationships. Our team of therapists can help you figure out how.
We also provide couples counseling if you are wanting to get help together. If marriage is the next step for you in your relationship, we also provide premarital counseling as well to make sure your marriage starts off on a solid foundation.
We know your mental health is important. It’s especially important during college to take care of your mental health. It’s important when choosing a therapist to work with you that you find one you feel comfortable with. Here at Be Inspired Counseling & Consulting, our mental health professionals frequently work with college students and young adults to help them navigate the challenges they face.
Our therapists have seen students taking classes at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Louisiana State University at Alexandria, and Louisiana Christian University as well as other colleges throughout Louisiana. We are located in Alexandria, LA, at 5501 Jackson Street right across from the Walmart Neighborhood Market and in Natchitoches, LA, at 304 University Parkway, within walking distance from Northwestern State University’s entrance on Central Avenue.
When you come into our office space, we want you to feel comfortable. In the waiting room, you can help yourself to coffee, tea, water, and/or snacks at our coffee station. Both of our offices look and feel like a house, and when you are at our “house” we want you to feel comfortable. Your therapist will listen to your needs and goals to create an individualized plan with you to help you get where you want to be. If you have any questions at all, please reach out to us! We are here to help!
Students of all ages, backgrounds, experiences, genders, and sexual orientations are welcome. We strive to create a space, affirming space for anyone who walks through our doors and sits on our couch.
Begin Therapy for College Students in Louisiana
If you are considering therapy, we would love to offer your support from our in-person Alexandria, LA, or Natchitoches, LA counseling offices. To start your therapy journey, please follow these steps:
- 1. Schedule your first appointment or give us a call at 318-266-7021
- 2. Meet with a caring therapist
- 3. Feel less stressed and more confident during this exciting time in your life!
Other Therapy Services with Be Inspired Counseling
Therapy for college students isn’t the only service provided at our Louisiana therapy practice. We also offer trauma therapy, grief counseling, and anxiety treatment. In addition, we also offer couples counseling, child counseling, and teen counseling. If you’re ready to start moving forward, contact us today! We can help you all over the state with online therapy in Louisiana or provide therapy in Natchitoches, LA, or counseling in Alexandria, LA. Feel free to visit our consulting services, FAQ, or blog pages for more helpful info!