Psychological Counseling Unit, which provides services free of charge, aims to provide psychological support for students' personal, social, and academic problems and contribute to their development, who study at Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine.
*INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS
Individual interviews offer students help to talk to professionals about issues related to the problems preventing their academic, social, and personal development and personal problems. The meetings, which are planned as 45-50 minutes and usually once a week, may consist of several sessions or may be longer-term. You can decide on the frequency and duration of the meetings together with your counselor after the first session.
*PRE-INTERVIEW
Pre-interviews, which are scheduled for approximately 15 minutes, are for emergencies and for getting information. At the end of these meetings, your counselor may direct you to another specialist or make an appointment for an individual interview.
*GUIDANCE
After a pre-interview or a few interviews with your counselor in the Psychological Counseling Unit, you might get help from a different specialist or institution. In such a case, you can consult a psychiatrist, neurologist, etc., depending on your needs. Sometimes, it may be appropriate to conduct interviews with another institution or specialist.
*PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
The counselee may be applied various psychological tests to get sufficient information about the counselee and plan the interviews in that direction if needed.
SPEECHES
We plan to organize giving speeches on topics that interest you, in line with your requests or according to your needs, at certain times during the year. You can find out the venue and time of the talk here or on the website.
*PRINCIPLES
All psychological interviews are kept secret in the frame of ethics.
The information about the counselees cannot be shared with any person or institutions without the permission of the counselees. However, your information may be shared in case of health risk. We always have respect for individual differences. So counselees are evaluated with the principle of equality and impartiality, regardless of gender, ethnic identity, religion, nationality, social class, etc. You are expected to arrive on time for your appointments and to give at least one day's notice when you will not be present. This principle is important for planning and giving priority to someone else.
Senior Psychologist, Serra Hacısalihoğlu
Email : serra.hacisalihoglu@gmail.com
Telephone : 0 462 377 5878 ? 5391
To benefit from psychological counselling, students need to have an appointment.
For an appointment, please contact "serra.hacisalihoglu@gmail.com" or phone number 0 462 377 5878 - 5391.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Time management ensures quality and efficient living. For students, effective use of time allows them to have sufficient time for studying, sleeping, and social activities. It is natural for someone who does not have time management skills to have a high level of anxiety and to complain about failures. However, good planning enables students to find time to study, have fun, and rest.
TIME SCHEDULING
To prepare a to-do list
Sometimes you can end up watching TV, chatting with someone, making long phone calls, reading a magazine or a book, or walking at the time of important responsibilities. Let's assume that you are interested in these activities before your most important exam or one day before your homework submission.
What happens next?
You may feel intense anxiety, loss of self-confidence, disappointment, and guilt and have unproductive studies. Poorly-planned time can cause you to spend more effort and trouble on the things you need to do. Instead, arranging the things in order of importance will be more useful.
How to ensure time management?
Make a daily to-do list. Writing down allows you to see more clearly what to do. The list you create should start with the most important things you plan to do for the day. When choosing the most important tasks, consider not the ones you enjoy the most but the ones that are your responsibility. While determining the least important ones, consider activities that will not affect the flow of your life for the day or in the long run. After determining what to do for that day, you can give numbers starting from 1 in order of importance. The most important thing here is not to miss any number. What to do if the following activities are on the list: payment due, reading a magazine, chatting with friends, eating, phone calls, homework submission the next day, watching TV, going to the movies, etc.?
Asking for help and saying no
You may ask for help from your family or friends when you are too busy. They can help you with tasks that do not require appearance in person but are important to do. You may request assistance for activities that you do not know well. If something is requested from you before a very important task, something disrupting your own task, say no.
To make a long-term list
Making a long-term list is essential for time management. This list should include three groups: life-long goals, one-year goals, and monthly goals. In each group, make a list of goals from most important to trivial ones. An example is given for life-long goals:
Life-long goals _____________
Most important goals__________
Less important goals ____________
Trivial goals_____________
In each of these groups, it is better to work on the most important goals. Try to look over your progress on a monthly basis. Each month, make a new list on which your goals and their importance can change. The point is to be able to check your time management.
?THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN DEMOCRATICLY TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD IS TIME. ALL SUCCESSFUL AND FAILED PEOPLE HAVE 24 HOURS, 7 WEEKS, 30 MONTHS.? (Baltaş, 2002)
BALTAŞ, Acar; Zuhal. ( 2002). Stres ve Başa Çıkma Yolları. Remzi Kitabevi: İstanbul
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ADAPTING TO THE UNIVERSITY LIFE
Students need to adapt to university life. A new environment, new people, a different course and examination system, a different city, or a different lifestyle can cause you to have mixed feelings for a while. Everyone can go through this process with different feelings and thoughts. But in general, it is normal to feel emotions such as curiosity, anxiety, excitement, fear, and loneliness while starting school. For some, university life means being in the same city with their family, old friends, while for some, it may require being away from their family in an unfamiliar environment and a city. Some may be separated from their family for the first time. All these factors can cause different perceptions of university life and different reactions.
THE FOLLOWING MAY HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN THE ADAPTATION PROCESS
Those who have difficulties in the adaptation process may show some common characteristics.
Emotionally, they may feel unhappiness, anger, anxiety, fear, and loneliness. Physically, they may experience crying, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, dizziness, nausea, and concentration impairment. They may also think the following thoughts:
It is vital to remind yourself that you are not the only one experiencing this difficulty, and these feelings and thoughts usually disappear after a while.
What can you do to get through this process easier?
