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Counseling Services

Counseling Services supports personal development through an understanding and empowerment of self and the ability to relate effectively to others.

Services are provided in a caring, supportive setting by competent counselors with masters/doctoral degrees in counseling. Counseling is short-term, solution-based and provides an atmosphere focusing on growth and change. The center's staff maintains professional counselor/client relationships that foster acceptance, encouragement, and growth. Our services include:

Personal Counseling 

  • Interpersonal relationships
  • Adjustment 
  • Marriage
  • Anxiety 
  • Family 
  •  Other areas 

Career Counseling 

  • Assistance in deciding on a major
  • Researching career possibilities in one's major
  • Exploring interests, values and abilities as they relate to a career
  • SIGI 3  (System of Interactive Guidance Information 3)
    SIGI 3 is a computerized self-directed career guidance system designed to help you examine your values, skills and interests systematically and find those careers that most closely match your preferences.

Educational Workshops 

  • Stress management
  • Time management 
  • Personality types 
  • Communication skills 
  • Leadership 
  • Family relationships
  • Yoga for Beginners
  • Custom workshops (designed for specific needs) 

Testing 

  • Professional test information (GRE, MAT, LSAT, MCAT,GMAT, REGENTS)
  • MAT administration 
  • Personality inventories (Myers-Briggs, Holland Self-Directed Search)
  • Dantes administration

Yoga
This weekly class is a fun and relaxing introduction to yoga. Gentle stretches, deep breathing, and yoga postures help reduce daily stress, stretch and tone your muscles, and provide quality time for reflection. The class, offered during fall and spring semesters, is at 5:15 on Mondays in CLC 317 and is open to students, faculty, and staff. Class is free to all students.

Referral
In addition to the above services, Counseling Services provides referral services to

 

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Additional Information
Meet Our Staff

Educational Workshops
Request a Workshop

MAT Testing
Career Guidance (SIGI 3)
Career Center
Other Career Resources

Off-Campus Resource Guide
Mental Health Screening
Virtual Pamphlet

Fire Victim Assitance
Recommended Reading List
Recognizing Emotional Distress in the College Student 

Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Contact Us 
USC Upstate
Campus Life Center, Suite 224
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864-503-5195
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