Mental Health

Last modified: 15. November 2022

Dear Student,
This is to inform you that MATE offers personal online confidential student counselling service for international students.

This free of charge service is available in English for all international students who are struggling with issues of mental health or like to learn more about adaptive coping.

For more information and to book an appointment please contact Mrs. Mária Molik (molik.maria@uni-mate.hu).

WHAT IS COUNSELLING?

Professional Student Mental Health Counselling is the work of professional counsellors who assist young adults, and groups with diverse needs through challenges in their life journeys. Counsellors take a developmental perspective that people grow and change throughout their lives. Professional counsellors understand principles of human development, psychology, mental health and change theories, and they establish effective helping relationships with people from diverse cultures. Counsellors are skilled in the assessment of people and situations, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders, and in the application of cognitive, affective, behavioural, and systemic strategies to facilitate change.
Professional student counsellors help clients explore their concerns and assist them in creating change. They work with clients to implement personal goals and/or advocate for system-wide changes. As professional helpers, counsellors are respectful and responsive to clients and offer a safe place for people to share their experiences and to explore ways to cope. Counsellors are skilled in implementing therapeutic interventions designed to help clients challenged by a range of circumstances including trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, unanticipated life events, interpersonal discord, social injustice, worksite disruption, and career issues.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES OR TOPICS?

Traditionally a culturally sensitive counsellor offers services regarding the following topics:

• Feeling sad
• Learning difficulties/problems with academic performance
• Difficulties with establishing relationships/isolation/loneliness
• Living in Hungary (anomalies derived from living abroad)
• Guidance counselling/career orientation - Parent-teacher, teacher-student relational conflict, and problems
• Adjustment issues
• Issues relating to spirituality and religious life
• Mobbing/bullying concerns
• Drug and alcohol prevention/problems
• Eating concerns
• Pre-screening for referrals to local psychiatric care or out-patient state/private MH services

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