Student Psychologist

The student psychologists offer short-term help with study problems and/or mild personal problems, such as:

• Problems in the field of ​​motivation and concentration
• Low mood
• Study stress, for example fear of failure, perfectionism or feeling overwhelmed
• Other stress-related complaints, for example worrying/overthinking or panic
• Social problems, such as insecurity, loneliness, difficulty making contact or problems with intimacy
• Negative self-image/low self-confidence
• Problems related to autism, ADHD or learning disabilities
• Problems related to highly giftedness
• Personal circumstances (such as the death of a loved one, difficulties in your family situation, or illness or disability)
• Life phase-related questions, for example existential questions, questions about identity or the relationship with your parent(s)

If your issues fall outside of this range, or if you need diagnostic assessment, we advise you to contact your GP directly. When in doubt, feel free to use our consultation hours to submit your question.

For a short online consultation, make an appointment using the agenda tool at the bottom of this page. Fill in your details including your student email address. After this, you will receive a booking confirmation with information about your appointment. Is there no appointment available? Then check back later, because new options are released regularly.

In our agenda tool you will also see the option ‘Intake for international students’. This is an intake that is carried out by international (non-Dutch speaking) master students in Clinical Psychology. They are supervised by a teacher (and also a registered psychologist), who is present at the intake interview. This type of appointment can be booked directly, without a short consultation in advance. These intakes are always in English.

During the short consultation, we will look at what options are best for you. There are a number of options:

• A more extensive conversation with the student psychologists (intake), to further discuss your complaints
• Referral to a psychologist or other healthcare provider outside of the university
• Referral to other support services within the UU

One of the possible follow-up steps is the intake. An intake lasts 60 minutes, and its purpose is to get to know you as well as possible and to clarify what your complaints and request for help are. At the end of the conversation, the psychologist will make a plan with you for the follow-up. This can consist of short-term individual counselling (max. 3-5 sessions), participation in one of our training courses, or a referral to other help, within or outside the UU.