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Self-Exploration Questions

The lists of questions identified below pertain to seventeen topics for which clients often seek our services. We hope that those tools will provide one answer of self-exploration, perhaps as a step in seeking assistance. Also peers, parents, faculty and staff can use the material to better understand issues with which many students and others deal.

Anger Management Anxiety
Career Counseling Cross-Cultural Adjustment
Depression Eating Concerns
Influencing Others Leaving Vanderbilt
Peer Relationships Personal Identity
Rape, Violence, and Trauma Self Injury
Alcohol and Other Drug Use Stress
Study Skills Time Management
Separation and Individuation

For a number of topics we have identified other offices and programs at Vanderbilt that you can consult. Some of these are available only to students and some to other members of the Vanderbilt community, as is the PCC.

In addition to websites provided with individual lists, there are also general websites useful for multiple topics. These include The University of Chicago, Massey University, and The American Psychological Association.

Beyond our center at Vanderbilt there are many other resources that can provide assistance with a variety of issues.

Vanderbilt Resource

Vanderbilt Extension

Student Health Services (Physical and Mental Health) 2-2427
University Chaplain and Affiliated Ministries 2-2457
International Student and Scholar Services 2-2753
Financial Aid 2-3591
Greek Life 2-2048
Student Recreation Center (sports, classes and clubs) 3-6627
Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center 2-4843
Adult Psychiatry 2-0387
Student Organizations and Government (student activities, organizations, and leadership) 2-2471
Office for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Life 2-3330
Career Center 2-2750
Vanderbilt Medical Center Eating Disorder Program 6-2447
Volunteer Activities 3-7878
Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Prevention Programs 3-4740
Residential Advisors (call directly or contact the Office of Housing and Residential Education) 2-2591
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center 2-2524
Office of Leadership Development 2-4367
Intercultural Affairs and Diversity Education 3-3200
Student Life (Leadership Development) 2-6400
Onsite Wellness Services (additional counseling option for student athletes) 2-4958

The information and screening lists provided here are for general educational assistance. They do not constitute medical or psychological advice and are not intended to replace the advice or services of a professional therapist or mental health professional. Users of this website should seek advice from the Vanderbilt Psychological and Counseling Center at 2-2571 (on campus) or another mental health professional regarding specific situations and conditions of concern.

The lists are not meant to provide a diagnosis of any sort. They are not comprehensive screenings in that some questions on each topic have not been included. There is no minimum number of questions that, if answered in a given way, would imply the need for assistance. Indeed, there are some single questions that might lead to seeking help.

Links to third-party websites are solely for informational purposes and should not be construed as an endorsement, affirmation or guarantee by the Vanderbilt Psychological and Counseling Center of the information provided or products and services offered by those linked websites. The Vanderbilt Psychological and Counseling Center does not control third-party sites and is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, reliability or completeness of their content.

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