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What do we do?
The Health and Counselling Centre is a service dedicated to the needs of University students and the University community. General practitioners, nurses and counsellors work from the Centre as a team to provide treatment, counselling and advice for medical and personal problems. The general practitioners provide their services from the Centre as private practitioners, not as employees of the University.
The service provides access to professionals who can respond to illnesses and issues which affect young people. The appointment system is geared to give you access to a medical or counselling professional as soon as possible, yet giving you adequate time to have your problems dealt with properly.
The consultations are entirely confidential and non-judgemental. The doctors, counsellors and nurses involve you in decision making about your health, physical and psychological needs. All the doctors who work from rooms in the Centre are experienced general practitioners. We have male doctors and female doctors. They are all people with an interest in and special training in health of young adults, family planning, and psychological issues.
The medical service provides a general practitioner consultations plus emergency medical care to all members of the University Community: students (undergraduate and postgraduate), staff (academic and general), families of students, the child care centres and creche, other people on campus such as visitors.
The counsellors are psychologists who are trained to deal with treatment of psychological conditions, such as anxiety, panic disorder and depression. They also assist students deal with personal, relationship, study, and adjustment problems.
We refer people to specialists, diagnostic services, and hospitals when necessary.
We provide information about health and psychological conditions in the form of printed handouts, videos, and web addresses.
The services are provided free to students who have a Student Card and a Medicare Card or current International Student Health Cover Card (Medibank Private or Worldcare).
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Contact us
Phone: 02 62012351
Fax: 02 62012352
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Dr. Cathy Shannon
Coordinator
Health and Counselling Services