What graduate students bring
Deadlines with no end, an advisor you cannot read, money worries, living far from family, and the feeling that everyone else has it figured out. Many also bring anxiety or burnout, and we work on those too.
Your school's counseling center
If your school offers free counseling, I tell you so on the phone call; it may be the better first stop. Some students come to me when they want someone outside the school, or after their free sessions run out.
Questions about counseling for graduate students
Do you tell my school or department anything?
No. What you say stays between us, within the limits Florida law sets, which I explain in the first session. I do not contact your school without your written permission.
Written and reviewed by Maren Ostrowe, LMHC, October 7, 2026