Counseling Services
Counseling Services provides free support to Bowie State students in their personal and psychosocial growth. The Center supports the institutional mission to graduate individuals who are exemplary leaders in their respective disciplines. Moreover, the Center assists the institution in its mission to develop critical thinkers and individuals with a commitment to the ethical good of mankind. Specifically, Counseling Services assists the institution in its mission by providing personal, social, career, and academic counseling.
Counseling Services also seeks to actively participate in the fulfillment of institutional goals. This task is accomplished by enhancing and strengthening the quality of the Four-Year-Experience Counseling Program. As part of the program, counselors teach sections of the Freshman Seminar course, and conduct psychosocial interviews to aid in the retention of students in each classification.
The Center also offers a student development workshop series. The series provides a forum for creative expression, artistic performance, and educational programs. The philosophy of the Center derives from the belief that every student has basic and unique needs which must be fulfilled in order to function successfully in a learning environment.
Martin Luther King Jr. Bldg. THIRD FLOOR
Main Office Phone: 301-860-4164
Counseling services include, but are not limited to:
- Personal counseling
- Social counseling
- Career counseling
- Academic counseling
- Psychiatry
Counseling methods used:
- Individual counseling
- Couples counseling
- Crisis Intervention
Student development tools:
- Paraprofessional training
- Practicum/intern training
- Advisor to student organizations
- Course instruction
- Topical workshops
- Support groups
Types of issues addressed during counseling:
- Stress and anxiety
- Alcohol and other substance abuse
- Academic difficulties
- Career exploration
- Health issues
- Values clarification
- Issues of sexuality
- Depression
- Coping with grief/loss
Instrumentation used to counsel:
- College Adjustment Scale
- Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire
- Multidimensional Anxiety Questionnaire
- Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory
- State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory
- Tennessee Self-Concept Scale
- Self-Directed Search