Mental Health Counseling
Due to high demand and a strained staffing situation, unfortunately, no counseling appointments are currently available in the Mental Health Counseling. However, feel free to reach out at the middle of April 2024, and we are confident that we will be able to schedule appointments again. Please make use of the drop-in office hours (see below) for a short initial session.
We would like to inform you about possible alternative counseling and discussion offerings:
- One University for Everyone” – Counseling on Inclusive Studies
You can contact Dr. Lucas Mielke on Mondays from 10 am to 12 pm (Phone: +49 331 977-153087) and Ulrike Sträßner on Thursdays from 1 pm to 3 pm (Phone: +49 331 977-153087). - All counseling and service facilities at the University of Potsdam
- Berliner Krisendienst | Ways out of Crisis: The assistance offered by the Berliner Krisendienst
- Nightline Potsdam
You can also find a very good overview of psychosocial emergency support services here:
In addition, there are the following contact points in Potsdam:
Here you can find the offerings of the "Feel Good Campus," the student health management of the University of Potsdam.
When your studies become a burden – the Mental Health Counseling Service of the University of Potsdam can help you.
Students can sometimes lose their mental equilibrium, too: pressure in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs is increasing through frequent tests and exams, funding your studies independently can become more and more burdensome due to the limited time resources, and job prospects are often lacking.
That is why the Mental Health Counseling Service was created at the University of Potsdam. Here, you will find somebody to talk to about your concerns relating to your university studies, such as:
- work- and learning difficulties,
- motivation problems,
- exam anxiety and fear of public speaking,
- writer’s block,
- or social anxiety
but also in case of difficulties and worries that have a more indirect effect on your performance and contentment in your studies, such as:
- relationship problems,
- conflicts in partnerships or with the family,
- problems with your self-worth,
- personal crises,
- or various addiction problems (media, substances, gambling, etc.).
You can make appointments for counseling sessions via e-mail (psychologische-beratunguuni-potsdampde) or telephone during the drop-in office hours.
Above all, the drop-in office hours are an opportunity to address your issues in a short conversation. After that, we can decide on the next steps to be taken together. As demand for counseling is often high, please allow for some waiting time in your schedule.
Individual counseling sessions (up to 45 minutes) will be arranged with you via e-mail or during the drop-in office hours and will be scheduled to take place outside drop-in office hours. In our initial first session, we will try to decide together how things will proceed. Further counseling appointments can follow or we might help you find a therapist or a suitable group to help you. Counseling is confidential and free of charge.
For urgent crises and emergencies, we would like to point out the existing contacts for crisis management (e.g. Berliner Krisendienst), the respective social-psychiatric services or the emergency departments of the local psychiatric hospitals.
Monday | 10 - 12 AM | Birgit Klöhn In-person consultation: Am Neuen Palais, Building 8, Room 0.82 (Campus Map) E-Mail: birgit.kloehnuuni-potsdampde |
Tuesday | 2 - 4 PM | Birgit Klöhn Consultation over the phone:+49 331 977-1830 E-Mail: birgit.kloehnuuni-potsdampde |
Friday Please note: No service on April 19, 2024! | 10 - 12 AM | Birgit Klöhn Consultation over the phone:+49 331 977-1830 E-Mail: birgit.kloehnuuni-potsdampde |
Hotline for First-Semester Students
If you feel uncomfortable after taking your first steps as a university student, if you feel overwhelmed, if you feel homesick or if studying alone at home is a burden, we are always ready to listen.
Monday | 2 - 3 PM | Birgit Klöhn Consultation over the phone: +49 331 977-1830 |
Contact
Dipl.-Psych. Birgit Klöhn | N.N.
Universität Potsdam | Central Student Advisory Service | Mental Health Counseling
Campus Am Neuen Palais
Am Neuen Palais 10
Building 8, Rooms 0.82 - 0.84
14469 Potsdam
Addiction Counseling of “Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Potsdam e.V.” in Cooperation with the University of Potsdam
The addiction counseling offer is the sole responsibility of the Workers' Welfare Organization “Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Potsdam e.V.”!
Would you like to help a friend with addiction problems (including gambling and excessive media consumption) or do you need support for yourself? Then contact the AWO addiction counseling service in Potsdam!
Information on the counseling offer
In person and on site during our opening hours (Mon 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Tue 9.30 a.m. – 6 p.m., Wed 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Thu 9.30 a.m. – 6 p.m.) or during our open consultation hours every Tuesday from 10 a.m. – 12 noon and every Wednesday from 12 noon – 1 p.m.: | ||
Tuesday | 10 AM - 12 noon | Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Potsdam e.V. |
Wednesday | 1 - 2 PM | Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Potsdam e.V. Ambulante Beratungs-und Behandlungsstelle für Suchtkranke und Suchtgefährdete Großbeerenstraße 187, 14482 Potsdam (bus and train station "Bahnhof Medienstadt") |
Or via telephone, e-mail, or online counseling: |