A Professional student counselling service is provided by psychologists, counsellors, and psychotherapists under the direction of Noreen Keane. This service is free to all registered students.

The overall aim of the service is to support students learning and development while in college. Student counsellors offer a listening ear, space and non-judgemental understanding.

Student Counselling also facilitate groups and workshops on stress, personal development, bereavement, mindfulness etc.

Email: counselling@lit.ie

Student Counselling Drop-In Times

These are Monday 10.00- 11.00 Limerick School of Art and Design (first floor through the double doors and first door on your right). and Wednesday 3.00-4.00 LIT main campus.

To register for counselling please contact 293106. All students are required to complete some preliminary intake forms prior to commencing counselling.

Welcome Message

Welcome to LIT , we hope your experience here as a student will be an enjoyable one. We provide a professional confidential counselling service here in LIT staffed by trained counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists. The overall aim of the service is to support your learning and development while in college. A counsellor will offer you space, a listening ear and non-judgemental understanding.

Whether you have experienced a personal crisis, are finding it difficult to cope with college life, want to explore your options or learn more about yourself, counselling is available to you. We in the counselling service realise that while college life is exciting for many it may also be quite daunting for others. No issue is too big or too small.

The counsellors also facilitate groups and seminars on stress, assertiveness, personal development, depression, bereavement, abuse, young parent support etc.

If you feel the need to talk give our Student Services Co-ordinator a call to arrange an appointment or alternatively drop in to the counselling service (the code to the keypad to Health Centre is 5789). If in need of an emergency appointment you will be seen as soon as possible.

We welcome your suggestions and feedback, please use feedback section or complete feedback sheets available from student Counselling.

Useful Links & Websites

My Mind Matters - My Mind Matters (MMM) is an online mental health and wellbeing resource for third-level students in Ireland. The aim of MMM is to develop secure access for Irish third-level students across third level institutions to online credible mental health and wellbeing information and various online support services.

Please Talk.ie - If students experience problems at home, college, or in their private lives, they can log on to www.pleasetalk.ie, select their college and identify what services that are available that they might want to access. Please Talk is supported by the HSE through the National Office of Suicide Prevention, and is part of the National Mental Health Strategy.

Reach Out - ReachOut.com is a service dedicated to taking the mystery out of mental health. We aim to provide quality assured mental health information and inspiring real life stories by young people to help other young people get through tough times. ReachOut.com also provides information about other services that can help people deal with mental health problems.

Get on Board - Get on Board for Youth Mental Health is a call to action to get the issue of youth mental health on the political agenda - to get young people asking for it, to get voters voting for it, and to get candidates committing to it.