Counseling

A professional counselor is available by appointment to discuss personal issues with currently enrolled students and Athens State University faculty and staff, on a brief-counseling basis. All counseling services are provided with your confidentiality in mind and offered at no charge to you.

Personal Counseling Services can help you:

• Develop study skills
• Get better organized
• Replace bad habits with healthy ones
• Learn how to relax during stressful times
• Balance academics, work, and family/social life
• Solve a personal problem
• Improve communication skills
• Learn coping skills to deal with anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, or other emotions that might interfere with your activities of daily living
• Locate mental health services, resources, and support groups in your local community

Services are provided through a partnership with the Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama.

To make an appointment, you may contact Conseling Services:

Counselor Office Hours

Athens State Campus: Rm 123 Sandridge Student Center
Dylan Kelley: Monday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Contact Information

Email: counseling.services@yopin365.com
Phone: 256-233-8144

TimelyCare

Athens State University is now partnered with TimelyCare to deliver a new virtual health and well-being platform for students. Through either a mobile app or your desktop, TimelyCare provides 24/7 access to virtual care from anywhere in the United States at no cost. 

Whether you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed, you can talk to a licensed provider to get the care you need via phone or secure video visits. Click the banner below to visit the TimelyCare site.