Individual counselling by study and career counselling psychologists

You can book an appointment by sending your answers to the following questions from your Aalto email to the encrypted e-mail address [email protected] . We recommend copying the following questions and pasting them into your email. The privacy notice summary below describes the way we process your responses, as well as any other personal information that is stored during the counselling process.

One of the psychologists will reply to your message via the encrypted email to confirm that your booking has been received. In the case you do not receive a reply within four business days, check your junk email folder first, and then contact us again.

Name:

Aalto.fi email:

Phone number:

School: ARTS    BIZ    CHEM    ELEC    ENG    SCI

Degree you are pursuing:     Bachelor      Master      Doctorate      Exchange student

Programme/major:

Year you started your current studies at Aalto:

Have you visited an Aalto psychologist before:                No     Yes

Preferred meeting language:     Finnish    English    Swedish

Do you want to meet:     A study psychologist     A career counselling psychologist

Preferred service:     Face-to-face    Video Call    Chat    Telephone call

(For doctoral students: Are you: Employed by Aalto    Employed by another employer    Self-funded/Grant-funded     Unemployed )

From the list below, choose all the items that describe why you are seeking counselling. (If you are a doctoral student, please consider all aspects of your work as a doctoral student, not only the studies required for the doctoral degree.) 

I’m seeking counselling because:  

• I’m nervous/anxious about study situations like exams, presentations or group works. 
• Studying stresses me. 
• Studying is exhausting me.  
• I have no study motivation.  
• I don’t know what I want to do after graduation. 
• I don’t believe in my abilities as a student. 
• I don’t recognise my competencies or strengths. 
• My study methods are not suitable for university studies. 
• I have trouble scheduling my studies.  
• I seem to get nothing done in my studies. 
• I’m not making progress on my thesis. 
• Mental health issues are complicating my studies. 
• My life situation is complicating my studies. 
• I feel like an outsider at the university.

What would you like to discuss in the meeting?

Evaluate the current state of your study well-being: As a student / doctoral student I am feeling 1 Very bad - 2 Bad - 3 Reasonably good - 4 Good - 5 Excellent 

Summary of the privacy notice for students: The personal counselling clients of the psychologists of Aalto University’s Learning Services

The study and career psychologists of Aalto University’s Learning Services provide personal counselling to Aalto University’s bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree students, supporting their well-being while studying and their employment. Students seeking the psychologists’ services are expected to provide their name and some background information for counselling purposes. The study and career psychologists provide counselling and stay in touch with students through several channels while maintaining both confidentiality and information security: face-to-face, by sending encrypted email, through the Ninchat remote communication service and on the phone. During counselling appointments, the psychologists take brief notes. All personal data collected during the counselling process will be stored for four (4) years in a confidential and information-secure manner. The information of an individual student can only be accessed by the psychologists whose client the student is. Student data and information are never disclosed to third parties without the student’s permission.

Students have the right to request access to their personal data from the study and career psychologists. To request access to your data, send an encrypted email to the psychologists’ address: [email protected]

More detailed information is available in the attached privacy notice.

We are sometimes asked by students for a certificate of visit, a recommendation or a statement written by an Aalto study and career counselling psychologist. Students may need these for KELA (Social Insurance Institution of Finland), HOAS (student housing foundation), MIGRI (Finnish Immigration Service) or a university, who use them for determining the student’s study progress or as grounds for extending their residence permit or right to study. As a rule, however, Aalto’s study and career counselling psychologists do not write out these kinds of documents for students who have used the counselling services. 

The institution or organisation requesting the document usually wants it to be written by a healthcare authority like a physician or some other official source. It is also important for students to give their own comprehensive account of the situation to the requesting party.