The Counseling Center offers JCU students on campus short-term individual counseling sessions in English and Italian. Our psychiatrists are also available for evaluations, medication management, and follow-up appointments. Our services are included as part of the Rome campus experience and are covered by tuition.
There are many challenges that can affect your academic and personal success and stability, ranging from a stressful transition into a new culture to relationship problems, trauma, loss and other life concerns.
The JCU Counseling team is here to support you and provide high quality services for students from all backgrounds.
From the menu at the top of the MyJCU main page, click STUDENTS, then COUNSELING. When the page opens, click the CALENDLY booking link and follow instructions.
From the JCU Rome App, click RESOURCES, then HEALTH AND EMERGENCY RESOURCES, then COUNSELING SERVICES.
Self-booking can be used only for initial counseling intakes. Any follow-up appointment will be booked by your assigned counselor directly.
If you have previously used counseling services, do not book an appointment using the self-booking system; instead, email the counselor you have met with in the past directly.
To book an appointment with one of our psychiatrists, please send an email to [email protected] and attach your class schedule.
Please, remember to bring all the relevant documentation to your first appointment with the doctor (previous reports, clinical records, past prescriptions, recent blood tests).
The confirmation email includes instructions to cancel or reschedule the intake appointment using the booking platform. For all other cancellations or requests to reschedule, please contact your assigned counselor or psychiatrist directly.
The JCU Counseling Center supports the entire JCU campus community. When an appointment is missed without notice, it takes an available time slot away from another student, and missed appointments delay the delivery of health care to other students, some of whom are in crisis.
Please, be mindful to keep your appointment or cancel/reschedule it in advance.
Our cancellation policy is in place to allow the Center to support the entire JCU campus community. Any student who misses two consecutive counseling or psychiatric appointments, without prior advance notification, will be unable to schedule additional appointments with Counseling Services for the remainder of that specific semester.
The above policy does not apply to crisis situations. The Center is always available during regular office hours to any JCU-enrolled student experiencing a crisis or psychological emergency, regardless of prior missed appointments.
The psychologists and psychiatrists in the Counseling Center, all licensed locally in Italy, are required by law to maintain confidentiality. The only exceptions to this policy are limited cases in which the student’s safety is at risk, and these details are explained during the first intake session. If necessary, our counselors and psychiatrists can work via telehealth in compliance with HIPAA and GDPR using encryption.
