1. Services provided by the Counseling and Psychological Wellness Center Service for both are offered free of charge to all enrolled UBian students. In the event that a referral to an outside specialist is deemed necessary, you are expected to pay for those services.

Any enrolled student of University of Batangas from Basic Education to Higher Education may avail of the different CoPWell Center services.

If you yourself need support and assistance, you may set an appointment with your counselor via this link: https://bit.ly/CoPWellAppointment.

A student who manifests the following signs/symptoms (but are not limited to) may be referred for a consultation or counseling:

• Signs/experience of extreme sadness
• Signs/experience of anxiety
• Signs/experience of loneliness
• Signs/experience of social withdrawal
• Signs/experience of demotivation
• Signs/experience of poor concentration
• Signs/experience of aggression
• Signs/experience of poor self-esteem
• Signs/experience of misconduct
• Signs/experience of self-harm
• Signs/experience of underachievement
• Signs/experience of hallucinations
• Signs/experience of delusions 
• Signs/experience of excessive alcohol use 
• Signs/experience of abuse
• Signs/experience of grief
• Signs/experience of restlessness
• Signs/experience of sleep disturbances
• Experience of unexplained emotional outbursts
• Experience of relational problems
• Experience of family problems
• Marked change in hygiene
• Marked decline in weight
• Marked increase in weight
• Marked absenteeism/tardiness
• Marked academic decline
• Expressing ideas of suicide
• Other mental health issues and concerns

If you are a student, parent/guardian, family member, teacher, friend, Discipline Officer or concerned person and you wish to refer your student/s or child/children, who may be in need of assistance and support, kindly click this link: https://bit.ly/CoPWellReferral. Once the counselor already talked to the student/s, he/she will accomplish the Referral Feedback Form to notify the referrer.

The students’ concerns and areas of development are explored in the sessions. Conversing about the students’ thoughts and feelings are essential to help the counselors assist and assess the concern/s at hand. The counselors use different interventions for the betterment and holistic development of the students.

The counselors took an oath of confidentiality and highly observed ethical practices in counseling.  The details disclosed during the counseling sessions are strictly kept between the counselor and the counselee only. Such confidentiality is breached when there is imminent danger to the counselee or to others. Moreover, counselors are mandated by the law to disclose relevant counseling information to authorized people, or when ordered by the court. 

The Counseling and Psychological Wellness Center administers, scores and interprets psychological tests depending on the year level and specific needs of the student/s. To avail this, the student may contact or email his/her counselor to provide the nature of the request/s. 

The Counseling and Psychological Wellness Center commits in delivering quality services for a flexible learning environment and support. The activities and programs offered are designed to accommodate the students needs in a hybrid set-up (online and offline). Students are reached through the utilization of different platforms such as UBian LMS, Google Meet, Zoom, and the like.

In case of emergency and the  counselor is unavailable, the student may  inform the secretary/personnel of his/ her need to talk to someone. A crisis counselor will then be assigned to the student to address  the concern right away. In the event that the need arise beyond office hours already, the student may call the National Mental Health Crisis Hotline at 1553