Counseling
Staffed by professional counselors, the College’s Counseling Center offers you free educational, career and personal counseling services. Counselors also assist both current students and graduates who wish to continue their education at another institution. We’re committed to helping you achieve your goals and look forward to working with you.
Who We Serve - Registration Assistance
Students on academic probation, readmit students (away from the College 2+ years), and incoming transfer students must schedule an appointment to register.
Steps to Schedule a Registration Appointment
- Click the appropriate link below and complete the form.
- Wait patiently to hear from our intake staff. They will contact you to set up an appointment that fits your schedule. Appointments can take place by phone, online or in-person.
Please submit only one form to avoid delays.
- Students on Academic Probation Registration Appointment Request
- Readmit Registration Appointment Request
- Incoming Transfer Student Registration Appointment Request
If you are not a student on academic probation, readmit or new incoming student
- If you are a brand new, first time college student, please visit the website information for New Students.
- Continuing students in good academic standing (currently enrolled in courses or those who were enrolled in CCP courses within the past two years) should contact Academic Advising.
- Guest/visiting students should follow the process on our Admissions Page. Questions email .
- Questions about Nursing, Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Dental, or other Select Allied Health program admission? Email .
Who We Serve - Counseling Services
- All current students: To schedule a 45-60 minutes appointment to discuss academic, career, personal, or transfer assistance please email . Include the type of appointment you're requesting in the subject line.
- Appointments are at your convenience and take place by phone, online or in-person.
Drop-In Services
Appointments are the best way to ensure you receive the personalized support you deserve. They allow us dedicated time to discuss your questions, plans, and goals in depth. Please schedule an appointment using the instructions above.
If your concern is time-sensitive and cannot wait for an appointment, limited Virtual Drop-In Counseling is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that wait times can be long, and these sessions are not full counseling appointments.
Transfer students are seen during in-person drop-in hours only.
Virtual Drop-in
| Mondays and Tuesdays | 11am - 1pm |
Click here to access Virtual drop-in 11 am - 1 pm |
Virtual Drop-in is for a single-service listed below:
- Registration
- Changing majors
- Withdrawal (Dropping one or all courses)
- SAP Ed Plans
- Difficulty in course(s)
- Academic/Time Amnesty
If the virtual drop-in room is locked, we’ve reached our student limit for the day. Please join us at the next available session.
In-Person Drop-in
| Thursdays | 9am - 3pm |
Main Campus, Bonnell Building, Room BG-07 |
Contact Regional Centers directly for drop-in hours.
Regional Centers
| Northeast Regional Center (NERC) | Room 102 | Email counselingatnerc@ccp.edu for In-Person drop-in hours |
| West Regional Center (WEST/CATC) | Room 132 | Email counseling@ccp.edu (put WERC Student in subject) for In-Person drop-in hours |
What Is Counseling?
Counseling is a helping process that takes place between a student and a professional counselor. In an atmosphere of acceptance, students develop trust in a counselor as a person who is there to promote growth and self-direction. A counselor does not tell a student how to live his or her own life. It is through a sharing of ideas in a caring, respectful relationship that students can make important decisions in their lives.
Counselors can assist you in these areas:
Academic
- Registering for courses (New transfer students, readmit students who have not enrolled in courses in the past two years or longer and students on academic probation)
- Provide educational planning for students on academic probation
- Withdrawal from a course and/or all courses at the College
- Changing majors
- Discuss concerns about academic performance and improving study skills
- Review and access eligibility for Academic/Time Amnesty form
Career
- Career decision-making skills and making a career change
- Utilize career assessments to narrow down career options
- Assistance with integrating education choices and career plans
- Guidance on career information and resources
Personal
- Resolving conflicts and crises affecting school work
- Strategies to cope with stress, grief, family and peer pressures
- Stress and time management skills
- Developing self-esteem, confidence and problem-solving skills
- Community resources and referrals
- Crisis counseling (For emergencies, when on campus, please call security at 811)
- For immediate assistance, when College is closed text or call 988 (national hotline) or 215-685-6440, crisis line.
Transfer
- Assistance in identifying colleges and universities for transfer
- Help planning appropriate course selection for transfer
- Advice on how to gain acceptance into select colleges
- Deciding when to apply for transfer
Confidentiality
Students should understand that both counseling and higher education laws prevent the Counseling Department from sharing counseling records without written permission from the student. There are a few exceptions to confidentiality, and it is important that you understand them. Counselors may have to turn over records for a court order or subpoena. Counselors are also legally-mandated reporters of abuse or suspected abuse of a child, elder, or disabled person, as well as threats made to your life or the life of another. Therefore, if a student chooses to share such information with a counselor, he or she may be required to break confidentiality about the counseling visit in order to protect the safety of the student or others.