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Therapy for College Students

College is supposed to be the best years.
It's also the hardest.

Academic pressure, identity formation, first relationships, distance from home, and the weight of figuring out who you are, all at once. GN Counseling and Wellness offers practical, flexible therapy for college students and recent graduates.

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60%
Of college students report anxiety
Mental health struggles are at record levels on campus.
40%
Who need support don't get it
Stigma and wait times keep many students from seeking help.
Virtual
Sessions work wherever you are
On campus, home for break, or studying abroad.
How We Approach It

You're figuring out who you are
while the world is watching.

College is one of the most identity-intensive periods of life. You're making decisions about who you are, who you want to be, what you believe, often without the support structures you grew up with. That's a lot to carry.

At GN Counseling and Wellness, we meet college students where they are, with practical tools for managing academic and social anxiety, psychodynamic space to explore who they're becoming, and a flexible structure that works around the realities of student life.

Anxiety and academic pressure
We work on the performance anxiety, perfectionism, and procrastination that often underlie academic struggle, not just study tips.
Identity and belonging
Who am I outside of my family? Where do I fit in? These questions are developmentally appropriate, and genuinely hard. We make space for them.
Practical skills for a complicated life
DBT-based skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance are especially useful during the intensity of college life.
What to Expect

What therapy for college students
actually looks like.

Flexible, practical, and real, therapy that meets you where student life actually is.

01
No long intake process
We get into useful territory quickly, you don't have months to wait for things to get better.
02
Skills you can use this week
Every session has a practical takeaway, regulation skills, communication tools, or a reframe for the situation in front of you.
03
Space for the bigger questions
Who you are, what you want, what you believe, these conversations belong in therapy, and we make space for them.
04
Flexible virtual scheduling
Sessions via SimplePractice work around exams, breaks, and the unpredictability of student schedules.
Common Questions

Questions from college students and parents.

Campus counseling centers are often limited in sessions, have long wait lists, and aren't able to see you over breaks. GN Counseling and Wellness offers continuity of care, more flexibility, and therapists with more specialized training.
What you share in therapy is confidential unless you choose to involve your family. Some young adults find family sessions useful, we can discuss what feels right.
Yes. GN Wellness is in-network with Aetna, Optum, Anthem BCBS, United Healthcare, Oxford, and Oscar. As long as you're in NY, NJ, or MA, you can use in-network benefits.
Virtual sessions travel with you, as long as you're in a state where your therapist is licensed (NY, NJ, or MA), sessions continue as normal.
Your therapy is completely confidential. And the stigma around mental health in college is shifting rapidly, many students find that talking about it openly helps others feel less alone.
Get Started

You're not supposed to
figure all of this out alone.

Start with a free 15-minute call. We'll find the right clinician for where you are right now.

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