{"id":313,"date":"2023-03-30T09:07:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T06:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civ.uth.gr\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:07:20","slug":"support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/civ.uth.gr\/en\/life\/support\/","title":{"rendered":"Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-showcaseplus-page-title\" class=\"clearfix block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h2 class=\"field field--name-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item\">Counseling<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-showcaseplus-content\" class=\"clearfix block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"taxonomy-term-187\" class=\"taxonomy-term vocabulary-uth-tax-kyrio-periechomeno\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uth-tax-kyrios-keimeno field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><b>LABORATORY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION \u2013 DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Student Counseling Service of the Laboratory of Psychology and Applications in Education gives students of all UTH departments the opportunity to receive psychological support and help in their personal hardships and concerns, should they wish to do so. They also have the opportunity to get training in management skills and problem solving in order to manage the difficulties they might be facing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"Table\" width=\"95%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Problems related to student life and studies<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Problems related to interpersonal relationships<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Other problems<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>difficulty adjusting to academic life<\/li>\n<li>lack of motivation<\/li>\n<li>reduced performance<\/li>\n<li>exam-related stress<\/li>\n<li>inability to concentrate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>difficulties in social, personal, familial relationships<\/li>\n<li>low self-esteem<\/li>\n<li>loneliness<\/li>\n<li>depression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>addictions<\/li>\n<li>special needs<\/li>\n<li>psychosomatic problems<\/li>\n<li>sleep disorders<\/li>\n<li>eating disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Student Counseling Service is located in Volos, where it is supervised and centrally coordinated, but it serves all UTH Departments. Specifically\u00a0 in Volos for all Departments in the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Business Administration and Agricultural Sciences operating in Volos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students of all Departments can refer to the laboratory\u2019s counseling service. Initially, regardless of the city in which they are attending university, students are to email the service at the following address:\u00a0<a class=\"spamspan\" href=\"mailto:&lt;a href=\"><a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#115;&#121;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;\">&#112;&#115;&#121;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;<\/a><\/a>&#8220;&gt;<a href=\"mailto:<a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#115;&#121;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;\">&#112;&#115;&#121;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;<\/a>\"><a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#115;&#121;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;\">&#112;&#115;&#121;&#99;&#104;&#111;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#121;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;<\/a><\/a>\u00a0, stating their full name, Department they are attending and contact number. Following this communication, a member of the service\u2019s staff will contact them to set up a meeting.\u00a0 Mutually convenient sessions are arranged with special laboratory advisors on a one-to-one or group basis. There are also experiential counseling seminars in regular intervals in which anyone interested can participate.\u00a0 All services are free of charge and individual or group meetings are confidential strictly adhering to privacy policies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HUMAN RESOURCES:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kleftaras Georgios<\/strong>, Scientific Responsible of the Counseling Service, Professor of Clinical Psychology \u2013 Psychopathology, Director of the Laboratory of Psychology and Applications in Education as well as the MA \u2013 Counseling in Special Education, Education and Health.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Koletti Angeliki<\/strong>, Responsible for the Coordination of the Counseling Service, Psychologist, MSc, Systemic Psychotherapist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>External Collaborators:\u00a0 Moutou Katerina, Psychologist, MSc, Gestalt Psychotherapist, Steka Vicky, Psychologist, MSc, Family and Narrative Psychotherapist<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration with Mental Health Center of Volos: Collaboration with the psychiatrist Elias Kampouris in holding individual and family student sessions and reference of students in need of long-term psychiatric observation.<\/p>\n<p>Post-graduate students: MA in Counselling seniors doing their internship, Network of volunteers<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"block-showcaseplus-page-title\" class=\"clearfix block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h2 class=\"field field--name-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item\">Prosvasi<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-showcaseplus-content\" class=\"clearfix block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"taxonomy-term-188\" class=\"taxonomy-term vocabulary-uth-tax-kyrio-periechomeno\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-uth-tax-eikones field--type-image field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uth-tax-kyrios-keimeno field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">PROSVASI means access in Greek and acts as the accessibility centre of the University of Thessaly. The aim of PROSVASI is to enhance the academic, social and spatial access of students with disabilities at the University of Thessaly.\u00a0 PROSVASI offers multidimensional services, which primarily address the needs of students with disabilities, their volunteers, the lecturers and the administrative staff from every department of the University of Thessaly in the cities of Volos, Larissa, Trikala, Karditsa and Lamia. In addition, PROSVASI collaborates with various entities and participates in various actions and projects about accessibility issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">PROSVASI\u2019s services are designed and delivered by a group of people including PROSVASI\u2019s Coordinator, PROSVASI\u2019s staff as well as volunteers of the University of Thessaly. In every department, there is also a faculty member and a member in the Secretary Office who collaborate with PROSVASI in order to address the needs of the students in each department. Finally, PROSVASI\u2019s Committee consists of faculty members from different departments of the University of Thessaly, who discuss important issues and make decisions regarding PROSVASI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Students can register in PROSVASI thought its website (<a title=\"Prosvasi\" href=\"http:\/\/prosvasi.uth.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prosvasi.uth.gr<\/a>). In addition, the faculty or administrative staff can communicate with PROSVASI to ask for information or support. \u00a0 For more information regarding the services and the registration process in PROSVASI, please visit the PROSVASI\u2019s website (prosvasi.uth.gr) or contact PROSVASI by e-mail\u00a0<a class=\"spamspan\" href=\"mailto:&lt;a href=\"><a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#105;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;\">&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#105;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;<\/a><\/a>&#8220;&gt;<a href=\"mailto:<a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#105;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;\">&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#105;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;<\/a>\"><a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#105;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;\">&#112;&#114;&#111;&#115;&#118;&#97;&#115;&#105;&#64;&#117;&#116;&#104;&#46;&#103;&#114;<\/a><\/a>\u00a0or by phone +30 24210 74345, +30 24210 74338 and +30 2410 684396. You can also find PROSVASI in Facebook (<a title=\"Facebook (\u03a0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c3\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u0398\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 - Accessibility Centre, University of Thessaly)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82-302676353270627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u03a0\u03c1\u03cc\u03c3\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7 \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u0398\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u2013 Accessibility Centre, University of Thessaly<\/a>) and send us a message.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h1>Academic Advisor<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the beginning of each academic year, an\u00a0<strong>Academic Advisor<\/strong>\u00a0is assigned to each\u00a0first-year student. Academic advisors are members of the teaching and research staff (\u0394\u0395\u03a0), or of the laboratory teaching staff (\u0395\u0394\u0399\u03a0) of the Department, and they provide academic guidance to students throughout their studies on matters such as choice of courses, clarification of issues related to their program of studies and they answer questions that may arise as regards procedures established by the Department in relation to their studies.<\/p>\n<p>Academic advisor assignment is carried out so that groups of students of roughly the same size are assigned to each member of the academic staff. A student has the same academic advisor throughout his\/her studies. Information on academic advising is given to students by the administrative staff. Further information is provided by the academic advisors, who communicate with the students they have been assigned, both electronically and in vivo, during joint pre-agreed meetings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uth.gr\/en\/life\/support\/gender-equality-and-anti-discrimination-committee\">Gender Equality And Anti-Discrimination Committee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uth.gr\/en\/life\/support\/harassment-bullying\">Harassment \u2013 Bullying<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uth.gr\/en\/life\/support\/student-advocate\">Student Advocate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsatrisk.ionio.gr\/en\/greece\/\">Scholars At Risk Greece<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uth.gr\/en\/life\/support\/childcare-center\">Childcare Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counseling LABORATORY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION \u2013 DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION The Student Counseling Service of the Laboratory of Psychology and Applications in Education gives students of all UTH departments the opportunity to receive psychological support and help in their personal hardships and concerns, should they wish to do so. 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