Student psychologist

If you have psychological issues or complaints that are affecting your studies at uu77, a student psychologist can provide the necessary guidance. Visiting the student psychologist is free of charge. What you discuss is completely confidential and nothing will be shared about this to third parties.

When can a student psychologist help you?

The student psychologist can help you:

With study problems such as fear of failure, procrastination, stress or issues with staying focused;
With personal problems that get in the way of studying such as gloom, family problems, grief and loss, difficulty making and maintaining contacts, insecurity, negative self-image.

Available support

During the first appointment, you and the student psychologist will consider the best next step. Possibilities include:

Short set of individual consultations
Courses, training programmes and workshops
If necessary, thinking along about an appropriate referral to help outside the university

Student psychologists do not offer treatment for serious psychological/psychiatric problems. If you need specialised or long-term help, contact your General Practitioner (GP) for a referral.

If you are already on a waiting list for treatment elsewhere and need help during that waiting period, please also contact your GP. The student psychologists do not offer bridging consultations.

You can also take one of the online training courses at Gezondeboel, also if you're not being treated by a student psychologist. For this purpose, you will need to create an account with your Radboud email address. .

Urgency

If your situation is urgent, please contact your GP immediately. You may also call the huisartsenpost Nijmegen (Nijmegen Medical Centre) outside of office hours on 0900-8880.

If you are feeling suicidal, please call 0800-0113, or visit . You may also contact the 113 suicide prevention line if you are seriously concerned about someone else.

A visit to the student psychologist is completely confidential and nothing will be shared with any third parties.

Requesting guidance

If you wish to organise a consultation with the student psychologist, you will need to fill in the intake form. You will receive a response within a few days. In many cases, the student psychologist will schedule an intake interview on the basis of your answers.

If the student psychologist believes that you could be better helped by another form of student support or a GP, you will be given a referral.

The current waiting time is five weeks (7 April 2025).

The waiting time for student psychologists is sometimes longer than desirable. If you think it is necessary to see someone about your symptoms sooner, for example, if they are severely hindering your functioning, also contact your GP.

Thins you can do while waiting for an appointment:

Online offerings (eHealth) at . Here you will find several programs that you can go through independently that can help well. There is no charge for these.
You can also visit the University Chaplaincy if you are looking for meaningful connections.
Radboud Sport & Culture also offers courses that can help with relaxation.
Possibility to make an appointment or walk in at Ixta Noa:
ProPersona Connect regularly offers many helpful, low-threshold prevention-focused groups and talks:
If you are concerned about your alcohol, drug, gaming, or other addictive behaviors, you can have very low-threshold, no-referral 4 talks at Moti4:

Contact

For more information, please contact the Central Student Desk. The Central Student Desk is available on weekdays via centralstudentdesk [at] ru.nl (centralstudentdesk[at]ru[dot]nl) or (024) 361 23 45.

Contact department

Student Support

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