Psychological Student Counseling
School of Business
Psychological Student Counseling
Our offer for the School of Business
Are academic stress or personal matters weighing on you?
We offer confidential and free counseling support for students.
Our services:
- Individual counseling - for personal or study-related problems
- Group programs - e.g., on time management, stress management, and relaxation techniques
Please note:
We do not provide psychotherapy. Psychological counseling focuses on specific, clearly defined concerns. If you are experiencing symptoms of a mental illness, we will gladly assist you in finding psychotherapeutic support.
Psychotherapy resources:
- General information: Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists
- Appointment service (psychotherapeutic consultation hours): Patient Service (Phone: 116117)
- Local psychotherapists: Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Rhineland-Palatinate and Hessen (websites available only in German)
- Your health insurance company can also assist with therapy-related questions.
Mental Health Tips
| SOS Tips for Exams | |
| PDF, 81 KB | |
| SOS Tips for the Examination Period | |
| PDF, 83 KB | |
| Tips for a Stress-free Semester - Time Management | |
| PDF, 163 KB | |
| Mental Health Tips for the Christmas Season | |
| PDF, 108 KB | |
Current events
Learn how to prepare effectively for exams while coping with stress and test anxiety, so you can perform at your best even under pressure.
When? Tuesday, 25/11/2025, 10-11:30 a.m.
Where? Room B1.10
Register via mail psychologischeberatung.wirtschaft (at) hs-mainz.de until 17/11/2025.
Event recommendations
International Workshop, Psychotherapeutische Beratungsstelle of JGU Mainz
- Information on depressive moods
- Strategies against overthinking and for bettering your mood
- Strategies for overcoming intercultural challenges in your studies
- 4 dates (in person), thursdays 4:00-6:15 p.m.
- expected in January/February 2026 (exact dates to be announced)
Further information can be found here.
Internal counseling options
- Counseling for student parents and pregnant students
- KoSeKo - Cooperation and Self-Learning Competence
- Incoming exchange students
- Counselling for students with disabilities/impairments
- Researching & writing
- Career Center
- Psychological counseling for students of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Psychological counseling for students of the School of Design
- Café Lingua
External counseling options
- Catholic university community
- Clinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy, University Hospital Mainz
- Crisis chat
- Protestant student community
- Student Union
- Telephone counseling service
- Telephone counseling service (international)
- Telephone counseling service in English (Samaritans)
Telefon +44 116 123 - Telephone counseling service in German and Turkish
(Other languages by arrangement)
Muslim Telephone Counselling: +49 30 443 50 98 21 - Telephone counseling service in Russian
Telefon Doweria: +49 30 440 30 84 54 - Telephone counseling service in Ukrainian and Russian
Helpline Ukraine: 0800 500 2250 - Women’s helpline
- Healthy Studying, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research
