Study Psychologists

Study psychologists provide special guidance and counselling when other student advisory services have not been of enough help.
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When to contact a study psychologist?

You can book an appointment with a study psychologists if:

  • You are enrolled as a student at the University of Oulu or UniOGS or if you are an exchange student (the services are not available to Open University students).
  • If other student adviser services have not been of enough help.

You can contact a study psychologist if you need help with:

  • Being stuck with your studies or thesis
  • Study skills
  • Procrastination
  • Perfectionism
  • Motivation issues
  • Coping with study related stress
  • Returning to studies after a long break
  • Learning disabilities

Study psychologists: Pauliina Silva, Hanna-Liisa Kärsämä, Kersti Lantto,Tuomas Lukkari and the study psychologist trainee Maija Filatova.

Appointment booking

To book an appointment with a study psychologist, send a secure email:

  1. Send the message from your university email (firstname.surname@student.oulu.fi).
  2. Type the following email address: opintopsykologi@oulu.fi.s. NB. Type the whole string, do not pick the address from your address book or message history.
  3. Only include the following information in your email:
  • Your name
  • University email address
  • Phone number
  • As a title information of how you wish the appointment to take place: at campus or remotely (via Teams), or whether both options are ok.

Please make sure not to include any health related information (such as diagnoses) in your email. The recipient gets a link through which she/he/they can read the message. Study psychologists shall go through new appointment requests once a week, after which you will be contacted via secure email. If you don’t delete the email message, it will remain at the securemail.oulu.fi server for 30 days. You can reply to secure mail, and your outgoing email message will also be encrypted.

Study psychologist guidance is popular, so please cancel the booked time no later than 24 hours before the meeting. Uncancelled times are counted as used appointment times. There are 1 to 5 appointments per student / degree program.

If you need a recommendation on individual study arrangements, please read more information from Accessibility in Studies page.

Group and workshops

Here you can find information about the different study groups, workshops and events organized by Guidance Services.

Fall workshops and groups:

  • Beat Procrastination -workshop
  • Study Together -group
  • Support for cultural adaptation

Other events and activities

Frequently asked questions