Study Psychologists
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 the tutor teaching and Faculty Study Services have not been helpful enough.
You can contact a study psychologist if you need help with:
- Stalled studies or thesis work
- Study skills
- Time and life management
- Procrastination
- Perfectionism
- Stage fright
- Motivation issues
- Coping with study related stress
- Returning to studies after a long break
- Learning and concentration disabilities (non-diagnostic)
Study psychologists:
Pauliina Silva, Hanna-Liisa Kärsämä, Tuomas Lukkari, Kersti Lantto and Piatta Pynnönen.
Note!
Appointment booking is open. If you need a recommendation for individual study arrangements, you can apply for it without an appointment or book a meeting with the accessibility coordinator. Study psychologists do not provide recommendations during individual guidance sessions. You can find more information on the Accessibility in Studies and Individual Study Arrangements page.
To book an appointment with a study psychologist, send a secure email:
- Send the message from your university email (firstname.surname@student.oulu.fi).
- 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.
- Only include the following information in your email:
- Your name
- 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 (bachelor/master/doctor).
You can find more information and registration instructions on the Groups and Workshops page.
The groups and workshops are facilitated by study psychologists and other staff members from the from the Learning Support and Wellbeing Centre.
Autumn Groups:
Study together
