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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:
- 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, Tuomas Lukkari, Kersti Lantto and Piatta Pynnönen.
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:
- 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.
- Your name
- Email address
- Phone number
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.
Here you can find information about the different study groups, workshops and events organized by Learning Support and Wellbeing Centre.
