In case you are in need for professional help with personal/private/mental problems, please do not hesitate to contact the Psychosocial Counselling (PSB (Psychosoziale Beratung)), or the Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Clinic (in German: Psychotherapeutische Ambulanz für Studierende = PAS).
In principle, there are only small differences between PSB and PAS. The PSB is an institution of the Studentenwerk, for students of all universities in Göttingen. The PAS is part of the Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy of the University Medical Center (UMG) and serves for Students of the University of Göttingen.
Both facilities are therefore suitable for you. University and UMG employees are also entitled to contact the PSM - Psychotherapeutische Sprechstunde für Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter.
In terms of content, the PAS differs from the PSB only in the way that it is also possible to treat patients with medication, as medical doctors work in the outpatient clinic.
The PSB of the Studentenwerk advises on
Both institutions have Open Consultation Hours by telephone in which you can call and speak to a counsellor. Please visit the webpages for details about telephone consultation times. The PSB has usually on Wednesdays an open hour in English. A therapist of the PAS can be reached daily from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m..
Emergency contacts
In case of an urgent crisis while the counselling services are not available, please do not hesitate to contact any of the following institutions:
Mental Health Counseling
Personal conflict situations
It really shows true greatness when you seek for help.
All employees of PSB & PAS, therapists and medial doctors, are obliged to secrecy. The information and data you share with them are handled confidentially and will not be forwarded to third parties. Counselling is also possible anonymously (on request).
For further contacts and information about the many different types of support please visit the very well researched webpage Mental Health Support at the Göttingen Campus!
Von-Siebold-Straße 5
Tel.: 0551 - 39-66610 (24h/day)
Rosdorfer Weg 70
37081 Göttingen
Tel.: 0551 - 402-0
Groner Straße 32/33
37073 Göttingen
Tel.: 0551 - 5211800
Tel.: 0800 - 1110111
The Welcome Centre of the University of Göttingen can support you to find a therapist or medical specialist who speaks English or your foreign language. Please write an Email to the Welcome Centre and ask for the expert with the respective language you need.
In all cases your primary contact should be your General Practitioner (GP)/family doctor (Hausarzt), so please get in contact with a GP early on. For more information on doctors in Göttingen, or how to find one, please check with the page of the Welcome Centre at Doctors in Göttingen.
For doctoral students employed at a Max Planck Institute or affiliated with an IMPRS can also contact the Consultation Service for Employees - EMAP (Employee & Manager Assistance Program).
The Max Planck Society (MPS) is offering all employees an immediate consultation (German and English, if required Spanish, French, Dutch, Russian and Turkish). This is an external, absolute anonymous, free of charge service offered for MPS employees, scholarship holders and executives.
Information about the contact details can be found only by MPS members here: Intranet MAX
In case you are encountering mobbing or sex-related violence, please find more information under Discrimination.
The team of Scholar Minds in Berlin has put together some resources on the mental health crisis in academia and information about personal actions and self-help tools. Maybe you want to have a look on their Resources webpage for more information.