Welfare support at Pembroke

If you feel you need help with any problem, no matter how small, please reach out to any of these services.

You are not alone

Support in Pembroke

For general personal welfare advice (illness, financial difficulties, workload, family problems), please email your Tutor for an extra meeting, and for academic-related issues, your Director of Studies

College Nurse - Sarah Winder-Worsley, Sarah offers appointments where possible by Zoom or telephone and these can be arranged by email at:  sw899@pem.cam.ac.uk. Sarah will respond to your email within 24 hours on weekdays.

College Wellbeing and Disabilities Nurse - Jan Brighting is available for appointments offering mental health support and referral to counselling. Please contact Jan at Jan.brighting@pem.cam.ac.uk.

Porters- are all trained in Mental Health first aid, call 01223 338100 in case of emergency. . You should also contact them if you have a physical first aid need.

Dean and Chaplain- James Gardom is available at jtdg2@cam.ac.uk

JPC Welfare Officers –Welfare Officers can signpost, provide a source of support and a listening ear, but please note that JPC welfare officers are not professionally trained in mental health support.

Welfare: jp-welfare@pem.cam.ac.uk

Men’s and NB welfare: jp-mens@pem.cam.ac.uk

Women’s and NB welfare: jp-womens@pem.cam.ac.uk

Ethnic Minorities (BME): Jp-ethmin@pem.cam.ac.uk

LGBT+ : Jp-lgbt@pem.cam.ac.uk

International: Jp-international@pem.cam.ac.uk

Disabled Students’: jp-disabilities@pem.cam.ac.uk

There is a range of welfare resources and information available on the JPC website: https://pemjp.soc.srcf.net/

GPC Welfare Officers – please note that Welfare Officers are not professionally trained in mental health support, but can signpost, provide a source of support and a listening ear.

Welfare Officer: gp-welfare@pem.cam.ac.uk

Women’s Officer: gp-womens@pem.cam.ac.uk

BME Officer: gp-bme@pem.cam.ac.uk

LGBT+: gp-lgbt@pem.cam.ac.uk

International: gp-ints@pem.cam.ac.uk

University Counselling Service (UCS)

UCS provides a free service for all undergraduate students that typically provides brief counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). They offer a range of counsellors specialising in different areas, including BME counsellors and a specialist Sexual Assault and Harassment Advisor (you do not have to report to get support). To get an appointment, visit their website and fill in a pre-appointment form: https://www.counselling.cam.ac.uk/studentcouns/students. There are also self-help resources.

College Counselling (A back-up service to UCS);

Loraine Gelsthorpe is a UKCP registered and accredited trained counsellor/psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She can be contacted for longer-term support or short-notice counselling at lrg10@cam.ac.uk as a backup service to the UCS where waiting lists are long or where specialist support is required.

College is also able to provide access to a further range of counsellors. These can be accessed via Jan or Loraine and include:

Anna Lees- CBT specialist, EMDR therapist, RMN, RGN. Bella Stewart- UKCP registered and accredited psychoanalytical psychotherapist. Ishtla Singh- UKCP registered and accredited psychoanalytical psychotherapist (particularly available for BAME students). William Filipski-McDonald (UKCP student in training). Loraine and Jan is also able to refer to other therapists for specialist counselling

Disability Resource Centre (DRC)- provides a range of confidential and accessible services for disabled students: www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk

Student Union Advice Service- free confidential independent support for all Cambridge Students: www.studentadvice.cam.ac.uk