Counseling and Career Services

Feeling sad or blue? Stressed out? Worried about something?

Spartanburg Methodist College Counseling Center welcomes you to participate in ONLINE SCREENING for mood and anxiety disorders. This free screening is made available to all our SMC community members and is taken anonymously. The screening is provided so that you may find out -- in a few minutes -- whether or not professional consultation would be helpful to you.

Feel free to contact the staff of the Counseling and Career Center. We are able to assist students in most all areas of personal growth and adjustment. We maintain an excellent referral relationship with off-campus professional resources for students if more intense and extended therapy is needed.

Appointments can be made by calling our offices or by visiting the Counseling and Career Center in person.

Individual and Group Counseling

The SMC Counseling and Career Center provides a wide range of personal and group services for our students. Whether the issue is a personal problem or a pending decision, counseling is often the best way to clarify your concerns and learn how you might deal with them more effectively.  We have professionally trained counselors available to assist you and this service is offered at no additional cost to the student. Referrals can also be made to professionals in the surrounding community. Throughout the school year, we offer Counseling Seminars lead by staff or local professionals to provide additional education on a variety of topics of interest to our student body.

Career Planning

A plan is the basic building block of success, yet setting a direction for your life is often a difficult process. Your values, dreams and career goals must be taken into account. The more you understand yourself and the opportunities that are available to you, the easier it will be to create your personal career plan. The SMC Counseling and Career Center can help you on your career journey by utilizing valuable assessment tools to help you understand your personality, interests, vocational skills and career values. By using these computerized assessments, counselors can help you explore your options to determine the next steps in your academic and professional career journey! Students who participate in this process will be provided with a Personal Career Profile (PCP) that includes the following assessments: The PTI (Personality Type Inventory -- based upon the research of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), the SIGI³ (System of Interactive Guidance Information, Third Edition) and the SDS (John Holland's Self Directed Search). This service is available to all SMC students.

College Transfer

It is significant to note that as many as 90% of our SMC graduates are accepted into a 4-year college or university of their choosing. Our curriculum is designed for transfer success and our professional staff can address all concerns as students prepare for the next step in their academic journey. We provide access to senior college catalogs, offer assistance with the transfer application process and make available other resources such as The Peterson's Computer College Search Program to aid and support students in the decision making process. In addition, senior college recruiters visit each semester to assist our sophomores with transfer options.