Counseling Services

Rooms

 

Calming Room

A Calming room uses easily controlled calming equipment such as dim lighting, white noise machines, bubble walls, weighted blankets, diverse seating options, textured pillows, and other items to provide a calming area for students to decompress and manage stress or overstimulation. The purpose of the Calming room at Valencia College is to provide students a space to relax and practice stress management techniques to improve overall well-being. We invite you to use this Calming Room located on West Campus! Come and sit on comfortable lounge chairs, utilize the message chair, read a book, listen to gentle music or white noise or use noise cancelling headphones, enjoy the variety of lighting options, color or journal, practice breathing techniques, play with fidget toys, use the biofeedback machine from HeartMath to learn more about how to reduce stress, and just take a few minutes to yourself. All services in the room are FREE. Your mental health and overall well-being is important to your success at Valencia College. Take time to center yourself in the Calming Room!

 

Appointments

Appointments: Strongly recommended- 30 minutes in length- one visit a day limit (appt scheduling- tbd)

jpapoula@valenciacollege.edu

 

What's in the room? 

Items available in room:

• • Lounge Chairs
  • Soft pillows
  • Blanket
  • Weighted blanket
  • Self-help books
  • Breathing Boards
  • Breathing Buddy
  • Noise Cancelling headphones
  • Calming/Fidget toys
  • Noise maker/light projector
  • Journaling materials
  • Puzzles
  • Zen garden
  • Coloring materials
  • Positivity Board
  • Happy Light
  • Buddha Board
  • Biofeedback machine
  • Charging station

 

Expectations

• Only currently enrolled students are able to use the space: You will need a Valencia ID in order to reserve time and use the space
• One student at a time
• We ask that you leave the room in the same condition you found it
• This space is meant to relax and destress- it is not a homework space- please use it to help your well-being
• You do not have to be currently working with a counselor in order to use the space
• No food or drinks, other than water, are allowed within the relaxation room. 
• Use of the room is a form of self-help and is not treatment by Counseling Services. If you feel that stress or other factors are compromising your ability to meet the requirements of academic study, please visit the Counseling Services page to connect with a Valencia counselor or contact baycare for mental health therapy at 800-878-5470

 

The Calming Room was developed using funds from the Tupperware Corporation Chair in Community Quality Endowed Chair. 

 

Location and Hours

West Campus Student Services Building
Room 206 Counseling Services and Career Center Suite

Monday to Friday 9:30am to 11:30am and 1pm to 3:30pm
*Calming room will be closed during College closures, weekends, holidays, etc.