GUIDANCE COUNSELLING AND WELLBEING UNIT
Compass is a university guidance counselling and wellbeing service that offers support to students and their academic mentors. Personalized advice, tips and workshops: everything you need to make the most of university life.
The University of Navarra offers a holistic approach to student education by creating a space where study and work can be combined with a healthy lifestyle.
The Guidance Counselling and Wellbeing Unit enacts this mission by offering advice, guidance and support that address situations in which students may experience difficulty. The Unit also provides resources for student self-care and personal growth, as well as training for professors who mentor students.
The Guidance Counselling and Wellbeing Unit is part of the Health and Wellbeing set out in the University's 2025 Strategy.
Services for students and mentors
The unit comprises a multidisciplinary team of professionals working at the University, whose goal is to guide and support adaptation to university life, and enhance the academic performance, emotional stability and personal growth of all students.
1. Personalized guidance
How we can help you
- Emotion management
- Stress and anxiety management
- Affective relationships
- Healthy lifestyle habits
- Addictive behaviors
- Diversity and disability awareness and care
- Time management
- Adaptation to university life
What we do not provide
- Comprehensive personalized therapy
- Psychological therapy
- Medical or psychiatric treatment
Contact
You can contact us for any application or enquiry through our online customer service, by phone at 699 39 34 02 or by e-mail at compass@unav.es. Also, in person from Monday to Thursday from 8:30 to 14:30 and from 15:30 to 17:30. On Fridays, the on-site service will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in office S990 of the Central Building.
Office S990 is located at Floor -1 of Central Building. These are the addresses.
These spaces bring staff aspects that can positively influence your well-being: emotions, habits, relationships, study, and meaning. Here you can find information, learn, and, if you need to, apply for personalized apply for .
If any topic interests topic or you need guidance, use the button available each space.
management TIME management
Organizing your time well allows you financial aid reduce stress, prioritize clearly, and study in a more balanced way. This space financial aid priorities, plan tasks, create healthy routines, and find a way to live each day with more calm and sustainable academic performance.
References:
• María Jurado Fernández, educator
• Francesco De Lorenzi, resident clinical psychologist
management
Stress is part of university life, but when it intensifies, it can affect sleep, eating habits, active lifestyles, and relationships. In this development space, development how to recognize your stress signals, regulate emotions, and regain inner balance. We do not seek to eliminate discomfort, but rather to learn how to manage it in a more adaptive and healthy way.
References:
• Arturo Lecumberri, psychologist, Clínica Universidad de Navarra
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HABITS
Sleeping well, eating healthily, and staying active are essential pillars for concentration, energy, and emotional stability. This space forfinancial aid development financial aid review how your habits are influencing your well-being and to introduce realistic changes that promote a more balanced and fulfilling life.
References:
• Julen Arellano, resident clinical psychologist
• Lourdes Giovanetti, resident clinical psychologist
RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
Throughout college, challenges, uncertainties, and important decisions arise. This development space development tools to face difficulties, learn from experience, strengthen staff stability staff build a more solid inner foundation to live with confidence and hope in the face of future challenges.
References:
• Luis Ángel Díaz Robredo, psychologist, School Education Psychology
WOMEN'S HEALTH
It is important for women to have a space where we can learn about and understand our own bodies, care for and value them, and build healthy and respectful emotional relationships. In this development space, we reflect on the factors that influence sexual health and fertility, and how different stages of life affect the experience of sexuality. We also address aspects of couple relationships, learning to distinguish between bonds that nurture and bonds that harm, and acquiring resources to protect our well-being and dignity. "I am a woman, I take care of myself."
References:
• María Aubá, gynecologist Clínica Universidad de Navarra
• Cristina López del Burgo, physician, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
APPROPRIATE USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Mobile phones and social media are part of everyday life, but they can also affect sleep, concentration, performance, and relationships. This space for development financial aid review the place technology occupies in your routine, become aware of its effects, and develop more conscious habits that allow you to use it without losing control.
References:
• Leyre San Martín, psychologist, School Education Psychology
• Enrique Aubá, psychiatrist, Clínica Universidad de Navarra
EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY AND TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS
The need and desire we all have to form healthy emotional bonds can sometimes confuse many people and turn into genuine relationships of emotional dependence. This development space development tools to identify signs of unhealthy relationships, understand their causes, and seek financial aid break out of dynamics that affect staff well-being.
References:
• Carolina Lupo, educational psychologist, Institute for Culture and Society
• Raquel Martín, psychologist, Clínica Universidad de Navarra
• Pilar Aviñó, psychologist, Institute for Culture and Society
ADDICTIONS AND SUBSTANCE USE
Do you really know how substance use affects your health and well-being? This space development financial aid the risks, recognize problematic patterns, debunk myths, and find support to adopt healthier habits.
References:
• Sofía Nedderman, nurse, doctoral student
• Idoia Pardavilla, nurse, School Nursing
• Maria Fernanda Parada, resident physician in Psychiatry
MEANING AND purpose LIFE
Having a purpose improves psychological well-being because it brings direction, motivation, and coherence to daily life. This development space financial aid your values and what you want to contribute, strengthening your staff identity staff your ability to move forward with intention. Having a life direction not only makes it easier to face moments of uncertainty; it also drives growth, resilience, and decision-making aligned with what really matters to you.
References:
• Rodrigo Banda, PhD in Government and Organizational Culture, University of Navarra
Falling in love, friendship and love: keys to your affectivity
Through four seminars the student will understand the value of knowing themselves in order to prepare themselves to love better. Aimed at students who do not currently have a partner.
Knowing yourself to love yourself better
This course with 6 seminars aims to help you to tune your own melody so that you know how to love more and better. Aimed at student couples.
"Detecting and accompanying: the role of the mentor when faced with warning signs in the well-being of our students."
Session for mentors on tools to detect warning signs and risk behaviors among students.
4. Resources and guides
enquiry resources designed for you:
Tips to learn how to manage stress
Keys to detect and address video game addiction
Keys to detecting and dealing with pornography addiction
Behavioral addictions: video games, pornography, gambling, shopping...
How to deal with anxiety?
A history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults.
Tips to learn how to manage time
Suicide. How to prevent it and help a person. Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Emotional Wellness - Infinity Talks
And you... do you burn or work?
Documentaries made by 4th year Journalism students for the prevention of addictions, "project Preadiction II" (course 2023-24).
Dir.: Arantxa Alejandra García Maldonado
"Alba" is a documentary that chronicles the life of a 30-year-old woman, Alba (pseudonym), who at a very young age began using drugs. Through an intimate journey, we explore the crucial milestones that have led her to the present day. The documentary reflects the complexities of her life, marked by toxic relationships and consumption, which push her to a critical point. However, the narrative transforms into a powerful tale of overcoming and inner reconciliation. After much pain, this woman has her dawn.
Dir.: Amaia Molinero López
The experience of an anonymous alcoholic, who has not drunk for 12 years, is intermingled with the answers of five young people, between 19 and 21 years old, who respond to various questions about how they see their own alcohol consumption and that of society. The course of the documentary makes us reflect on the consumption of an addictive substance that is becoming more and more accepted among the population.
Dir.: Paula Arizcuren Monreal
Marijose started drinking at the age of 14. Seven years ago she put an end to almost four decades of addiction to alcohol. She began to consume it because it was common in her home, and it accompanied her for almost forty decades. She went out partying with him, started working and made him quit. She also started a family. She was aware that she had to treat her alcoholism. She tried many ways. Psychology, psychiatry, retreat houses.... In one of these attempts she came across the method of Alcoholics Anonymous. As she says, her method. Marijose's story staff , together with the testimony of psychologist Úrsula Paiva, helps us to understand what it is like to live alcoholism in first person, as well as the role played by the social environment and the media.
Dir.: Aitana Hernández Marín
Mom, I want a vaper is a documentary that reflects the increasing consumption of vapers in society. The electronic cigarette is an attractive product; you can choose color, size, design and even flavor... The keys to its success? Experts point to advertising campaigns and its diffusion on social networks. But what effects do these "poisoned gifts" have on health? With the support of scientific and legal results, this documentary seeks to raise awareness of the harmful effects produced by the consumption of this product in the face of the lack of knowledge that prevails among the population.
Dir: Irene Ortíz Palomo
What is one day a drink with friends can become that which destroys an entire life. The Last Drink follows Elena's story through addiction and recovery. It is a story that defies the stigmas of alcoholism and reveals Elena's struggle, highlighting the unwavering will necessary for recovery. This documentary also unravels the reality of the disease, showing how it can happen to anyone. The story of The last drinkcomposed of intimate testimonies collected in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, portrays alcoholism without masks, underlining that the only cure lies in the iron will of those who face the dark reality of addiction.
Rodrigo Banda
coordinator
Orientation and Wellness Unit. Compass
Carolina Lupo
Psychopedagogist, researcher Institute for Culture and Society
Luis Ángel Díaz
Psychologist, Professor, University of Navarra
Leyre San Martín
Psychologist, Professor, University of Navarra
Pilar Aviñó de Pablo
Psychologist, PhD candidate Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)
Campus Madrid
Carmen Laspra
Psychologist, Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Campus San Sebastian
Arturo Lecumberri
Psychologist, Clínica Universidad de Navarra
10 | 04 | 2025
Well-being and balance in the doctorate, topics of a Compass session for doctoral students
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13 | 03 | 2025
University students and mentors reconnect with nature
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21 | 02 | 2025
"We must make ourselves trustworthy, people who know what they are talking about, who do things right and who make others aware in the relationship."
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29 | 01 | 2025
"Think better to live better. Connect with the world to connect with oneself."
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21 | 01 | 2025
Cinema, emotions and wellness: the University's Counseling and Wellness Unit organizes the 1st Blue COMPASS Day
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