<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2018/counseling-services-director-offers-tips-to-cope-with-anxiety-of-starting-college.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>08/28/2018</pubDate><title>Counseling Services Director Offers Tips to Cope with Anxiety of Starting College</title><description>Charles Anderson, director of counseling and psychological services at the University of New Haven, says feelings of anxiety for first-year students – and their parents – is a natural part of the start of the college experience.</description><hide-description/><author>Dave Cranshaw, Office of Marketing &amp; Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>August 28, 2018</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2018/counseling-services.jpg" alt=""/></image><image-caption>The Office of Counseling and Psychological Services sponsors events such as its "Dogs In the Halls" program to help students de-stress.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2018</tag></tags></item>