B&B, that's great you took the step of telling your parents. Every step beings you closer to getting help. I think most student counseling centers have you do an initial appointment where they talk to you about what's going on and why you are seeking help. After they learn how they can best help you, they assign you to a counselor who is familiar with your sort of problem, or they might recommend a support group, getting learning services or tutoring, or whatever else the college may offer that could also help you. So your first appointment may very well not be with the same person you may end up seeing as a counselor. You don't need to go into great detail about your problems at this appointment. Just give them a general idea of why you are there--feeling anxious and worried, feeling down or sad, feeling incompetent, feeling overwhelmed, feeling lonely and isolated, etc.