Let's Talk | Student Counseling Service

Let’s Talk is a program that provides informal virtual and in person drop-in consultations for U of M students throughout the academic year. No appointment is necessary, so you can drop in during the scheduled times. Let’s Talk is not a substitute for formal counseling and does not constitute mental health treatment, but counselors can listen to specific problems, provide support, help explore solutions and give information about other resources.

Let's Talk is not designed to provide crisis support-if you are currently experiencing a mental health crisis please utilize one of these resources.

Masks are welcome but not required for an in-person Let's Talk session. Our counselors will wear a mask upon request

3 Step Process

Step 3

Virtual:

When you've completed this form, please return to the Let's Talk website and click on the Zoom meeting link to enter the waiting room for your counselor: https://counseling.umn.edu/lets-talk

Once the counselor is available they will admit you on a first come-first serve basis into the zoom room.

In-Person:

Please grab a number and slide it under the door to let the counselor know someone is waiting for them. The counselor will be with you as soon as they become available.

**If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms: Fever or Chills and/or have a newly developed cough/ shortness of breath that has started within the past 14 days, or have been exposed to someone with a confirmed COVID-19 infection or have received a positive test for COVID-19 yourself do NOT come to Let's Talk in person and instead choose a virtual shift.

**Please note Let’s Talk consultations are 1-1 meetings and counselors are not able to start a consultation with students in the final 15 minutes before a session ends.

Let’s Talk is not designed to be a crisis service. If you need to speak with someone more urgently, please utilize the campus and community resources listed at mentalhealth.umn.edu.

Questions about Let’s Talk? Check out the Let's Talk FAQs
Additional questions can be directed to Greg Sawyer at [email protected]
The Let‘s Talk program at UMN is based in part on the Let’s Talk program at Cornell University. With permission, some of the material describing this program has been adapted from the Cornell University Let’s Talk website.
*Please note that counselors are not able to begin new conversations with students within the last 15 minutes of the shift*
Let's Talk Partners