Getting Started

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If you need to talk to someone now, call the UMN Crisis line 24/7 at 612-301-4673. 

Urgent/crisis drop-in counseling is available at Boynton Health’s Urgent Mental Health Care Clinic during regular clinic hours.

Student Counseling Services offers many quick access non-crisis services and that are a great place to start if you need support: 


Who can use Student Counseling Services?

All Student Counseling Services programs are available to degree-seeking students currently enrolled at UMN Twin Cities. 

If you are living within Minnesota you can participate in:

  • Let’s Talk
  • Learn to Live
  • Individual Counseling
  • Counseling Groups
  • Educational Workshops
  • Affinity Spaces


If you are living outside Minnesota you can participate in:

  • Educational Workshops
  • Affinity Spaces
  • For help finding additional resources, including community options for individual counseling and counseling groups, please contact the Care Program 
     

How to Request an Individual Counseling Appointment

  • To start please complete these intake forms, which are available to access Monday-Friday 7AM-5PM.  

  • Next SCS will schedule a brief consultation that will take place within about 1-2 weeks.
    • The consultation will take place over Zoom to help identify which services might be right for you. 

Students who need private space to meet with their counselor can email [email protected] to reserve a private space in Appleby Hall or may find additional campus spaces using the Study Space Finder