Self-Help | Student Counseling Service

Websites

Mindfulness Resources
- Here on Student Counseling Service’s Mindfulness Page, you’ll find a variety of different mindfulness practices from some of our staff members
Mindfulness Resources for People of Color
- A list of resources compiled by UC Santa Cruz Counseling and Psychological Services
Black Lives Matter Meditations
- For healing racial trauma and cultivating an anti-racist mindset
San Diego LGBT Pride
- LGBTQ community list of resources and support
Dr. Kristin Neff
- A website containing self-compassion research, guided meditations and exercises, mindful self-compassion training, and a self-compassion assessment
Seasonal Affective Disorder Resources
- A website containing an informational guide on managing mental health during season changes

Apps

Liberate
- A meditation app by and for the Black and African Diaspora
COVID Coach
- Exercises designed to address anxiety, trauma reactions, and relationship conflict. Quick links to resources for finding crisis care, mental health support, and service agencies
Gratitude
- Record what makes you grateful and receive affirmation quotes
What’s Up?
- Uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) methods to help you cope with Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and more. Use the positive and negative habit tracker to maintain your good habits, and break those that are counterproductive.

National and Local Mental Health Hotlines

UMN Student Mental Health Crisis Hotline: 612-301-4673
- Free, available 24/7
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-TALK (8255)
- Free, available 24/7
Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Crisis Text Line- Text “MN” to 741741
- Available 24/7
- See website for additional mental health crisis response phone numbers
Minnesota Crisis Numbers/Resources by County
Recovery Resource Center
- Toll Free Assessment, call 866-720-3784
- Local support for substance use concerns
Trans Lifeline Crisis Hotline
- Free, available 24/7
- Peer support hotline
The Trevor Project
- Hotline and Resources for the LGBTQ+ Community, all services are free
- For Trevor Lifeline, dial 1-866-488-7386 (available 24/7)
- For TrevorText, text 'START' to 678-678
- For TrevorChat, enter the online portal on the website
Graduate Student HelpLine
- Call 877-GRAD-HLP (472-3457)
Veterans Crisis Line
- Call 800-273-8255

The following resources are being provided as options and are not endorsed by or affiliated with the University. Because each person is different and has different needs, please know that not every resource is equally effective for each person.