Urgent/Crisis Counseling Options

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If this is an emergency situation of imminent risk of physical harm, please call 911.

Do You Need to Talk to Someone Now?

U of M Student Crisis Line
Call 612-301-4673

The Aurora Center Sexual Assault 24-hour helpline 
Call: 612-626-9111 or the office at 612-626-2929

Urgent and drop-in counseling is available at Boynton’s Urgent Mental Health Care clinic during regular clinic business hours at 410 Church St. SE, 4th floor.

If this is not an emergency and you would like to be seen at Student Counseling Services, or with Boynton Mental Health, please follow the getting started steps here.


Additional Off-Campus Resources:

  • Suicide Prevention Hotline can be reached 24 hours a day at 800-273-8255.
  • Fairview Hospital's Behavioral Emergency Center staff provides emergency care, assessment and referrals for people of all ages in a behavioral crisis related to either mental health or substance abuse. The center is located on the Riverside campus of University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. Patients check in through the Emergency Department. Telephone: 612-672-6600.
  • Hennepin County Acute Psychiatric Services (612-873-3161) serves those in emotional crisis with 24-hour, seven-day-a-week crisis counseling, assessment, and referral.
  • The Steve Fund-Crisis Text Line for people of color: Text STEVE to 741741 and a live, trained Crisis Counselor will respond. The Steve Fund, through its partnership with the Crisis Text Line, promotes text messaging as a means to improve critically needed access for young people of color to crisis counseling.
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