The Daily Plan-it / Dean of Students Blog, Columbia J-school

Work Block Group Available

Location: Counseling and Psychological Services: Lerner Hall 8th Floor

Day and Time: Monday 1-3PM

For 6 sessions: February 25, March 3,10,24, 31 and April 7

To register or for more information contact Dr. William Sommer at 212 854
2878 or email wgs2@columbia.edu

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LERNER 502

A student recently asked about what kind of psychological counseling services are available for students. The place to turn for answers is CPS - Counseling and Psychological Services, a division of Health Services:
http://www.health.columbia.edu/cps/index.html.

“CPS offers free psychological counseling to all undergraduate and graduate students who have paid the Health Service fee. Emergency consultations and crisis intervention are provided to students in acute distress, and psychopharmacological consultations are available as needed. To facilitate a free and open discussion of sensitive matters, CPS adheres to strict standards of confidentiality.”

How to Make an Appointment: Students who are interested in meeting with a counselor should call our appointment line at (212) 854-2878. In an effort to enhance services, we now provide telephone appointments with CPS counselors, usually within one business day of your initial call to CPS. After this initial phone appointment, you will be scheduled for a regular in person appointment according to the urgency of your needs. Of course, in the event of an acute psychiatric emergency, students may come directly to CPS without an appointment for assistance any time we are open.

For urgent medical consultation after hours, you may contact the Clinician-on-call at 212-854-9797. In the event of psychiatric emergency, you may also contact your nearest emergency room. The psychiatric emergency room nearest the Morningside Heights campus is the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room at 113th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, (212) 523-3347.

If you have any disability that may interfere with your school work, you must register with the Columbia Office of Disability Services. This confidential registration is critical in case something comes up later on during your academic life at the School.

http://www.health.columbia.edu/ods/

The starting point for all health services at Columbia is, well, Health Services, at http://www.health.columbia.edu

“Health Services at Columbia is about your well-being: helping you cope with colds and immunizations or managing stress and eating well - and also providing you with information and services so that you can take charge of your own health care needs, make healthy choices, learn some new skills, and focus on your academic, extracurricular, and personal goals while you are a student.”

Some useful contact information from that site is below. Familiarize yourself with the site so you will know where to turn if you ever have an emergency or even a routine healthcare need. Incidentally, the person in charge of Health Services, assistant vice president Margot Amgott, was the J-school’s admin dean for many years, so she knows our school well and still keeps in touch.

Map showing where the two main locations are:
http://www.health.columbia.edu/hrs/maps/.

General Information: 212.854-2284
E-mail for general questions about Health Services: health@columbia.edu

Emergency Support Resources:
If this is a medical emergency, call 911 or proceed to the nearest emergency center.

For urgent medical issues when Health Services is closed: 212.854.9797

Columbia Security 212.854.5555
or x99 from a campus phone

Columbia University Emergency Medical Services (CU EMS) 212.854.5555
or x99 from a campus phone

Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center
Peer Counselors: Tuesday - Sunday 7pm-11pm
Peer Advocates: 24 hours/7 days
212.854.HELP
212.854.WALK

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Emergency Room
(113th Street /Amsterdam Avenue) 212.523.3335

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room
(113th Street/Amsterdam Avenue) 212.523.3347