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Call the local crisis line at 815-720-4953 or TTY: 217-352-4217 or the national crisis line at 988 if you are looking for immediate help. Any time, day or night.
Counseling Center
The Counseling Center can help you address academic, relational, social, emotional, and other concerns you may face in college. Whether it be mental health issues like depression and anxiety, academic issues such as time management and study skills, or adjustment issues such as the transition to college, roommate problems, and homesickness, we are prepared to help you through one-on-one counseling or group counseling.
Embedded Counselors are also available to offer you counseling services within the department or college they serve. In so doing, they are able to better understand your unique needs. You can meet with an Embedded Counselor for a Let’s Talk session, a 15-minute casual conversation where we’ll help you find the right resources for your mental health and success at Illinois.
Counseling Center Contact Information
Counseling Center
Room 206, Student Services Building, 610 E. John St., Champaign
217-333-3704
8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
8 a.m.-7 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday (During Fall and Spring Semesters)
McKinley Health Center - Mental Health
The Mental Health Clinic at McKinley provides evaluations, consultations, and recommendations for subsequent treatment for a variety of emotional and behavioral difficulties. Short-term individual psychotherapy and medication treatments are provided when indicated. McKinley’s staff of mental health professionals includes licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, a clinical nurse specialist, and clinical social workers. Limited psychiatry services are available by referral from McKinley primary caregivers.
Acute assessment (Emergency Triage) is available 8am-4pm weekdays for students experiencing a mental health crisis. Triage is focused on the assessment of the client’s safety, possible harm to self or others and, as needed, may include transfer to a local hospital for further assessment and possible admission. When appropriate and as time permits the clinician may introduce interventions, coping skills, campus resources, and community therapy options.
MHC Contact Information
McKinley Health Center - Mental Health
1109 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
217-333-2700
Same Day Acute Assessment – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday
Disability Resource and Educational Services (DRES)
Students with disabilities, including non-visible disabilities such as mental health, can register with DRES to provide you equal access to your courses and campus activities. For registered DRES students, we provide academic coaching, group therapy, and individual therapy appointments without session limits at no cost.
DRES Contact Information
Disability Resource and Educational Services (DRES)
1207 S. Oak St., Champaign
217-333-1970
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
Chez Veterans Center
Students who are military-connected (Veteran, National Guard/Reservist, or Dependent) who are facing mental health challenges may visit the Chez Veterans Center for support. The center offers access to an in-house clinician who provides therapy and can also connect students with specialized providers through the Danville VA for interventions tailored to issues like PTSD or MST. These services are available to eligible degree-seeking students and address mental health needs, whether related to military service or not.
Chez Contact Information
Chez Veterans Center
908 W. Nevada Street, Urbana
217-300-3515
Psychological Services Center (PSC)
PSC offers culturally relevant, evidence-based, cutting edge services to the Champaign-Urbana community and to U of I campus staff/faculty/students while contributing to education and scholarship in the fields of Clinical and Community Psychology. Services include diagnostic assessment, individual therapy for children and adults, and family therapy.
Most of PSC therapy and group services are offered by pre-licensed, masters-level clinical trainees under the supervision of doctoral level faculty from the Illinois Clinical-Community Psychology program. Some services where indicated may be offered by doctoral level psychologists.
PSC Contact Information
Psychological Services Center
505 E. Green St., 3rd floor, Champaign
217-333-0041
pscteam@psc.hush.com
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