Columbia University Health Services

Students who are interested in meeting with a counselor should call the appointment line . Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) provides phone appointments with counselors, usually within one business day of your initial call. After this initial phone appointment, you may be scheduled for a regular in-person appointment according to the urgency of your needs. In the event of an acute psychiatric emergency, students may come directly to CPS without an appointment during our scheduled clinical hours.

If the situation is urgent after scheduled clinical hours , please call the clinician-on-call . 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 . These resources are equipped to assist with psychiatric emergencies. Once the immediate crisis is managed, CPS is available to provide a  wide range of counseling services.

CPS is located on the 8^th floor of Alfred Lerner Hall. Please arrive ten minutes before your scheduled appointment to give yourself time to fill out the forms that we will need to best serve you.  

CPS also offers counseling to undergraduate students on a drop-in basis in three Residence Hall Offices at 100 Carman Hall, 210 East Campus, and 112A Hartley Hall.