Center for Student Wellbeing
The Center for Student Wellbeing is a space-driven, integrated mental health model that services students through a variety of rapid intervention services. We are here to support any student interested in seeking mental health resources and connecting them with providers both on and off-campus. Our goal is to create a supportive environment where students can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
We are committed to engaging students in relational, meaningful, therapeutic care that positively impacts your mental health and your access to the broader community. Clinicians at the Center for Student Wellbeing are dedicated to providing rapid intervention mental health services tailored to the needs of Columbia College Chicago students.
Our services are designed to offer immediate support and long-term wellbeing strategies:
- Short-term counseling
- Acute care/stabilization
- Consultation line
- A dedicated phone number for students, parents, faculty, and staff seeking advice on supporting or directing a current student needing social-emotional support and mental health resources.
- Drop-in Decompression Space
- A therapeutic wellness space consistently staffed by the mental heal team offering decompression, quiet, therapy resources, and self-help framework care.
- Therapeutic case management
- Referral support
- 24/7 mental health care via TimelyCare, Columbia's virtual medical and mental health platform