Calloway Brooks sings in the Horace Mann Auditorium
Teachers College, Columbia University
Counseling Services
Any member of the Teachers College community may experience difficulties at work or in personal life for which professional guidance and counseling may be helpful. There are a number of resources for different members of the community listed below. This is not a comprehensive list, but a work in progress to which we invite additions and corrections.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP):
Available to all full-time employees of the College and their family members (traditional/non-traditional and extended family). The purpose of the EAP is to help find solutions to issues or problems. The EAP is managed by an outside professional organization, the
Employee Assistance Program, Employee Development Center, Cornell Medical Center, 136 East 57th Street, Suite 405, New York, NY
Phone: (212) 935-3030
Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00am - 5:00 pm
If there is an emergency, you can call EDC at any hour, seven days a week. Counselors are on-call 24 hours a day.
Confidential counseling services are available to all students who have paid the Health Service Fee. In addition, as resources permit, special counseling programs and support groups are offered. Details may be found on the Web site listed below.
Columbia University Health Service, Counseling and Psychological Service, Lerner Hall, 8th floor
Phone: (212) 854-2878
Hours: Appointments are strongly encouraged, and may be made in person or by telephone (854-2878). A Walk-In hour, when students may be seen for a brief consultation without prior appointment, is especially suitable for students with an urgent problem. Walk-In hour is offered daily, during the academic year, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.
After hours, during the academic year, for urgent medical consultation, you may contact the Clinician On-call at 415-0120. In the event of psychiatric emergency, contact the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room at
Web site: http://www.health.columbia.edu/
The Center for Educational and Psychological Services
The center offers low cost personal and vocational counseling, psychotherapy, and educational assessment to the college community and the general public. Services are provided by advanced graduate students in the Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology. They are supervised by a licensed psychologist. By appointment only.
Room: 657 Thorndike Phone: (212) 678-3262
Calloway Brooks sings in the Horace Mann Auditorium