Centre Counseling
Centre Counseling provides accessible, safe, and inclusive mental health services to students for free.
After Hours Emergency
In the event of an immediate life-threatening crisis, call: 911.
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Contact Centre Public Safety: 859.236.4357
After-Hours Centre Counseling Crisis Line: 859.319.1546
Counseling Services
Individual and group therapy is provided in a compassionate and culturally-sensitive environment for free and without billing insurance. You are welcome to visit Centre Counseling as needed or utilize on-going care. In on-going care, counselors help you determine the number of sessions that will be most beneficial to your mental health.
Counseling is available by appointment or through same day sessions during academic year. The Centre Counseling office is located in the Parsons Center annex of Sutcliffe Hall on College Street. Office hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Counseling also offers support groups each semester. Please email counseling@centre.edu for information about current group offerings.
Please contact Centre Counseling to schedule an appointment if anything you are dealing with is interfering with your day-to-day functioning, including relationships and/or academics.
Returning Students
If you have been to Centre Counseling in this or previous academic years, please email your established counselor to schedule or complete the appointment request with your availability. If you would like to transfer to a different therapist, please speak with your established therapist about the transfer, then email us with the transfer request. Counselor contact information can be found below.
Same-Day Sessions
Same-day sessions are available Monday through Friday between 1:00pm and 4:00pm on a first come, first serve basis. Sessions are limited, so contact us as early as possible on the day you would like to be seen. Alternate times can be arranged. If you cannot be seen on the day you contacts us, you will be scheduled the next day or the next available time that works with your schedule.
Student of Concern
If a student is an immediate risk to themselves, and you are with the student, please stay with the student until they are joined by either Centre Counseling, Student Health or the Department for Public Safety (DPS) unless directed otherwise by one of these entities. If you are not with the student, please contact DPS immediately for a wellness check.
Between 8am-4pm, M-F, call Parsons Center for Student Health and Counseling at 859.238.5562 and/or Centre Counseling at 859.238.6544. Talk to a staff person rather than leaving a message. Explain you have a student in crisis. Either walk the student over or have them walked over by someone else. Let the Student Health administrative assistant know you are in the waiting room upon arrival. If you cannot reach a staff person, please call DPS at 859.236.4357 and explain the situation.
Emergencies after 4pm or on weekends: Centre Counseling Crisis Line, 859.319.1546
Do you know a student who is exhibiting non immediate risk behaviors of concern in relation to their personal, physical, or emotional well-being. Reach out to Student Health with this form. We can help.
Tips to Referring to Counseling
- 25% of the students used our free & confidential counseling last year
- If students don’t like it, they don’t have to go back
- It’s usually short term, between 1 and 5 sessions
- Centre Counseling can help students find someone off campus if that’s what they prefer
- Please refer to the counseling office rather than a specific counselor
Helping a Friend or Family Member
Friends and family members are often an integral part of our well-being. Every year, many Centre students, faculty and staff meet with Centre Counseling to consult on how to best provide the people in their lives support. The two links below are helpful resources if you're concerned about the mental well-being of a friend, a student, or family member.
Active Minds offers guidance on the dos and don'ts of talking with a friend or loved one struggling with mental health. Seize the Awkward provides resources for starting conversations about mental health that can make a difference.
If a consultation with a Centre counselor would be beneficial, please contact Centre Counseling.
