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Mental Health Resources

Please see below for a variet of Harvard-based mental health resources - compiled by previous undergraduate DIB Committee representives and alums Maddie Goldberg and Elida Kocharian.

All Harvard Community:

  • Harvard University Counseling and Mental Health Services
    • Description: CAMHS offers one-on-one consults and appointments with licensed mental health professionals, workshops and support groups, online mental health resources, and an online mental health screening. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CAMHS is currently offering only virtual visits, which you can schedule online through the patient portal or by calling.
    • Location: Smith Campus Center, 4th floor. Additional clinics at Harvard Law School (Pound Hall) and Longwood Medical Campus (Vanderbilt Hall and Kresge Building). 
    • Contact: 
      • During business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 AM-5:30 PM), call:
        • (617) 495-2042 for the Smith Campus Center clinic
        • (617) 495-4414 for the Harvard Law School clinic
        • (617) 432-1370 for the Longwood Medical Campus clinic
        • (800) 439-0183 for TTY information
      • Before/after hours and on weekends, call:
        • (617) 495-5711 for urgent care (to speak to the mental health clinician on call)
        • (617) 495-1198 for TTY information
  • HUHS Center for Wellness and Health Promotion (website)
    • Harvard University Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services (website) is part of this

Undergraduates:

  • Contact Peer Counseling
    • Description: Contact is a confidential, drop-in peer-counseling program that provides a safe space for Harvard undergraduates with a focus on LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences, gender, sexuality, and relationships. Contact also offers online resources, books, and safer sex supplies.
    • Location: Thayer Basement office (B-04), 8 PM-11 PM every night. Contact’s office is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but drop-in virtual sessions are available.
    • Contact:
      • During other semesters, you can call the Contact confidential phone line from 8 PM to 8 AM any night. For the Spring 2021 semester, Contact has requested that students use the Zoom link instead of the phone line.
      • Spring 2021 semester: individual drop-ins are welcome on Zoom Monday through Friday, 7 PM-9 PM. You can join a group counseling session on Saturdays, 7 PM-9 PM. (The link to both drop-in and group sessions is available on the Contact website.
  • Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO)
    • Description: ECHO is a confidential, drop-in peer-counseling program that offers support and a safe space for Harvard undergraduates who have eating concerns or who are concerned about someone else in their life.
    • Location: Lowell Basement E-012, Sunday through Wednesday, 8 PM to 11 PM. QuadTalk is held in Jordans South Basement on Mondays, 8 PM to 11 PM.
    • Contact:
      • Drop-in hours are available (see above). You can also call the ECHO hotline from 8 PM to 8 AM any night: (617) 495-8200.
  • Indigo Peer-Counseling
    • Description: Indigo is a confidential, drop-in peer counseling program that offers support and a safe space for students grappling with concerns that lie at the intersection of identity and mental health. Indigo is focused on how race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, first-generation identity, citizenship status, ability, gender, sexuality, and other identities inform individual experience.
    • Contact:
      • Drop-in hours are available on Zoom every night from 9 PM to 11 PM.
  •  RESPONSE
    • Description: RESPONSE is a group of undergraduate students trained to provide peer counseling on any and all relationship issues -- from concerns about dating to concerns about sexual harassment or assault. They provide non-judgmental, non-directive, and anonymous support, and resources to Harvard undergraduates of all genders and sexualities.
    • Location: Lowell EL-15, Sun-Wed 8-11pm
    • Contact: (617) 999 8353, 8pm-8am
  • Room 13
    • Description: At Room 13, trained peer counselors offer guidance around gender, identity, SES, alcohol and drugs, grief, relationships, eating, health, school, and anything else. Room 13 takes people and their concerns seriously; they will listen and respond non-judgmentally. When you call or drop in, no one will pressure you to talk about anything you don't want to. They also offer listening workshops by appointment. ***2020-2021 - Room 13 is Zoom 13!
    • Location: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91246761078?pwd=dDBmK3UybDVwQnFwTitIZTBlT2QyZz09  
    • Contact: Every night at this Zoom link, 6-10p ET.


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