Particularly with all that is going on in the world and on campus these days, we know that you don't stop having feelings just because you're busy with schoolwork, and we want to remind you of the many resources on campus where you can find peers, professionals, and space to get some support. Below are just a few examples:
The Furman Counseling Center
promotes the social and emotional development of Barnard students to
facilitate their richest experience of College Life. We offer therapy,
groups, workshops and medication to assist students in maintaining
emotional and mental health. We support the College’s commitment to
diversity, raising awareness of systems of oppression and unequal access
to resources, and work to promote social justice.
- Make An Appointment
To schedule an appointment for individual or group therapy:
Call: (212) 854-2092
Email: counseling@barnard.edu
Fall 2024 Schedule
Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM
Crisis Appointment Hours: Monday to Friday 10 AM - 4 PM
Closed on Evenings and Weekends
Call (212) 854-2092 and indicate “urgent” for same day appointment.
After 5 PM and on weekends Psychological Emergencies:
Call the After-Hours Psychological Emergency Line at (212) 854-2092 OR
Call Community Safety at (212) 854-6666 OR
Call if not on campus 9-1-1 or go to your nearest emergency room
Your class deans are available to meet with you by appointment and during walk-in hours. Click
this link to find your dean's appointment link. Need to see someone but can't find an available time that fits in your schedule? Call the Deans Office for Advising and Support 212-854-2024 any time 9-5, Monday through Friday.
- Worried about a class? Confused about registration? Just need a friendly, nonjudgmental listener? Have a question but aren't sure whom to ask? We're here for all this and more.
The Wellness Spot is the health promotion program and wellness center at Barnard College. Our mission is to promote the health and wellness of Barnard students through a variety of programming activities. Our philosophical approach to wellness focuses on an integration of body, mind and spirit, which moves us toward a more proactive, healthier existence. We use as our model the Wellness Wheel which includes physical, intellectual, occupational, emotional, social and spiritual, service and cultural dimensions which represent all aspects of human growth. The open center of the wellness wheel reflects the notion that each "spoke" impacts on the others and that we cannot be truly healthy if we neglect any aspect of the wheel. However, it is important to remember that gaining total wellness is a journey and a process that continues throughout life.
Res Life staff are on site, trained, and ready to listen and support you.
Being Barnard is the college's sexual violence education, prevention,
and outreach program. The mission of Being Barnard is to provide a
holistic approach to sexual violence prevention through campus-wide
campaigns, educational programming, one-on-one health consultation
services, community building, outreach, advocacy, and intervention.
Sexual assault and interpersonal violence affect students of all
genders, identities, and backgrounds and are widely recognized to not be
isolated issues but part of a much larger societal picture. As such, it
is our hope that by addressing a multitude of interwoven topics, such
as healthy relationships and sexuality, affirmative consent, personal
boundaries, self-care, bystander intervention, and social identities and
power, we may help reduce, and one day eliminate, sexual assault and
violence from our campus and global communities.
Being Barnard is a Confidential Office
Office of Title IX and Nondiscrimination
Barnard
College is committed to providing an environment free from
discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The Nondiscrimination and
Title IX Office endeavors to work collaboratively across campus to
further the goal that faculty, staff, and students be able to work and
study in a campus community free from discrimination and harassment. As
such, the Office provides outreach, education, supportive consultation,
and response services to all members of the Barnard community. Dr.
Elizabeth Scott-Francis, Executive Director for CARES Outreach and
Response, serves as the Title IX Coordinator for the College.
We are operating in-person on the First Floor of Elliott Hall
Monday through Friday (closed on holidays) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Email: nondiscrimination@barnard.edu
Phone: 212-854-3362 (CARES Response Line; indicate you're calling to speak with the Title IX Coordinator)
105 Hewitt 212-854-HELP (4357)
The Rape Crisis /Anti-Violence Support Center (also referred to as the RCC or Center) provides peer and professional advocacy and education to the entire University student community. If you are a survivor of sexual assault and would like to talk to someone immediately, call 212-854-HELP to speak to someone and/or schedule a time to meet. Advocates assist survivors by accompanying them to the hospital, health services, the police, public safety, court, campus disciplinary proceedings and other resources. They also help survivors make informed decisions about reporting and disciplinary options. Advocates receive a minimum of 50 hours of training and are supervised by Columbia and Barnard counseling clinicians.
Learn more about sexual violence resources through men's peer education, RCC peer educators, and other advocacy/outreach services.
