The Counseling Center is the primary mental health service for the campus, and our staff are on call 24 hours a day during the academic year to respond to psychological emergencies.  We work in close collaboration with the Student Health Center, the Campus Police, and other offices in emergency situations.
Examples of emergencies include:

• suicide threats or attempts;
• rape, sexual assault, or other trauma;
• severely disorganized, psychotic, or out of control behavior.

In general, if a student's immediate safety is at risk, this is an emergency.  If you have doubts as to whether a situation truly is an emergency, please call and discuss it with us.  We might decide if it is serious enough to warrant immediate intervention or we might set up a short-term follow-up plan for other urgent problems.

In the event of an emergency during the academic year, a student can often be seen immediately. During regular working hours (8-12 and 1-5), a student can come directly to the Counseling Center at 240 Blow Memorial Hall or call the office at 221-3620.

Emergency service is also available outside of business hours, at night, and on weekends by calling the Campus Police at 221-4596.  They will contact the counselor on call.  If the counselor determines that the student should be evaluated immediately, we will make arrangements to see the student at the Student Health Center.

During the summer and college vacations, after-hours emergency services are available from Williamsburg Community Hospital, 259-6005.

 Related pages on our web site include:

• Services for friends, faculty and parents of students in distress
• How to handle students in distress: A guide for teaching faculty

• 221-4386    Student Health Center
• 221-2510    Dean of Students Office

• 258-5051    24 Hour Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Helpline
• 220-3200    Colonial Mental Health Center