This Student Wellness Guide is designed to support students in your wellness journey. You will find resources available at Columbia College Chicago and beyond.

In addition to emergency, medical, and mental health care services listed on the first page, you can explore 

resources related to eight dimensions of wellness:

ACADEMIC / FINANCIAL / CAREER / SPIRITUAL / EMOTIONAL / PHYSICAL / SOCIAL / ENVIRONMENTAL

      Services are designed to offer immediate support and long-term wellbeing strategies:

• Short-term counseling
• Acute care/stabilization
• Consultation line
  • A dedicated phone number for students, parents, faculty, and staff seeking advice on supporting or directing a current student needing social-emotional support and mental health resources.
• Drop-in Decompression Space
  • A therapeutic wellness space consistently staffed by the mental heal team offering decompression, quiet, therapy resources, and self-help framework care.
• Therapeutic case management
• Referral support
• 24/7 mental health care via TimelyCare, Columbia's virtual medical and mental health platform

From Columbia Counseling Services: If you are having a life-threatening emergency, please contact 911 or go immediately to the nearest Emergency Room.

List of Emergency Rooms closest to Campus:

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital - 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611
• Insight Hospital & Medical Center - 2525 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
• Rush University Medical Center - 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60612
• University of Illinois Hospital - 1740 W. Taylor, Chicago, IL 60612