Mailing Address
Kalamazoo College Student Health and Counseling Center
1200 Academy Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006
Office Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9 AM – 4 PM when class is in session
Location:
The Student Health and Counseling Center is located in Hicks Center (campus map #12) First Floor, West Wing. If you enter from the center quad of campus, go through the front door and to the right. Go up one set of stairs and turn right past the game room. We are on the left side of the hallway.
To make an appointment:
Schedule an appointment in your MyChart, stop in, or call 269.337.7200. Urgent/Walk in visits are available during open hours.
Emergency Services:
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline
- Gryphon Place Help Line: Dial 2-1-1 or 269.381.HELP (4357)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1.800.273.8255
- National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1.800.656.4673
- Steve Fund Crisis Text Line: Text STEVE to 741741
- Campus Safety: 269.337.7321
Confidentiality:
The fact that you are seeing us and the content of our session is confidential information. We do not give this information out—even to faculty members, coaches, parents, or RAs—unless you give us your consent. Typically, that consent involves filling out a short, written form that indicates with whom we may communicate and about what. There is an exception to this policy of strict confidentiality. It involves those situations where we believe that you are unable to continue functioning, are a threat to yourself or the safety of others or inform of us others in potential danger (e.g., current abuse of children or vulnerable adults). In those cases, we are ethically and legally bound as psychologists and counselors to inform persons who can help reduce the risks of harm. Most often, those people are family members and/or the residence hall staff. The Dean of Students is also informed of these very serious situations.
Sometimes our student interns will tape-record sessions for their learning process. This is always done with permission from the client first. All session tapes are kept in a confidential file in the Counseling Center which is only available to the Counseling Center staff. These recordings are destroyed at the end of each academic year.