Counseling and Mental Health Services

Our work goes beyond counseling. Counseling and Mental Health Services supports the emotional well-being and academic success of San Francisco State University students through compassionate counseling, inclusive education, outreach, and consultation. We strive to create a welcoming and equitable environment that responds to the diverse needs of our campus community.

Counseling and Mental Health Services provides brief counseling services that give students a supportive space to explore personal, emotional, social and academic concerns. Common areas of support include relationships, anxiety, depression, identity development, sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity, substance use, academic challenges and uncertainty about direction. While we primarily offer brief treatment, we can also help students connect with long-term care when ongoing

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Types of Appointments

Get the support you need. We have resources for students, staff and faculty, including crisis help and survivor support.

Consultation Appointments

Consultations help students talk through concerns and decide what type of support may be most helpful. Counselors may recommend follow-up services, resources or case management.

Individual Brief Counseling

Brief counseling gives students space to explore personal, emotional, social or academic concerns. Appointments are typically 45 minutes and may be in person or by Zoom.

Same Day Support Sessions

Same Day Support sessions are one-time, 45-minute appointments focused on a specific concern. Students meet with a counselor to explore strategies and next steps.

Crisis Appointments

Students experiencing urgent emotional distress that cannot wait may contact Counseling and Mental Health for a crisis appointment.

Case Management Services

Case management helps students connect with resources, use insurance benefits and find long-term therapy or other support in the community.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry medication services are available by referral only. Students may be referred by a Counseling and Mental Health provider for medication evaluation, consultation, or medication management when clinically appropriate. 

Note: ADHD evaluations and ADHD medication treatment are not provided through Counseling and Mental Health.

Let's Talk Meetings

Whether it is stress, sadness, relationship problems or academic pressures, sharing your concern with another person can make a positive difference. It is a place where you can talk about concerns and receive expert suggestions about solutions and resources or just have someone to listen and offer support. 

Let's Talk meetings are:

• Free and available to all San Francisco State students (must login with your SFSU email account)
• Offered on a first-come, first-served basis (no appointment necessary)
• Informal and confidential, and not a substitute for counseling
• Typically 15-20 minutes in length

Although Let's Talk counselors are also mental health professionals, Let's Talk is not a substitute for formal counseling or psychotherapy and does not constitute mental health treatment.

Monday 11:00-Noon meetings (beginning August 24):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89165502759?pwd=hTFhGOofMEUXPMhg6FvIan3k4fzpeC.1

Meeting ID: 891 6550 2759

Passcode: 569626

Thursday  1:00-2:00pm meetings (beginning August 27):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86478003448?pwd=aFAGJBpphXcyjj1i7WD79bMiXeFxBC.1

Meeting ID: 864 7800 3448

Passcode: 165193