Counseling Services

Pursuing your college education is a big deal! This phase of your life can be filled with some really exciting times, but it can also involve times that are more challenging. Counseling services are available to students throughout their college experience. The department provides free, confidential mental health care, as well as individualized referrals to mental health partners in the community. This can look like individual therapy, group therapy, medication prescription, and care coordination. Our therapists and prescribers work hard to meet students where they are in their journey and have training in areas like developmental concerns, identity exploration, social justice, and trauma-informed practice.

Explore Counseling Services

How to Make an Appointment

An infographic about how to make an appointment: Step 1: Prepare by knowing your availability and setting aside time to call, 2. Choose appointment type: Initial consultation for long-term therapy and psychiatric medication (schedule on Patient Portal or call 413-585-2800) or crisis appointment for urgent mental health challenges (call 413-585-2800).

After an Appointment

During your initial consultation, you and the therapist will have a conversation about what kinds of needs you have, what resources you have, and what support option(s) best fit those needs. There is some availability to see students on campus for therapy. When students have adequate resources (e.g., insurance, family support, financial resources), they may be referred off-campus for therapy. 

Students who are referred off campus are provided with a personalized list of referrals and tools for reaching out, and they will receive follow up after their appointment to see if they need further help connecting to therapy.

Options after an initial consultation include:

Referred to ongoing therapy at Schacht

ARC letter discussion

Referred to medication prescriber

Referred to dietitian

Referred to group therapy

Referred to ongoing therapy off-campus

Gender affirming care discussion

Fall 2026 Support Groups

All groups are held on the second floor of the Schacht Center unless otherwise noted.

To register, email counselingservices@smith.edu. 

First-Gen Support Group
Mondays from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
with Sarah

Unmask (if you want to): A Neurodivergence Group
Mondays from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
with Sherri and JK

Unpacking Home: Drop-in for Anyone Struggling with Family
Mondays from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
with Greenlee

Healing from Disordered Eating
Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
with Sherri

Rest is Resistance: A Group for Collective Napping
Wednesdays from 4 to 5:15 p.m.
with Mahajoy

Eye Movement for Racial Healing
Thursdays from 4 to 5:15 p.m.
with Mahajoy

Grief Support Group
Fridays from 12:15 to 1:10 p.m.
with Meg

TGIF: Trans Group? It’s Friday!
Fridays from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Resource Center for Sexuality & Gender
with Sunny

Contact the Schacht Center for Health & Wellness

Schacht Center for Health & Wellness
Smith College
21 Belmont Avenue
Northampton, MA 01063

Hours:
M, T, Th, F 8:30 a.m–4:30 p.m.
W noon–4:30 p.m.

Phone: 413-585-2800

If there is an emergency, call Campus Safety at 413-585-5555

For non-urgent concerns, email us: