Current Students

Drop-In Consultations

Counseling Services will return for Autumn Semester

If you are in need of assistance before that time, below are several resources you may want to consider.

If you need immediate assistance, please utilize one of the following emergency resources:

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 9-8-8
    • For Veterans’ Crisis Line press 1
  • National 24/7 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
  • 24/7 Ohio State University Crisis Line for students:  614-292-5766 option #2
  • The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ youth):  866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
  • I’m Alive online chat at www.imalive.org 
  • Crisis Text Line:  Text START to 741-741

Other resources for Ohio State Students:  Visit Lima Counseling Services website for a list of additional resources available to OSU Lima students:  go.osu.edu/LimaStudentResources

If you are in need of therapy / counseling

  • Check with your health insurance provider to find a list of therapists in your area that are covered 
  • Check with your employer (or parents’ employers) to see if an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) is available to you.  These usually provide several free sessions to employees and their dependents. 
  • There are several reputable sites for telehealth therapy services.  Some will accept health insurance.  Others are cash only, but some financial assistance may be available. 

**NEW**Let’s Talk Consultations – informal mental health consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s FREE and CONFIDENTIAL and open to all currently registered Ohio State Lima students. It's a great option for students who may not need traditional counseling, but who could benefit from one-on-one support and consultation.

Let’s Talk sessions are available various times, Monday through Friday via Zoom or by phone.  Sign up here: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/LetsTalkScheduling@buckeyemail.osu.edu/bookings/ 

What to Expect

  • If you sign up for a Zoom meeting, a link will be sent to your OSU email address to join the meeting.  If you sign up for a phone meeting, a counselor will call the phone number you provided at the meeting time. 
  • One-on-one, 15 to 20-minute informal consultations with staff from Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS)
  • No paperwork is needed ahead of time (minimal demographic information will be gathered for the purpose of tracking our delivery of service).
  • New insight and solutions to your problems and information about other resources on and off campus

Disclaimer

  • Let’s Talk is an informal consultation only. Let’s Talk is not counseling.
  • Let’s Talk conversations are not part of students’ releasable records.
  • Although Let's Talk consultants are mental health professionals, Let's Talk consultations do not constitute mental health treatment.
  • Limits to confidentiality - When there is an immediate threat of harm to you or others, Let's Talk counselors are required by law to report this. When a minor, vulnerable adult, or animal is being abused, Let's Talk consultants are also required by law to report this.
  • If your Let's Talk consultant assesses that you could benefit from a higher level of care, every effort will be made to refer you to other appropriate resources at the university and the surrounding community.