If you have an urgent mental health concern and need immediate mental health support, please call (970) 491-6053 to speak with an on-call counselor from the CSU Health Network now. This number is available 24/7, including on weekends and holidays.

For suicide hotlines not connected to CSU:

• Colorado Crisis Services: (970) 494-4200
• Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 9-8-8
• Transgender Suicide Prevention Hotline (Trans Lifeline): (877) 565-8860

Non-CSU walk-In Crisis Services are available at Summitstone, a community organization. 

If you or someone else is in a life-threatening emergency, please call 911.

In order to access some of our services, you may need to have an internal referral or screening.  For students interested in accessing group therapy or brief individual counseling the first step is to visit Mental Health Services during drop-in hours, located on the third floor of the CSU Health and Medical Center.

During drop-in hours, you can meet with an on-call counselor to co-create a wellness plan with services that are best for you based on your unique circumstances.

Mental Health Services Drop-In Hours

• Mondays: 9 a.m.– 3:30 p.m
• Tuesdays: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesdays: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Thursdays: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Fridays: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and/or have a disability also can access Multicultural Counseling Drop-In Hours. These times are reserved for you to meet with one of our Multicultural Counseling Team members, who specialize in working with students from diverse backgrounds. These appointments are brief and are designed to help students: access counseling services, process personal conflict, work on identity specific concerns, and/or seek guidance from a mental health professional with a marginalized identity.

How to access:

1. Drop-in at Mental Health Services Monday – Thursday 1:00 – 3:00 pm, or call Mental Health Services at 970-491-6053.  Tell the front desk staff “I’d like to schedule a Multicultural Consult appointment”.  Please do not contact providers directly.  Students in need of mental health crisis intervention can also call Mental Health Services at 970-491-6053, or use our after-hours care options.

Note: Students in need of mental health crisis intervention can also call Counseling Services at (970) 491-6053.

The Health Network partners with the Pride Resource Center to offer weekly confidential support groups for LGBTQIA+ and questioning students:

• Coming Out & Being Out Support Group
• Transgender & Genderfluid Support Group

Learn more about these and other support groups, such as:

• Trauma Skills Group
• BIPOC Support Group
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Support Group
• Body Positive
• Depression Skills Group
• and more.

Looking for non-CSU groups, therapists or services? Check these out:

Eclectic of Northern Colorado
Transgender, Intersex and Gender Re-Defining support group for Northern Colorado

Queer Asterisk

Queer Asterisk is a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing queer-informed counseling services, educational trainings, and community programming.

Rainbow Circles

A Northern Colorado organization that primarily serves LGBTQIA+ youth, adults, partners, and families.

Summitstone

Provides behavioral health prevention, intervention, and treatment in Larimer County, treating mental health and addiction for people of all ages, including LGBTQIA+ specific care.

Yarrow Collective

A Northern Colorado organization offering mental health support ‘by and for’ people with lived experience of mental health and substance use struggles.

Online Resources through the CSU Health Network:

• YOU@CSU – Explore campus resources, and find personalized tips and tools for everything from your mental and physical health, to friendships and finding balance. Login at you.colostate.edu or through RAMweb.
• SilverCloud Health– Self-guided online programs based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you enhance well-being, manage anxiety and depression, improve your sleep, boost your body image, and more.
• Nod app – Strengthen your connections –A free app that offers ideas for strengthening social ties. Using evidence-based practices, the app reminds us of the small things we can do to create positive moments for ourselves and the people we care about.
• Mindfulness Apps– Unwinding Anxiety, Insight Timer, Headspace, StopBreatheThink, Smiling Mind, The Shine App, Liberate Meditation, and Calm are apps that offer many ways to practice and learn about mindfulness to enhance well-being.
• Financial Wellness Education – The Canvas Financial Wellness online modules will boost your financial know-how and help you learn to manage your money in college and beyond. Topics include understanding student loan debt, using credit cards responsibly, sticking to a budget, and more.
• Substance use Screening and Brief Intervention Tools – The following tools screen for concerns related to your substance use and provide personalized feedback and connections to resources both on campus and in the community.
  • Impact Feedback – Get confidential feedback about your current substance use, find out how it compares to other students’ use and get connected with resources.
  • Cannabis eCHECKUP TO GO – This personalized, evidence-based program provides individual feedback about behavior and risk factors related to cannabis use and provides campus and community resources.

Try other apps for your phone such as:

• Meditation
  • Headspace
  • Insight Timer
  • Smiling Mind
• Stress
  • Calm
  • Aura
  • The Mindfulness App
• Depression/Self Harm
  • What’s Up
  • Calm Harm

The Pride Resource Center offers a few ways to help you get connected to other LGBTQIA+ folks on campus.

• Rams in Q’mmunity Mentoring Program
  • Join a Family Group and get paired with a mentor through the Pride Resource Center. It’s a great way to meet others, ask for advice, and access resources to support you in and out of CSU.
• Come to one of our events.
  • Check out our Event Calendar to learn more about what events, speakers, and celebrations we have coming up.
• See more opportunities to get involved under our Finding Community tab!