Counseling
Resources
Online Brochures
Select a title from below if the topic interests you. Please contact any of our counseling staff to discuss any matters related to these subject areas.
- "Beyond Why? Coping with Grief and Loss" - personal loss
- "Prevent Sexual Assault" - sexual assault
Counseling Resources - Helpful Links
You will find these links helpful in addressing many areas of concern to college students. Numerous colleges and universities have provided the pamphlet collections. These are for your personal use. Please do not reproduce and distribute without receiving permission from the counseling center that developed the pamphlet.
The counselors in the Office of the Dean of Students are available to discuss these topics with you. Call 494-1254 to make an appointment with a counselor.
The Unabridged Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
College Drinking: Changing the Culture
Be Safe Area
Children of Alcoholics Foundation
Campus Resources
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
The CAPS interdisciplinary, multi-culturally sensitive staff includes a psychiatrist, psychologists, social workers, and other counselors. Counseling is available to students, spouses, or their partners. During office hours, walk-in counseling is available in cases of immediate crisis.
Phone: (765) 494-6995
Location: Psychological Sciences Building, Room 1120
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Phone: (765) 494-1707
Location: Purdue University Student Health Center (PUSH)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Counseling and Guidance Center
Counseling is available to Purdue students and staff, community members, adults, and adolescents. Please call or stop in the office to make an appointment.
Phone: (765) 494-9738
Location: Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education (BRNG), Room 3202
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Purdue Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy Clinic
Counseling sessions are available by appointment both day and evening (and Saturdays). To make an appointment or referral, call the clinic secretary.
Phone: (765) 494-2939
Location: Fowler Memorial House, 1200 West State Street
Hours: Varied, call for appointment
Community Resources
Lafayette Crisis Center - Available 24 hours, (765) 742-0244
Information and Referral: (765) 423-2255
Location: 1244 North 15th Street, Lafayette
Planned Parenthood of Indiana
Location: 1016 East Main Street, Lafayette
Phone: (765) 742-9073
Rape Hotline - Available 24 hours
Phone: (765) 427-RAPE (7273)
Home Hospital
Location: 2400 South Street, Lafayette
Phone: (765) 447-6811
Saint Elizabeth Hospital
Location: 1501 Hartford Street, Lafayette
Phone: (765) 423-6011
Purdue University Police Department
Phone: 911 for emergency services
Phone: (765) 494-8221
West Lafayette Police Department
Phone: (765) 463-3535
Lafayette Police Department
Phone: (765) 742-4045
Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department
Phone: (765) 423-9388
Women's Shelter
Phone: (765) 423-1118
Online Resources
URelate is a website dedicated to helping Purdue students learn more about relationships. This website is sponsored by the Indiana Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Project. Please visit www.purdue.edu/urelate for more information!
ULifeline is an anonymous, confidential, web-based resource, where college students can be comfortable searching for the information they need and want regarding mental health and suicide prevention. ULifeline is available where college students seek information the most — at their fingertips on the Internet. Using relationships developed with college administrations over the past six years, ULifeline has customized presences on over 600 college campuses, the content of which is controlled and set by the relevant local college mental health professional. Additionally, ULifeline provides campus-specific information about where and how to seek help that can be created and updated by the local college administration.
The most recent version of ULifeline, http://www.ulifeline.org, launched in February 2006, includes a new look, enhanced student features, and a new component called Counseling Central, built exclusively for college mental health and student affairs professionals.
ULifeline is a program of The Jed Foundation, the nation’s leading organization working to prevent suicide and improve the mental health of college students, and is overseen by an expert board of mental health professionals. The Jed Foundation provides ULifeline to all colleges and universities free of charge, regardless of the size or type of institution.