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Crisis* Services

Students are encouraged to contact Student Counseling Service (SCS) by calling 847-578-8723 or emailing, using their RFUMS email, to our confidential email at scs@rosalindfranklin.edu (use Virtru for added security). Please indicate you need same day contact due to a crisis* situation. A licensed clinician or supervised clinician in training will contact you in order to learn more about the crisis* situation and to determine needed intervention/s. 

Student Counseling Service offers in-person walk-in time at 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday to serve students in crisis*. You will be required to follow current guidelines related to screening and/or mask-wearing. A licensed clinician or supervised clinician in training will meet with you in order to learn more about the crisis* situation and to determine needed intervention/s. 

After-hours Crisis* Services

After-hours, weekends, holidays and any day when the Student Counseling Service is not open students are encouraged to take advantage of one of the following crisis* service options:

  1. Dial 988 to be connected to already existing network of crisis centers across the country
  2. National Crisis Hotline at 800-748-2433
  3. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255
  4. The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Suicide Hotline) at 866-488-7386
  5. Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860
  6. Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
  7. Crisis Text Line for Students of Color: Text STEVE to 741741
  8. Rosalind Franklin University's Department of Campus Security at 847-578-3288. Security can be reached by dialing 3288 from any campus phone.

*Please note that anyone currently experiencing intent and plan to engage in suicidal and homicidal action should immediately contact 911 or go to the closest hospital emergency room.

Campus-wide Crisis

Student Counseling Service clinicians are also available for campus-wide crisis. Should there be a difficult situation that involves more than one student or system, there are a variety of ways Student Counseling Service may be of assistance. Please email scs@rosalindfranklin.edu. You can use Virtru for added security when emailing. You can also call us on our confidential voicemail at 847-578-8723; please always leave a message.