Welcome to Counseling & Behavioral Health Services!
Our summer office hours are M – F from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For administrative or scheduling matters, please leave a clear, brief message with your full name and contact number. We will return your call as soon as possible.
For campus safety emergencies 24/7, including overdose, call University Police at 914.251.6911.
To speak with a mental health crisis counselor, call or text 988 for free, confidential help from the national suicide and crisis lifeline staff.
The confidential county Sexual Assault crisis hotline is 833.220.2444.
Counseling and Behavioral Health Services will return to providing student counseling with the start of the Fall 2026 semester. To schedule an appointment please call 914-251-6390 or send an email to cou.counseling.center@purchase.edu
Explore Our Services
To schedule a confidential appointment (Fall and Spring Semesters) students may walk in, call to reserve at (914) 251-6390 M-F, from 9 am–5 pm, or email their phone contact to: COU.counseling.center@purchase.edu. Campus Advocacy Services are available to help any student with sexual assault or interpersonal violence.
Mental Health Crisis (Fall and Spring Semesters)
If you are in crisis and need to speak to someone immediately during regular business hours, please contact our office (914) 251-6390 or drop-in at the Center.
After 5 p.m. and on weekends, the Purchase College-On-Call Counselor or Campus Victim Advocate can be contacted for mental health emergencies or a first response for interpersonal violence via the confidential Nurse Advice Line at 1-888-969-3911.
Services are free, voluntary, and confidential. We provide remote registration and intake appointments. After intake, students may discuss with their counselor a preferred session modality.
*Please note : if classes and activities are canceled due to inclement weather we may be working remotely. If you have questions please call the office at 914-251-6390.
Please review our Scope of Practice for details. We offer the following services:
Clinical services are provided to matriculated students through the Student Health Fee.
The Harbor Center’s health promotion activities help students build resiliency as a community while increasing individual and collective student well-being. Collaborative, holistic health promotion programming can be constructed with you by contacting Sara Herskowitz at sara.herskowitz@purchase.edu.
The Harbor Center is located on the first floor of Fort Awesome (rooms 135 & 136) The Harbor Center is a programming hub for Counseling and Behavioral Health Services. CBHS main office is located in the Lower Level of Humanities.
The Harbor Center in Fort Awesome Rm. 135&136 offers Purchase students a relaxing, substance-free, programming and peer social space. Contact CBHS Main Office 914-251-6390, or COU.Counseling.Center@Purchase.edu, to request to reserve the Harbor Center for your club or organization special events.
We recruit and train Health Promotion Interns each year to provide peer educational programs. Health Promotion Internships create opportunities for trained peer educators to engage with the campus community and offer a range of activities to help all students manage stress, increase well-being and enjoy life.
CBHS works with the Office of Community Standards to help students sanctioned as a result of violations of the Code of Conduct to complete education and harm reduction interventions. If sanctioned please call the CBHS office at 914-251-6390.
