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Student Mental Health at MIT
When should you give us a call? What can we do? Learn how MIT Medical’s Student Mental Health and Counseling Services can help you.
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Self-care resources
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Group counseling
MIT Medical’s Student Mental Health and Counseling Services offers a variety of support, discussion, and skill-based groups for MIT Students.
Overview
Student Mental Health and Counseling Services is available for telehealth visits* and in-person appointments. We see nearly 21 percent of the student body each year, and about 29 percent of students in a given class by the time they graduate. We can provide:
- Evaluations and consultations
- Brief treatment (counseling/psychotherapy and medication)
- Off-campus counseling referrals and support
- Outreach, education, and prevention
- self-care resources
- Urgent care
- Group counseling
- Support for eating concerns
- Advice when you are worried about a friend, colleague, or student
- Help for departments, labs, and centers that are dealing with traumatic events, sudden losses, or other troubling situations
- Psychology Training Programs
*Because some states have laws restricting the provision of telehealth services across state lines, MIT Medical’s telehealth services are available only to patients who are physically located in Massachusetts at the time of the appointment.

MIT Medical’s Student Mental Health & Counseling Services is fully accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS). IACS Accreditation is a voluntary, peer review, evaluative process involving a written self-study and the adherence to established standards of practice.
Care Providers
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Christine Boie, P.M.H.C.N.S. - B.C.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Christina Brothers, L.I.C.S.W.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Julianne M. Croes, L.I.C.S.W.
Cambridge
English, Papiamento, Spanish
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Linda Finguerra, P.M.H.N.P.-B.C.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Joanna Goldsmith, L.I.C.S.W.
Mia Gore, M.D.
Yvette N. LeBlanc Gundry, L.M.H.C.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Xiaolu Hsi, Ph.D.
Cambridge
English, Chinese
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Eileen Huttlin, M.D.
Araceli M. Isenia, L.I.C.S.W.
Cambridge
English, Dutch, Spanish
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Leslie Langston, L.I.C.S.W.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Antonio Lim, M.D.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
John H. Lloyd, M.D.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Evelyne Lo, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., P.M.H.C.N.S.-B.C.
Cambridge
English, Cantonese Chinese
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Sevan Makhoulian, Ph.D.
Johanna Malaga, Psy.D.
Cambridge
English, Spanish
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Erik A. Marks, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Jaime Francisco Matorras, L.M.H.C.
Cambridge
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Maria Minkova, Psy.D.
Alyssa Norton, L.I.C.S.W.
Maureen O. Rezendes, Ph.D.
Cambridge
English, Azorean Portuguese
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Haleh Rokni, M.D.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Karen Singleton, Ph.D.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Englann Taylor, Ph.D.
David Todtfeld, L.I.C.S.W.
Anthony Van Niel, M.D.
Evan J. Waldheter, Ph.D.
Cambridge
English
Student Mental Health & Counseling Services
Rachel Weiner, L.I.C.S.W.
Resources & Links
Emergency Phone Numbers
- MIT Medical Student Mental Health and Counseling: 617-253-2916
- Massachusetts General Hospital Acute Psychiatric Services (APS): 617-726-2994
- Cambridge Health Alliance: 617-665-1560
On campus
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Student Support Services (S3)
617-253-4861
s3-support@mit.edu
Virtual walk-ins: M–F, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. and 2 p.m.–4 p.m. ETS3 can help students who are concerned that they may fall behind on academic work due to personal or medical circumstances. In addition to general support, S3 provides:
- Advocacy for students at Committee on Academic Performance meetings
- Communication with faculty regarding excused student work make-ups and/or absences
- Review and approval of requests for leave and return to MIT
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Graduate Personal Support (GPS)
617-253-4860
Room 3-138Graduate Personal Support staff in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Education can provide advice on a variety of issues, including:
- Faculty/student relationships
- Conflict negotiation
- Academic progress
- Interpersonal concerns
- Student rights and responsibilities
- Employee Support Programs: MIT and MIT Medical offer several support programs to help employees achieve greater physical and mental wellbeing.
- MyLife Services (formerly known as the MIT Personal Assistance Program) is an employee benefit for faculty, staff, postdoc associates and postdoc fellows, and family members that provides up to four free and confidential counseling sessions per person, per concern, with a licensed mental health professional.
FAQs
- Antidepressants: Around 10 percent of American adults take antidepressants to treat depression, panic attacks, chronic anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Is an antidepressant right for you?
- Common reactions to traumatic events: Everyone responds differently to a traumatic event, but this FAQ explains some typical reactions and answers questions about coping and recovery.
- Hospitalizations: Though hospitalizations occur only rarely, students often have questions about this topic. Here are answers to some of the most common questions we hear.
- Medical leave from MIT: What is medical leave, when is it recommended, and what would one mean to your future at MIT? Learn the answers to these and other questions here.
Useful links
- Mental health and substance abuse benefits for MIT students: Coverage for services at MIT Medical and elsewhere.
- Mental health and substance abuse benefits for MIT employees: Coverage under MIT employee health plans.
- Ulifeline.org: Download practical information about mental health topics, get tips on taking care of yourself at school, take a self-evaluation, ask questions, and seek help anonymously.
- Go Ask Alice! Ask questions anonymously about general health and other topics, including relationships, sexuality, sexual health, emotional health, fitness, nutrition, alcohol, and drugs.
- MedlinePlus: The National Institutes of Health and U.S. Library of Medicine provides information on many health and medical topics, including mental health and behavior.