Self-care resources

Dear MIT Students:

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming societal stressors and forces that negatively impact our mental, physical, and spiritual health as well as our sense of wellbeing and safety in the world. Please know that your mental health and wellbeing is our highest priority and Student Mental Health & Counseling Services includes a diverse and dedicated team of professionals committed to serving MIT students in culturally competent and affirming ways.

I encourage any student who is experiencing distress to call us at 617-253-2916. We are available Monday–Thursday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. We can respond to any mental health-related inquiries or urgent concerns, connect you with one of our providers, or help match you with a mental health professional in the community. As always, clinicians are on call for emergencies 24 hours a day. We are thinking of you and committed to your wellbeing — please do not hesitate to reach out.

We encourage everyone to continue engaging in healthy self-care, and we look forward to connecting with you. Below are some resources, including podcasts, videos, and other resources to help MIT students navigating life at MIT.

Kind regards,
Karen Singleton, Ph.D.
Associate Medical Director; Chief of Student Mental Health & Counseling Services

Videos | Podcasts

Videos

Dealing with exam anxiety

Senior Clinical Social Worker Leslie Langston offers advice for understanding and coping with exam anxiety and reducing stress using the mind/body connection.

Baking Bread with Tony Lim

Feeling stressed about everything that's going on in the world? Knead it out! Join Dr. Antonio Lim for a sourdough bread tutorial with stress management tips.

Fight, flight, or freeze with Dr. Daniel Debowy

Dr. Daniel Debowy discusses how the alert systems in our brains are activated by external stressors and offers guidance for managing our instinctual responses to these alerts, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.