Resources and Support

Counseling Services

UTHSC Counseling Services provide assistance for mental health needs 24 hours a day. 

For Counseling Services call:

• Academic Success: 901.448.5056 during working hours 
• If you are a student, faculty member, staff, or parent who would like to speak with a CARE Team for guidance with a student concern or crisis, please call the CARE phone at 901.448.CARE. This line is monitored 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 
• UHS: 901.448.5630 during working hours
• UHS Emergency After Hours Line: 901.541.5654

Student Counseling Services Knoxville, Nashville, and Chattanooga

Counseling Services in Chattanooga for Residents and Fellows

Lucy White, MEd, LPC-MHSP
Counselor 

960 East 3^rd Street, Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN  37403 

P: 423.778.9420 

https://uthsc.edu/comc/well-being/ 

• If you have UTHSC Student Health Insurance provided through United Healthcare, please find mental health providers off campus through Thriving Campus.  For more information about the insurance plan including a summary of benefits and premium costs, please visit www.uhcsr.com/uthsc.
• If you do not have Student Health Insurance, please find online resources below that will search according to insurance, location, etc.
  • Find a Counselor/Therapist
  • Find a Psychiatrist
  • Find Behavioral Health Treatments and Services

Additional counseling and wellness resources

Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Lifelines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Suicide Prevention Lifelines: 988 or 1.800.273.8255 (TALK)
For Hearing and Speech Impaired with TTY Equipment: 1.800.799.4TTY (4889) 
Someone I know may be at risk of suicide-JED
JED Foundation

Emergencies

If you are concerned about immediate self-harm or harm to someone else, emergency services should be accessed. 

For Emergencies call:

• UTHSC Campus Police: 901.448.4444
• Off Campus Emergencies: 911
• Academic Success: 901.448.5056 during working hours
• If you are a student, faculty member, staff, or parent who would like to speak with a CARE Team for guidance with a student concern or crisis, please call the CARE phone at 901.448.CARE. This line is monitored 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 
• UHS: 901.448.5630 during working hours
• UHS Emergency After Hours Line: 901.541.5654
• Suicide Prevention Lifelines are open 24/7: 988 or 1.800.273.8255 (TALK)
• For Hearing and Speech Impaired with TTY Equipment: 1.800.799.4TTY
• Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 to message with a trained crisis counselor

To make a report about sexual assault, please contact The Title IX coordinator Michael Alston at 901.448.2112.

Additional Emergency Resources

To share a concern about a student

Someone I know may be at risk of suicide