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Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center

The Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center is the counseling service and training facility housed in the College of Education on the Purdue University campus. The mental health clinic serves the Greater Lafayette area and Purdue University. Established in 1953, the Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center assists people with a variety of educational, career, and personal problems.

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About

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About The Center

The Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center (PCGC) is the counseling service and training facility housed in the College of Education on the Purdue University campus. The mental health clinic serves the Greater Lafayette area and Purdue University. Established in 1953, the PCGC assists people with a variety of educational, career, and personal problems. Current staff members are qualified graduate counseling psychology students in-training who are supervised by faculty from the Counseling Psychology Program. The Counseling Psychology program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychology Association (APA), 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, (202) 336-5979.

All counselors are well prepared for this work and are completing requirements for a doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology.

Services

Provided Services

We provide individual and group counseling services to Purdue University student, faculty, and staff and to adults in the community at-large. Individuals come to the PCGC seeking personal growth as well as assistance with a variety of career and personal concerns.

The PCGC serves those whose concerns and problems are not of a magnitude that prevents them from meeting daily responsibilities and those who are not in crisis. We do not provide psychiatric or medical service, nor can we serve those individuals with severe psychological disorders. If due to being a training clinic we are unable to meet the needs of a client, we will provide appropriate referrals to community agencies.

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Appointments

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Make an Appointment

Regular appointments are arranged between the client and the assigned counselor. At the end of each Academic Year, counselor assignments may change. If additional counseling is needed, the counselor will transfer a client to another counselor or refer to an appropriate agency.

Counseling sessions are generally 45-50 minutes and typically occur weekly depending on the needs of the client.

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Meet the Counselors

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Karabella Hernandez

Karabella Hernandez

Graduate Student Director

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Naisargi (Ness) Mehta

Naisargi (Ness) Mehta

Graduate Student

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In Case of an Emergency

If you experience a mental health emergency, including feeling that you are unable to keep yourself safe, please seek help immediately by calling 9-1-1 or your local police. You may also go to the nearest hospital emergency room.

Additional options for immediate assistance:

  • Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 (call or text)
  • Purdue Student Help and Crisis line (operates 24/7): call (765) 494-6995; option 1

Resources

The PCGC is also used to provide initial training for counseling psychology students in various counseling and assessment courses. These courses sometimes incorporate a limited number of supervised sessions with clients, near the end of the course. Additionally, the space is used for undergraduate students taking EDPS 315 to practice role plays focusing on interpersonal communication skills.

This list of resources was compiled as a reference for use by those seeking additional mental health services. We prepared this directory as a convenience to our patients to help identify other available resources. Please note: These providers are not affiliated with Purdue University, and inclusion in this directory does not imply endorsement of the listed treatment providers by Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center. Purdue University assumes no liability associated with services provided by outside community treatment providers. Please contact your insurance company directly to verify that the person you schedule an appointment with is in-network with your specific insurance plan.**

Counseling Referral Resources

Emergency Referral Resources

**Additional resources available upon request

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Academic Programs

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Contact Us

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Contact the Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center main office at (765) 494-9738 or by email at pcgc@purdue.edu.