Reviews of OSU Counseling and Consultation Service (Psychologist)

Ruth .

I've been on the "waiting list" forever. Never heard back from them. You probably don't get to see them unless you are "super sick."

Christopher Yeater

An utter and absolute failure for the students at the university. Functions merely as a hub for referring students elsewhere after making them wait exorbitant periods for a 30 minute assessment . The university is responsible for the shocking lack of funding and resources here. If you ever have any need for counseling or consultation, you'd be better off going to a bar, talking to a friend, or googling third party services in the area.

Carrie O'Brien

The psychiatrist I had during my time at OSU was a very qualified and kind individual. However due to budget cuts a few years ago they let go of a phenomenonal person whom I had grown to know for several years. OSU wants to boast about their mental health awareness and programs but they certainly do not spend their money on it. They should really consider funding the counseling center far more than they currently do...

Tyler Cloud

The services here are profoundly sub par. I highly recommend find some other place that takes OSU insurance. I am sure these folks help some, but I wish they had better equipped facilities with more staff that provide a wider range of support options. Their approach seems a few decades behind.

Ruth

I've been on the "waiting list" forever. Never heard back from them. You probably don't get to see them unless you are "super sick."

Christopher Yeater

An utter and absolute failure for the students at the university. Functions merely as a hub for referring students elsewhere after making them wait exorbitant periods for a 30 minute assessment . The university is responsible for the shocking lack of funding and resources here. If you ever have any need for counseling or consultation, you'd be better off going to a bar, talking to a friend, or googling third party services in the area.

Carrie O'Brien

The psychiatrist I had during my time at OSU was a very qualified and kind individual. However due to budget cuts a few years ago they let go of a phenomenonal person whom I had grown to know for several years. OSU wants to boast about their mental health awareness and programs but they certainly do not spend their money on it. They should really consider funding the counseling center far more than they currently do...

Tyler Cloud

The services here are profoundly sub par. I highly recommend find some other place that takes OSU insurance. I am sure these folks help some, but I wish they had better equipped facilities with more staff that provide a wider range of support options. Their approach seems a few decades behind.

khayla slemp

Kinda incompetent. They don’t have real psychologist. They have interns talk to you. If you express any emotion, it’s a pink slip for you. This whole thing is why students are pushing for better mental health help. OSU has the money to provide this to students but chooses not to. Kinda seems like they don’t really care. Overall, It’s kinda a facade. You think you’re going to get some type of mental health help but that’s what they say to get money from insurance companies.

Jeffrey Li

Got put on a waitlist for 6 months, then got an email telling me to go somewhere else.

William Feuss

This is a medium-sized mental health clinic operated by Ohio State University exclusively for its students. Even though it is a part of OSU, it is a separate entity from the Wexner Medical Center, Harding Hospital, and the Wilce Student Health Center in terms of medical records, scheduling, billing, and clinicians. They do not take any insurance except for OSU Student Health Insurance, but any OSU student gets about ten free individual sessions a year and then pays a small fee for every appointment after that. Group therapy sessions are always free for students. CCS also offers one-on-one individual therapy, psychiatrists for diagnosis and medication, and some limited psychological testing and couples counseling. I received excellent support in my therapy group and I also thought highly of my psychiatrist. My relationship with my first individual therapy soured with time but changing therapists was easily and professionally handled. Coordination of care between my therapist and my psychiatrist was also beneficial. I think this clinic offers valuable services I would recommend to any OSU undergrad, graduate, or professional student.

khayla slemp

Kinda incompetent. They don’t have real psychologist. They have interns talk to you. If you express any emotion, it’s a pink slip for you. This whole thing is why students are pushing for better mental health help. OSU has the money to provide this to students but chooses not to. Kinda seems like they don’t really care. Overall, It’s kinda a facade. You think you’re going to get some type of mental health help but that’s what they say to get money from insurance companies.

Jeffrey Li

Got put on a waitlist for 6 months, then got an email telling me to go somewhere else.

William Feuss

This is a medium-sized mental health clinic operated by Ohio State University exclusively for its students. Even though it is a part of OSU, it is a separate entity from the Wexner Medical Center, Harding Hospital, and the Wilce Student Health Center in terms of medical records, scheduling, billing, and clinicians. They do not take any insurance except for OSU Student Health Insurance, but any OSU student gets about ten free individual sessions a year and then pays a small fee for every appointment after that. Group therapy sessions are always free for students. CCS also offers one-on-one individual therapy, psychiatrists for diagnosis and medication, and some limited psychological testing and couples counseling. I received excellent support in my therapy group and I also thought highly of my psychiatrist. My relationship with my first individual therapy soured with time but changing therapists was easily and professionally handled. Coordination of care between my therapist and my psychiatrist was also beneficial. I think this clinic offers valuable services I would recommend to any OSU undergrad, graduate, or professional student.

Molly Moore

Good luck getting seen. I've tried and failed. I heard that you basically can't unless you tell them you're suicidal and I'm too scared to be locked up in an institution if I do that (even if it's sometimes true)

Josh Smith

Hello. My name is Josh and I struggle with Depression/Anxiety. Last year I scheduled a phone screening a month before school started and because I scheduled so early on, I got a reply and was seen right away. I had 8 helpful sessions throughout the year. They work really great as a resource. I was able to work past most of my mental issues. This year, I called 3 weeks before school started and did my phone screening. I just got an email (I am starting school this week) that I can schedule my first therapist appointment. I wouldn’t say I have a critical mental issue but I was diagnosed with depression/anxiety and sometimes it interferes with my daily life in a negative way. Overall Recommendation: Schedule a phone screening before the semester begins and if you don’t get to see a therapist, go to the 15 minute consultation called “Let’s Talk”.

Molly Moore

Good luck getting seen. I've tried and failed. I heard that you basically can't unless you tell them you're suicidal and I'm too scared to be locked up in an institution if I do that (even if it's sometimes true)

Josh Smith

Hello. My name is Josh and I struggle with Depression/Anxiety. Last year I scheduled a phone screening a month before school started and because I scheduled so early on, I got a reply and was seen right away. I had 8 helpful sessions throughout the year. They work really great as a resource. I was able to work past most of my mental issues. This year, I called 3 weeks before school started and did my phone screening. I just got an email (I am starting school this week) that I can schedule my first therapist appointment. I wouldn’t say I have a critical mental issue but I was diagnosed with depression/anxiety and sometimes it interferes with my daily life in a negative way. Overall Recommendation: Schedule a phone screening before the semester begins and if you don’t get to see a therapist, go to the 15 minute consultation called “Let’s Talk”.

Bob Sacamano

Understaffed, overworked, and underfunded. Ohio State is losing students to suicide at unacceptable rates but they can't seem to get CCS more funding. The campus has granite curbs and a cool clock tower though, so I guess we can feel good about that.

Dale Mitchell

While Ohio State's infrastructure for mental health is decent in quality, it's small in size. If you don't make an appointment early in a semester, expect to wait anywhere from two weeks to two months before you have an appointment. CCS needs to be expanded in order to better serve a large student population that continues to grow in size every year.

Aniliese Deal

OSU really likes to talk up their free counseling services, but then it’s so difficult to get access to them. I’ve never been able to go because of how long the waits are to see someone. They refused my friend, a student with supposedly ten free sessions, because she “wouldn’t benefit from their services” and then took an entire semester to finally start referring her to therapists in Columbus. And this was only after she had come back multiple times asking to use any of their services and being repeatedly turned away. Considering how many suicides Ohio State has had in the last year, you would think they would expand their counseling and support services. But it looks like all they can afford to do is put up a bunch of posters and send out an email with their support. The response is not meeting the need, and they have no right to advertise “great free counseling services” when their services are basically useless to most students.

Jessica Parker

I've referred some of my students to this resource only to find out that two months later, they still have not been able to schedule an in-person appointment. It's disappointing to have our University president recently downplay delays in CCS appointments...and frankly starting appointments on the hour when students are moving between classes that end either at 5 or 40 minutes after the hour is probably not best practice. On the the hour appointments makes it extremely difficult, especially for commuter undergraduates, to receive this kind of medical care. I've also heard mixed reviews from students that receive care. If they end up with a full-time staff member, the experience is generally very positive. If they end up with a graduate student trainee, consistency becomes a major issue as many trainees complete their time at CCS in as little as 6 months. Parking is also a reported issue - why they do not provide patient garage parking passes as they do at Wilce is beyond me - this is medical care and should be treated as such.

Jack D

Just a referral service, and a profoundly poor one at that. OSU likes to boast about it's counseling (as it does with everything else) yet chooses not to put much effort or money into it. The university has such an exorbitant amount of money yet chooses to spend it on clock towers and new buildings instead of improving the things (like education and student services) that are already there.

Bob Sacamano

Understaffed, overworked, and underfunded. Ohio State is losing students to suicide at unacceptable rates but they can't seem to get CCS more funding. The campus has granite curbs and a cool clock tower though, so I guess we can feel good about that.

Dale Mitchell

While Ohio State's infrastructure for mental health is decent in quality, it's small in size. If you don't make an appointment early in a semester, expect to wait anywhere from two weeks to two months before you have an appointment. CCS needs to be expanded in order to better serve a large student population that continues to grow in size every year.

Joey Froy

This place is awful my friend went here and wasn’t even aloud to make a phone call they basically gave her “inspirational” quotes and told her to walk it off.

Aniliese Deal

OSU really likes to talk up their free counseling services, but then it’s so difficult to get access to them. I’ve never been able to go because of how long the waits are to see someone. They refused my friend, a student with supposedly ten free sessions, because she “wouldn’t benefit from their services” and then took an entire semester to finally start referring her to therapists in Columbus. And this was only after she had come back multiple times asking to use any of their services and being repeatedly turned away. Considering how many suicides Ohio State has had in the last year, you would think they would expand their counseling and support services. But it looks like all they can afford to do is put up a bunch of posters and send out an email with their support. The response is not meeting the need, and they have no right to advertise “great free counseling services” when their services are basically useless to most students.

Jessica Parker

I've referred some of my students to this resource only to find out that two months later, they still have not been able to schedule an in-person appointment. It's disappointing to have our University president recently downplay delays in CCS appointments...and frankly starting appointments on the hour when students are moving between classes that end either at 5 or 40 minutes after the hour is probably not best practice. On the the hour appointments makes it extremely difficult, especially for commuter undergraduates, to receive this kind of medical care. I've also heard mixed reviews from students that receive care. If they end up with a full-time staff member, the experience is generally very positive. If they end up with a graduate student trainee, consistency becomes a major issue as many trainees complete their time at CCS in as little as 6 months. Parking is also a reported issue - why they do not provide patient garage parking passes as they do at Wilce is beyond me - this is medical care and should be treated as such.