Mental Health Resources
The Student Counseling Center is OPEN. Please call us for information on how to engage in mental health services (865-974-2196).
In distress/crisis after hours? Call 865-974-2196 to be connected directly to the counselor on call for UT. This is the same as calling 974-HELP after hours.
UHC/Optum staffs an Emotional Support Help Line to anyone in need, free of charge, available 24/7: 1-866-342-6892.
Students enrolled in UHC-SR (United Health Care – Student Resources): Healthiest You offers FREE telehealth visits for medical or mental health issues. Other students may use Healthiest You for a fee. Check out Healthiest You!
If you need to chat or text for your privacy – connect with these resources:
- Text HELP to 741741 to start a text conversation with a trained crisis worker.
- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline also offers web-based chat.
- You can call, web chat, or text with crisis workers specially trained to work with LGBTQ+ issues through The Trevor Project.
- Text STEVE to 741741 to access a Crisis Text Line counselor
- Are you a veteran? Thank you for your service. If you need to chat, the Veterans Crisis Line is available 24/7.
Strategies to Cope with Coronavirus Anxiety –
Vol faculty member David Dupper has compiled a great resource for UT students, faculty, and staff. This “course” is available through Canvas and includes information on anxiety, coping tools, mindfulness, and more.
Grief
Grief is a feeling related to a occurred, occurring or anticipated loss. These losses can include daily contact with friends, loss of your campus experience, loss of tangible support systems, restrictions related to social distancing, illness, or death. Some resources to help you understand grief:
That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief
On Grief and Finding Meaning podcast with Brene Brown
Strategies for Dealing with Covid
Continued Learning
Check out your UT Library streaming video collections.
Free audiobooks here, here, and here!
Fun
Dolly Parton will read your kids, or the kid in you, a bedtime story. The live presentations have concluded, but access the archive. We love you, Dolly!
Get board, not bored. Students can join multiplayer board games through Pogo, Tabletopia, or Poki. Score!
Karaoke, anyone? Use an online karaoke catalog like Karafun, SingSnag, or Smule for an off-the-charts competition. Or, you can simply search for karaoke versions of popular songs on YouTube.
Tour a museum: You don’t have to literally step foot inside a museum to enjoy a museum. Check out these virtual tours offered by some of the world’s most famous museums.
Need lots more? Other universities have created wonderful resource pages! They are happy for you to visit their resource pages! (Posted by permission)
Oberlin College’s Mental Health Guide for People of Color
Cornell University has some great mindfulness and nature resources
Some material borrowed from Presence.