Counseling Center

The Rutgers University-Newark Counseling Center is committed to the mental health and well-being of all members of the university community. We strive to facilitate awareness and understanding of self and others by promoting a culture of care, wellness and acceptance for all. We provide culturally responsive clinical services to our students, including medication management, group therapy, substance use recovery support, psychoeducational workshops and outreach to our community at-large.

What We Offer

Rutgers University-Newark Counseling Center (RUN-CC) services are free, voluntary, confidential and available to all Rutgers Newark students. Our staff are licensed clinicians who provide short-term assessment, group therapy and individual counseling/psychotherapy for all students at Rutgers Newark. We use a goal-focused model of care that allows us to support and treat students for the majority of their mental health concerns. Both face-to-face and telehealth modalities of counseling are offered.

Our Counseling & Psychiatric Services

Concerned About Someone Else?

Please let us know if you are worried about a friend. We are also available to consult with faculty and staff about concerns they may have about their students. Give our office a call, or reach out to our Campus Awareness Response and Education (CARE) Team.

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Confidentiality

Your visit to counseling will not be part of your academic record. All information, whether it is about you or one of your peers, will be kept confidential. Disclosure to any outside person, including friends or family, requires your prior written permission.

However, confidentiality will be broken if the clinician thinks you are a threat to yourself or someone else, if you disclose information about child or elder abuse, or if legal proceedings require disclosure of your counseling sessions, per state licensing laws.