“Let’s Talk” is an outreach program that provides students with easy access to free, brief confidential consultations with CCPS counselors.
Let’s Talk consultations are:
| Free for all full-time students | |
| Offered in-person at various locations on campus | |
| Available first come, first served – no appointment needed | |
| Informal consultation, not a substitute for counseling | |
| 15 to 20 minute sessions | |
| Confidential | |
| Not appropriate for urgent concerns and mental health emergencies |
Let’s Talk appointments can help provide insight, solutions, and information about other resources. Although Let’s Talk counselors are professionals, Let’s Talk is not a substitute for formal counseling and does not constitute mental health treatment. Let’s Talk counselors provide informal consultations to help students with specific problems and to introduce them to what it’s like to speak with a counselor. Your Let’s Talk counselor can help you determine whether formal counseling at CCPS would be useful for you and, if appropriate, assist you in how to schedule an appointment.
Let’s Talk is different from Counseling Center appointments
Counselors at CCPS provide ongoing counseling by scheduled appointment. Let’s Talk is not formal counseling: It is a drop-in service where students can have a brief, informal consultation with a counselor from time-to-time.
Let’s Talk is open to all currently enrolled, full-time Washington University students. Let’s Talk is the best fit for the following:
| Students who are not sure about counseling and wonder what it’s like to talk with a counselor. | |
| Students who are not interested in ongoing counseling but would like the perspective of a counselor. | |
| Students who have a specific problem and would like to briefly discuss the issue with a counselor. | |
| Students who have a concern about a friend and want some guidance and support about how to address the issue |
Spring 2025 schedule
Let’s Talk runs from January 21 to April 25, 2025.
There are no sessions during Spring Break.
Mondays
Sam Fox
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Counselor: Melissa McKenna, MA, LPC
- She/Her
- Bixby 1E
Tuesdays
Center for Diversity & Inclusion
(CDI South)
2:15-3:45 p.m.
Counselor: Holly Rivera, MSW, LCSW
- She/Ella
- Danforth University Center 150
Wednesdays
Center for Diversity & Inclusion (CDI North)
Office for International Student Engagement (OISE)
2:15-3:45 PM
Counselor: Zhenni Wang, PhD
- She/Her
- Women’s Building 102
Thursdays
Law School
1:15-2:45 PM
Counselor: Jeffrey Best, MSW, LCSW
If you have questions or concerns, please contact us:
- 314-935-6695
Confidentiality
Conversations with Let’s Talk counselors are confidential, with a few very rare exceptions.
| Counselors may need to share information in an emergency when there is an immediate threat of harm to self or others. | |
| Counselors are required by law to report when a minor, elderly person or someone otherwise incapacitated and unable to act on their own behalf is being abused. | |
| Let’s Talk counselors keep brief written notes of their contacts with students, and in the event that there is an emergency or a student is referred to CCPS, other CCPS staff may see these notes. | |
| Finally, these notes can be released in the unlikely event of a court order. | |
| Let’s Talk visits are never noted on a student’s official university record. |
We don’t want anything to be a barrier to students accessing help. If you have further questions about confidentiality, we encourage you to discuss them with a “Let’s Talk” counselor.