Resources

Community Resources

In the case of problems that exceed the scope of the Counseling, Advising, and Transfer Center’s short-term counseling model, or when the most appropriate resources are not available on campus, your counselor will provide a referral to a community resource. Here is a list of some of the resources that are available in the community. View list of Community Resources. 

Resources for Coping with Race-Related Stress

• BEAM Community Toolkit
• Discrimination: What it is and How to Cope
• Black Lives Matter Meditations
• NAMI: Black/African American Cultural Dimensions, Mental Health
• #RacialTraumaisReal: Racism Recovery Plan Steps
• Filling our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
• Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress

Self-Help Resources

Online Mental Health Screening

Free, online, anonymous screening available to all College of DuPage students that assesses for

• Eating disorders
• Alcohol misuse
• Anxiety disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression

If you need immediate assistance, please call the DuPage County Crisis line, available for 24-hour assistance at (630) 627-1700.

Stress

• Wellcast Channel 
  Stress Management Strategies: Ways to Unwind

• TED Talks 
  How to Make Stress Your Friend
• Stress relief resources
  Be and artist and use this tool to relieve stress

Anxiety

• How to Stop Worrying
  Self Help Tips for Anxiety Relief

• National Institute of Mental Health
  Anxiety Disorders 

Relationships

• Loveisrespect
  The ultimate resource to empower youth to prevent and end dating abuse. It is a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
• Wellcast Channel 
  Toxic People: How to End a Bad Relationship

• SuperTeacher Tools 
  Play this interactive game to test your knowledge about healthy relationships

Depression, Suicide

• The Suicide-Depression Prevention Guidebook
  Can help students better understand suicide and depression, how to recognize warning signs, and what they can do to intervene.
• The College Student's Guide to Depression

• Wellcast Channel
  How to Help a Friend
• The Free Mindfulness Project
• UCLA Health: Free Guided Mediations
• Alcohol calorie calculator
• National Mental Health Association
• Dr. Grohol's Pysch Central
  The oldest annotated directory of mental health resources for professionals and consumers on the Internet.
• WellCast Channel
• Psychology Today
  Find a Therapist, Psychologist or Counselor
• APA's Help Center
  "Talk to someone who can help."

Dealing with Anger

American Psychological Association on Controlling Anger

Sexual Assault/Violence

• The National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• Prevent Connect
• Changing Our Campus (formerly Not Alone)
• It’s On Us

Relationships

Contact Information

Counseling, Advising and Transfer Services

Student Services Center (SSC), Room 3200, (630) 942-2259
Counseling, Advising and Transfer Services Advising

Check with each off-campus center for their hours

• Addison Center
• Carol Stream Center
• Naperville Center
• Westmont Center

New to College of DuPage?

Contact Campus Central at campuscentral@cod.edu, or call Counseling, Advising and Transfer Services at (630) 942-2259.

Continuing or Past COD Students
For appointments at COD's main campus, call (630) 942-2259, or one of the COD Centers.

Ask a counselor a question.