Peer counseling at Harvard
The Harvard College Peer Counseling program offers confidential, non-judgmental, non-directive support for undergraduates during the academic year.
Contact, ECHO, Indigo, Response, and Room 13 offer drop-in and phone-line counseling. HUGPT offers a peer group therapy model. Counselors from across groups can support with any issue or topic, and receive additional training and supervision centered on their group’s area of focus.
For up-to-date information on peer counseling hours and services, see the respective peer counseling webpages.
Interested in becoming a peer counselor? Each group manages its own recruitment process during the fall and spring semesters. To learn more, email the group(s) that are of interest to you using the contact information specified below.
Contact Peer Counseling
- Contact Peer Counseling provides support with any issue, including LGBTQIA+ identities, all genders, sexes, sexualities, and relationships.
- Contact is open 7 days per week during the academic year.
- Phone Counseling (617) 998-6898 is available 8pm to 8am.
- Drop-In Counseling (Thayer Basement B-04) is available 8pm to 11pm.
- Email: harvardcontact@gmail.com
- See Contact’s website for more information.
Harvard Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO)
- ECHO Peer Counseling provides support with any issue, including concerns associated with exercise, body image, food, and eating.
- ECHO is open during the academic year.
- Phone Counseling (617) 495-8200 is available 8pm to 8am every night.
- Drop-In Counseling (Eliot Basement T-24) is available 8pm to 11pm Sunday through Thursday.
- Email: harvardecho@gmail.com
- See ECHO’s website for more information.
Indigo Peer Counseling
- Indigo Peer Counseling provides support with any issue, including concerns around identity and intersectionality and how race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, first-gen identity, citizenship status, ability, gender, sexuality, and other identities, singularly and collectively, may inform individual experiences.
- Indigo is open every night during the academic year.
- Phone Counseling (617) 256-1183 is available 8pm to 8am.
- Drop-In Counseling (Thayer Basement B-01) is available 8pm to 11pm.
- Email: indigopeercounseling@gmail.com
- See Indigo’s website and the CAMHS Calendar for more information.
Response Peer Counseling
- RESPONSE Peer Counseling provides support with any issue, including concerns associated with relationships, friendships, and dating, to concerns about sexual assault and harassment.
- RESPONSE is open from Sunday through Thursday during the academic year.
- Phone Counseling (617) 999- 8353 is available 8pm to 8am.
- Drop-In Counseling (Lowell EL-15) is available 8pm to 11pm.
- Email: harvardresponse@gmail.com
- See RESPONSE’s linktr.ee and the CAMHS Calendar for more information.
Room 13 Peer Counseling
- Room 13 Peer Counseling provides support for any and all issues, including concerns related to gender, identity, SES, alcohol and drugs, grief, relationships, eating, health, school, and other topics of concern or interest to students.
- Room 13 is open every night during the academic year.
- Phone Counseling (617) 999- 8353 is available 7pm to 7am.
- Drop-In Counseling (Thayer Basement B-09) is available 7pm to 7am.
- Email: harvardroom13@gmail.com
- See Room 13’s website for more information.
Harvard Undergraduate Group Peer Therapy (HUGPT)
- HUGPT Peer Group Counseling follows the interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) modality and offers a safe space where students support each other in building healthy and fulfilling relationships that can meaningfully improve mental wellbeing.
- HUGPT services are available during the academic year.
- Email: harvardhugpt@gmail.com
- See HUGPT’s website for more information.