Contact

Contact UCD Student Counselling Service

The UCD Student Counselling Service is located upstairs (above the Student's Union), in the Student Centre. The administration team can be found in Room 140.

UCD Student Counselling phone number: 01-716 3159 

Phone line opening hours

Monday: 09.30am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm

Tuesday: 09.30am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm

Wednesday: 11am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm

Thursday: 09.30am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm

Friday: 09.30am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm

**For reasons of clinical safety and concerns re confidentiality, we do not operate a voicemail or voice messaging service. If we miss your call you can email us and leave your phone number. We will phone you back as soon as possible. 

Thank you for your co-operation!

 Email: (opens in a new window)student.counselling@ucd.ie

Our email account receives a high volume of queries and is not monitored 24/7. 
We are committed to the safety and confidentiality of all students, and we do not use email communication to register students for counselling or to address urgent communication about their wellbeing. Emergency options are outlined below. Please visit the following page to register for our counselling service.

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Student Health & Counselling Service

Student Centre

University College Dublin

Belfield Campus

Clonskeagh

Dublin 4

 

Opening hours 

When you arrive for an appointment, please check-in with a member of the administration team, in Room 140. 

If you have been given an appointment outside of our usual opening hours and the administration office is closed, please take a seat outside and your counsellor will collect you at the time of your appointment. 

Location

• UCD Student Counselling Service is upstairs in the Student Centre (building 70 on the UCD Campus map).  It is located above the Student Union Office.
• The administration team can be found in Room 140.
• Our location is available on (opens in a new window)Google Maps.

Parking

Visitors to the UCD Student Centre are advised to enter the campus from the Clonskeagh Road side. If you enter from the Clonskeagh gate, off Wynnsward Drive (adjacent to AIB Clonskeagh) the Student Centre is the second building on the left after the roundabout. There is a visitor car park near the roundabout and there is a further car park behind the chapel which can be seen after the Student Centre building.

Car parking in UCD is a mix of permit and visitor parking until 5pm. After 5pm almost all car parks are available for free. You should read the signs in each car park to ensure you are not parked in an incorrect zone. 

(opens in a new window)We advise all visitors to consult the UCD commuting website if you are visiting for the first time. 

Emergencies on campus

Phone (opens in a new window)UNICARE emergency line on 01 716 7999 if you are worried about your safety on campus

External services operating out of hours

1. Doctor’s Appointments:(opens in a new window) East Doc 01 223 4500
2. Accident and Emergency: (opens in a new window)St. James's University Hospital, Dublin 8(01) 416 2774
3. Accident and Emergency:(opens in a new window) St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, 196 Merrion Rd, Dublin 4(01) 221 4358

Mental health supports available to students while we are closed

• There are a range of supports available provided by agencies supported by the Health Service Executive. You can access most of the supports without a referral.  Call the HSE Your MentalHealth Information Line on freephone 1800 111 888, any time day or night.
• (opens in a new window)50808 is a crisis support service available for you every hour of every day. From calming chats to immediate support during a mental health or personal crisis – big or small. 
• The (opens in a new window)Samaritans provides confidential, non-judgemental support 24 hours a day at for confidential, non-judgmental support  Freephone 116 123, any time or Email jo@samaritans.ie.
• (opens in a new window)Pieta Housealso offers free support to individuals self harming or thinking of suicide. Freephone 1800 247 247
• Talk to a GP (opens in a new window)https://www2.hse.ie/services/find-a-gp/
• (opens in a new window)Student Minds provides some information on how to support yourself over the Christmas period including ‘Making the most of your time at home’, ‘If you’re going home for Christmas but don’t want to’ and ‘Staying at University over the Christmas break’.  
• Jigsaw Live Chat Get free, text-based support with a clinician online through 1:1 webchats if you’re between 12-25 years old. (opens in a new window)Visit chat portalOpening hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 1 – 4.30 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 – 7.30 pm.
• Distress connected to eating EMAIL SUPPORT – (opens in a new window)ALEX@BODYWHYS.IE “Like a helpline call, in an email”