GSAS Embedded Mental Health Services

Graduate students in degree-seeking programs have exclusive access to a variety of free mental health services and programming through the GSAS Embedded Mental Health program. The GSAS Embedded Mental Health office is located in the McDougal Graduate Student Center in Founders Hall. 

Services offered

• Confidential drop-in therapy appointments for brief treatment and consultation. Students may also use drop-in sessions as interim support while getting connected to long-term care. 
  • Please note, drop-in appointments are not a substitute for crisis services. Students experiencing an emergency or in need of immediate support should use Mental Health & Counseling's 24/7 on-call service at 203-432-0290 or call 911.
• Group therapy to address common mental health concerns and shared identities among GSAS students.
• Interactive workshops and events on mental health and graduate school topics.
• Presentations on issues related to navigating mental health and wellness during graduate school, available upon request for student organizations, departments, and programs. 

GSAS Embedded Mental Health Clinicians

Dr. Eva Wilson completed a bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Yale, followed by a master’s and doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston College. She completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania’s counseling center. Dr. Wilson has worked in university counseling centers and community mental health settings, providing individual and group therapy for adolescents and adults of all ages. She is passionate about supporting students from marginalized backgrounds and specializes in issues of race and racial identity. Her clinical approach is collaborative, client centered, social justice oriented, and culturally informed. As a clinician, she tailors her approach to help individuals explore their identities, cultivate self-compassion, identify and manage their emotions, better understand their relationships and communicate their needs, and cope with distressing or traumatic experiences. Through her work, she aims to empower students in navigating challenging emotions, relationships, and broader systems.

Julian Arias is a Colombian-American Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He received a bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University and continued his education at New York University where he earned a master’s degree in social work. Julian has close to 10 years of experience working with families, children, couples, and adults of all ages struggling with various mental health challenges. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and is available to provide therapy in both languages. Julian’s focus is to assist students in maximizing their full potential by helping them to invest in their mental health throughout their academic journey. He aims to reduce the stigma around mental health through a trauma-informed lens, while also being sensitive to cultural differences and backgrounds. He provides an empathic, person-centered, informed psychodynamic approach to therapy, while also incorporating other practical methods such as CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing and solution focused interventions. Julian will strive to create a strong working therapeutic alliance while maintaining unconditional positive regard for students. He is passionate about empowering students to promote change in their lives and help them achieve their goals.

Additional Mental Health & Behavioral Health Resources

• Yale New Haven Hospital Long Term Care Clinic provides weekly insight-oriented psychotherapy. Students must get a referral from Mental Health and Counseling.
• Yale Clinical Psychology Department Training Clinic is a low-cost resource for individual and group therapy. Call 203-432-4520 or email the clinic at ypdc@yale.edu for more information.
• Yale Well Initiative provides wellness information, resources, and opportunities for all students at Yale, including student wellness grants. 
• Student Health Education services at Yale Health can help you choose a healthier lifestyle and better quality of life. They can work with you on smoking cessation, improving sleep, having safer sex, and strengthening your time management skills.
• The Good Life Center is the official student wellness center of Yale University and is supported by the Yale Well Initiative. 
• Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Free Yale supports the Yale community through programs geared towards helping you quit tobacco. Most public areas on the Yale campus are Tobacco Free or are seeking to develop Tobacco Free policies.
• Mindfulness & Meditation at Yale Health can help you master these life-enhancing skills.