Health and Wellness Resources
Mental Health Resources
On-Campus Mental Health Resources
Students are able to access counseling through Albion’s Counseling Services free of charge. Counselors on staff have training and experience working with LGBTQIA2S+ students. Services include a range of counseling and psychological services to support intra and interpersonal concerns, while also addressing gender, sexuality and intersecting identities.
Off-Campus Mental Health Resources
- Transgender Michigan’s Mental Health Providers list
- Affirmations LGBTQ Community Center Behavioral Health Program
- Phone: 248-398-7105
- Address: 290 W 9 Mile Rd. Ferndale, MI 48220
- Desi Queer Helpline
- University of Michigan’s Guide to Going Home for Break
- Love is Respect — Get relationship help
Emergency Hotlines/Text lines
- Albion College Campus Safety
- Phone: 517-629-1234
- Albion College Bias Reporting
- The Trevor Project
- Phone: 866-488-7386
- Text: Text START to 678-678
- Chat: Chat online
- Trans Lifeline – a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers.
- Phone: 877-565-8860
- The Gay and Lesbian National Hotline
- Phone: 888-843-5464
- LGBTQ National Coming Out Support Hotline
- Phone: 888-OUT-LGBT (888-688-5428)
Trans Healthcare
Assistant Director of Campus Wellness Melissa Sommers ([email protected]) is an LGBTQ-affirming healthcare provider and can help with administering hormone replacement therapy shots. She will assist LGBTQ students in a non-judgmental environment.
Off-Campus Support
- Transgender Michigan’s mental health providers list
- University of Michigan Health – Transgender Services
- Henry Ford Health – Transgender Health Services
Online Resources
- OutCare – LGBTQ+ Healthcare Provider and Resource Directory
- Transgender Michigan – Voice/speech training providers in Michigan
- Transfeminine Science – Transition-related scientific information
Sexual Health
- Free sexual health supplies are stocked in counseling center bathrooms and the Center for Gender Equity (Robinson 300).
- Calhoun County Health Department – Offers STI testing, PrEP and nPEP (pre and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV), Hep C testing and treatment, and free condoms; most resources are free or income-based, and insurance is not billed.
- Address: 115 Market Pl, Albion, MI 49224
- Phone: 517-629-9434
- Planned Parenthood – Jackson Health Center
- Address: 2009 W. Michigan Ave. Jackson, MI 49202
- Phone: 517-784-1700