Wellness Center

Destinee Miguest, LCSW, CADC

Clinical Director, Wellness Center

Wellness CenterThe Daley College Wellness Center provides mental health and other social services to support your personal well-being and academic success.
Our Wellness Center hours are:  Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm (available virtual and in-person). Fridays are virtual appointments only from 9am-12pm.
 
To meet with a Wellness Center Staff on Zoom during our business hours, please click here:  https://cccedu.zoom.us/my/daleywellnesscenter​ 
 

Resources you can access NOW:   

My Own Doctor

City Colleges is partnering with MyOwnDoctor, a virtual care platform, to expand online counseling hours, in addition to regular hours at the Wellness Center.
 
MyOwnDoctor provides scheduled therapy appointments and is not a crisis response service.
 
Students in crisis should call 911 or visit their nearest emergency room.
 
Evening and Weekend Teletherapy:
Monday – Friday: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 7:00 pm

Mental Health Crisis Support- When Wellness Center is Closed. 

These services are FREE!

Emergency Crisis Intervention

Security/911

988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline (available 24/7) call or text 988

How it Works

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) offers 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing suicidal, substance use, and/or mental health crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress. People can also dial 988 if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support. 

When calling 988, callers first hear a greeting message while their call is routed to the local Lifeline network crisis center (based on the caller’s area code). A trained crisis counselor answers the phone, listens to the caller, understands how their problem is affecting them, provides support, and shares resources if needed. If the local crisis center is unable to take the call, the caller is automatically routed to a national backup crisis center. The Lifeline provides live crisis center phone services in English and Spanish and uses Language Line Solutions to provide translation services in over 250 additional languages for people who call 988.​​ 

National Crisis Hotlines

  • Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-272-8255 (24 Hours) 

  • Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (24 Hours) 

  • SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990, or text TalkWithUs to 66746 (24 Hours) 

  • Self-Harm Hotline: 1-800-366-8288  

  • Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 

  • LGBTQ Trevor Project Lifeline: 866-488-7386, or text START to 678678 (24 Hours)  

  • Veteran Crisis Line: 800-273-8255 ext. 1 (24 Hours) 

  • Domestic Violence Support: 1-815-729-1228 (24 Hours) ​ 

211 Resource

​211 Community Specialists are available 24/7, to help you find the information and resources you need, to address most essential needs like housing, food, financial assistance, and more. You can enter your zip code or city and state in the search on the website to find more information.
211 is available for free to anyone – Conversations are confidential. 

Telephone: 211 

Website: www.211.org

Free Internet access for two months   

Food Resources   

Financial Assistance   

Shelter Resources   

  • If you need shelter:  Call 3-1-1 or go to your local Emergency Room or police station.  They will transport you to the nearest available shelter.
  • For a listing of all homeless or housing insecure services and agencies responding during CoVid – 19 go to: Citywide Homeless Resources​

Medical Resources

Immigrant and Refugee Support

On-line Support

  • Black-led and Trans-led LGBTQ Center:  On line Counseling Services and Food Pantry​
  • Chicago Department of Public Health Mental Health Centers free Teletherapy: call  312-747-1020.  For after hours support, contact Crisis Text Line which serves anyone, in any type of crisis, 24-hours a day.  Text HOME to: 741741 to access a trained crisis counselor.​

CoVid-19 Information   

Get Support at the Wellness Center      

We’re friendly, non-judgmental, and know what it takes to be successful in college.  To make an appointment, call us at (773) 838-7871 or e-mail: da-wellnesscenter@ccc.edu​

 
Check us out! We’re friendly, non-judgmental, and know what it takes to be successful in college.      

 

Counseling for Personal Challenges

Counseling can help you address a host of challenges, including: life transition, stress and time management, grief and loss, testing and public speaking anxiety, family issues, relationship conflict, veterans’ re-entry, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.    

Stress and Time Management Coaching

Being a college student is stressful. Wellness Center staff can help you create a stress and time management plan and develop other personal organizational skills.     

Connect to Public Aid & Community Resources

Many students are unaware that they qualify for various public aid programs such as SNAP, subsidized health insurance/Medicaid, unemployment, & supportive and emergency housing. The Wellness Center can help you learn more about these programs and how to apply and also assist you in connecting to low- or no-cost community resources, such as medical and dental care, groceries and hot meals, legal services, and child care.     

Support Groups

Support groups are offered on topics relevant to college students, such as stress and time management, busy parents, anger management, and veteran’s issues. Check with your Wellness Center to see what is offered for each term.​​  ​

Wellness Center Staff

  • Destinee Miguest, LCSW, CADC – Clinical Director
  • RaeAnn DeVries, LCPC – Clinical Counselor
  • Karla Munguia, LCPC – Clinical Counselor
  • Crystal Saldana – Coordinator