Let’s Chat

Let’s Chat is a drop-in service for MIT undergraduate and graduate students that offers informal, confidential consultation with clinicians from MIT Health’s Student Mental Health & Counseling. 

You can participate in Let's Chat in person or virtually. For an in-person visit, stop by the MIT Office of Minority Education during drop-in hours. To chat virtually, visit the Let's Chat Zoom room when it's open, and a clinician will join you there.

Let’s Chat consultations are ... 

  • Free for MIT students
  • Informal, and not a substitute for counseling
  • Offered first-come, first-served (no appointment necessary)
  • Typically, about 20–25 minutes in length
  • Not appropriate for urgent concerns or mental health emergencies  

During a Let’s Chat consultation, a SMH&C counselor can listen to specific problems, help you explore solutions, and introduce you to what it’s like to speak with a member of our staff. Let’s Chat is not a substitute for counseling and does not constitute mental health treatment. Please refer to our FAQ for more details. 

Other options for care from SMH&C include individual counseling, group counseling, walk-in services, and 24/7 phone consultation. If you are in crisis, call Student Mental Health & Counseling at 617-253-4481, option 2, and ask to speak with a mental health clinician, or call 911.  

Let’s Chat is modeled after Cornell Health’s Let’s Talk program and content from the Let’s Talk website is used with permission. 

Let’s Chat at the Office of Minority Education

Let’s Chat is available from 4–6 p.m. at the Office of Minority Education (4-107) on the following dates:

Thursday, April 3 

Wednesday, April 23 

Thursday, April 24

Wednesday, May 7 

Thursday, May 8

Wednesday, May 14 

Thursday, May 15

Wednesday, May 15 

Thursday, May 16 

Virtual Let’s Chat

Virtual Let’s Chat is available from 3–5 p.m. on the following dates: 

Wednesday, April 9

Thursday, April 10 

Wednesday, April 16 

Thursday, April 17

Wednesday, April 30

Thursday, May 1