Belonging and Accessibility
Student Life’s Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS) seeks to provide a safe, welcoming, and affirming environment for all those within the university community and beyond. We believe that all humans are bonded by universal longings for justice, peace, growth, identity, and a need to belong.
CCS values all students and every member of the Ohio State community. This means everyone regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, physical appearance, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and political ideology. It is our belief that belonging strengthens the human spirit, thereby enhancing our resilience and ability to thrive individually and collectively. We recognize that there is variance societally in the extent to which aspects of human difference is embraced. With this in mind, we feel a special obligation as a mental health agency to affirm multiple identities, to respond to oppression in all forms and to educate students about the innovative, culturally sensitive, services we have designed to nurture all dimensions of wellness.