Welcome to Counseling Services!

As part of the Engle Center for Counseling and Health Services we offer counseling support to Messiah College students.   (See map of our campus location.)  We are open Monday thru Friday, 8am to 5pm.

We know that taking good care of your emotional health is an important part of getting the most out of your time at college, and our counselors are available to help. Our services are confidential and provided at no cost to full time Messiah students. 

If you are in crisis and need to be seen quickly, it's very important for you to communicate this clearly when you call for an appointment, so an emergency appointment can be arranged. For addtional crisis resources, click here.

Scheduling an appointment

Scheduling an appointment is simple- you can contact us by phone or stop by the Engle Center and speak with our receptionist. To call from off campus,  our number is 717-796-5357. From on-campus, call us at ext. 5357.

Tell us about yourself and how we can help

In order to be the most helpful, we need to know something about you. There are two ways you can do that. You can go online to http://titaniumweb.messiah.edu/WCMenu.aspx and click on the “Counseling Intake” button.  Alternatively, you can come to the Engle Center and ask for the “counseling intake netbook.” Either way, you go to that site and, after clicking the “Counseling Intake” button, you complete each of the online pages that you see, clicking “Continue” after completing each page. After the last page, in which you provide your available schedule, you will be told that you have finished the “paperwork.” If you are in the Engle Center, return the netbook to the administrative assistant at the front desk.

After we have received this information, which we will keep strictly confidential, we select the counselor who is best suited to meet with you for your initial appointment. We are usually able to arrange for you to meet with a counselor within a week of receiving your information. For additional information please read our Welcome to Counseling Services Brochure.

Not sure if counseling is for you? 

We've answered many of your questions at our Answers to Common Questions about Counseling page.   Curious about who we are? Check out our Counseling Staff page. Our Self Help area is a good place to find articles and resources for a variety of topcs, like relationship concerns, depression, how to help a friend you are worried about, etc. We also have an area of our website listing helpful internet resources.