Health Programs and Services

Health Services

Student health and wellness is a primary concern of the College, and Mills continually looks for ways to improve upon and provide convenient and comprehensive medical care, education, and medical services and resources to assure students' well-being.

Beginning fall 2009, health coverage and care for Mills students will be provided through Kaiser Permanente and their Student Health Plan. Students will have access to an excellent comprehensive benefit plan focused on preventive care and wellness, on-campus access to a physician and a nurse five days a week in the Student Health Center (opening in August 2009), and the ability to access online health and wellness services along with pertinent resources, tools, and expertise to support getting and staying healthy. Additionally, students will be able to avail themselves of extensive medical care at the Oakland Kaiser Permanente facility, as well as at all other Kaiser Permanente facilities. This new healthcare plan will be available for students, as well as their dependents including: spouse, registered domestic partner, and children (additional fee required). The Student Health Center will provide certain services covered in the new healthcare plan, with the full range of services available at a Kaiser Permanente facility. The Student Health Center will serve Mills College students only, and dependents of covered students will be served at a Kaiser Permanente facility.

Check the Mills College website for additional information about the Kaiser Student Health Plan and contact information for the Wellness and Community Outreach Office in the Division of Student Life.

Visit Wellness and Community Outreach (beginning in fall 2009) and Counseling and Psychological Services in the Cowell Building for more information.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS)

College life poses numerous challenges to students inside and outside the classroom. These include the need to develop and sustain friendships and intimate relationships, to balance academic, work, and social commitments with self-care, to navigate changing relationships with family of origin, to adjust to group life in the residence halls, or to cope with the pressures of a daily commute.

Students may be at a point in their lives when they are exploring aspects of personal identity, core values, sexuality, career interests, and social roles. Resuming women and graduate students may experience both similar and different pressures, as they balance personal and family needs and return to an academic environment after a period of absence.

When concerns such as these interfere with students' academic achievement and sense of well-being, the staff at CPS is here to help. CPS offers short-term individual and couple counseling to all students and provides educational workshops and discussion groups on a periodic basis. CPS also provides referrals to off-campus resources for ongoing psychotherapy and/or psychiatric medication.

Counseling and Psychological Services is located in the Cowell Building. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information or to make an appointment, visit the Cowell Building or call 510.430.2130.