Partner Services

Counseling Services

Let’s Talk

Let’s Talk is a free, confidential, and informal conversation with an emphasis on self-understanding and finding solutions to your problems provided by CAPS. In addition to your walk-in conversation, Let’s Talk connects you to other accessible campus resources, both informal and formal.

Let's Talk will be available in-person at the LGBTQ+ Culture Center on the last Wednesday of every month from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. No appointment necessary.

Embedded Counseling

This year, the LGBTQ+ Culture Center is partnering with Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) to have an embedded counselor at the LGBTQ+ Culture Center on Mondays from 12-4pm. Mollibeth Penner, LHMCA will be our embedded counselor and works directly with our center. You can call CAPS to make an appointment with Mollibeth. Please be sure to let them know that you are a student with the LGBTQ+ Culture Center and would like to meet Mollibeth at the Center.

Other Ongoing Counseling

Students can access individual or group counseling services through CAPS, or the Center for Human Growth via the School of Education

Writing Tutorial Services

**NOT available for Fall 2023**

Writing Tutorial Services (WTS) offers students one-on-one help with any phase of the writing process—from brainstorming to revising the final draft. When you visit WTS, you'll find a tutor who is a sympathetic and helpful reader of your prose.

Tutors can help you:

  • Develop strong thesis statements
  • Develop effective outlines
  • Find and integrate credible sources
  • Identify patterns of error and fix these problems on your own
  • Understand and avoid plagiarism
  • Write effective answers to essay exam questions

WTS is at the LGBTQ+ Culture Center on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-5pm. No appointment needed - drop in any time! To access WTS in other locations, visit wts.indiana.edu

Free HIV/STI Testing

Positive Link offers free and confidential HIV testing in Room 101 of the LGBTQ+ Culture Center on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Testing is available weekly when classes are in session and on first and third Thursdays during the summer. Additionally, during the school year, the Monroe County Health Department offers free chlamydia and gonorrhea testing on the third Thursday of every month at the same time & location.

Free Safer Sex Supplies

The LGBTQ+ Culture Center provides many free safer sex supplies, including various types of condoms, dental dams, and lubes, along with instructions for proper use. Supplies are offered free of charge. Interested students can find supplies near the back door of the Center, in the kitchenette.