We offer acute and chronic health care services, as well as preventive health services with a focus on issues that impact college students. Services include the following:
Acute injury and illness evaluation and care
Preventative care and wellness support
Physical exams for work, school, volunteer, sports
Gynecological care Routine and emergency contraception
STI screening and testing
Gender affirming care
Travel Health
Medical clearances for study abroad and on-campus lab work
Laboratory services (in-clinic testing, Quest for send out testing, and collection for lab order from outside providers)
In-house medication dispensary (limited supply of common medications)
Collaborative care with Counseling Services
Collaborative care with local medical specialists
Business Hours: Monday- Friday 9am-5pm with extended hours on Thursday until 7pm.
Same day appointments are available. Students may visit in-person to schedule or call the office at 610-526-7360.
Access Nurse Triage service for non-life-threatening health concerns at 610-517-4921.
Campus Safety (610-526-7911) or 911 for medical emergencies.
Campus Safety (610-526-7911) or 911 in emergencies
ProtoCall 24/7/365 (Counseling Services will follow up by the next business day)
During business hours: students can come into BMCCS or call our office directly
There are no office visit fees for appointments with our nurse practitioners or the consulting physician. Fees associated with In-Clinic and Quest labs along with medications and medical supplies are billed to the student account. Students may access an itemized bill for insurance reimbursement through the Bryn Mawr College secure patient portal. Health Services does not bill insurance.
OwlWell - Holistic Student Wellness
OwlWell is Bryn Mawr’s holistic student wellness. Staffed by professional staff members and student Peer Health and Wellness Educators (PHWEs), OwlWell provides education and outreach around a variety of topics such as sexual health, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, healthy relationships, harm reduction, and much more!
OwlWell maintains a wellness lounge on the second floor of The Well, between Health and Counseling, called The Nest! You can find a variety of wellness materials in The Nest such as safer sex supplies, menstrual supplies, snacks and tea, wellness books and pamphlets, craft supplies, and a massage chair. The Nest is open Monday to Friday for drop-in hours where students can ask wellness questions, get connected with other campus resources, or just drop in and relax.
The OwlWell Nest is open Monday to Friday from 1 pm to 4 pm for drop-in hours with staff members and Monday to Thursday from 7 pm to 9 pm for drop-in hours with PHWEs.
Both of our professional staff members, Cristen & Erika, are available Monday to Friday for oneon-one appointments. These appointments can be for health education, more involved questions, resource referral, and much more. Students can email OwlWell@brynmawr.edu to set up an appointment.
Our professional staff, Cristen Kennedy and Erika D’Andrea, are both confidential resources at Bryn Mawr. Our student workers, the PHWEs are mandated reporters.
Counseling Services
Counseling Services provides brief assessments, individual counseling, psycho-educational groups and workshops, crisis intervention, case management, mediation, outreach, advocacy, psychiatric medication evaluation and management, and referral services for Bryn Mawr students.
We offer free and confidential therapy groups every semester. Please check out our website for the current group offerings. We are open to suggestions for other groups students would like
Business Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
All students interested in establishing care with BMCCS should come in during the triage hours M-F 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. A counselor will meet with them briefly to assess their needs and work on a treatment plan together.
Students can call our office number (610-526-7360) or come in to be seen on a first-come, firstserved basis.
All services are free and confidential. There is no specific limit as we utilize the Flexible Care Model to determine length and frequency of treatment and when it is appropriate to refer off-campus. We do our best to remain available for all students and therefore will aim to connect students with off-campus resources when long-term or a higher level of care is needed.
No student is ever denied care due to financial hardship.
Campus Safety (610-526-7911) or 911 in emergencies
ProtoCall 24/7/365 (610-526-7778), Counseling Services will follow up by the next business day
During business hours: students can come into BMCCS or call our office directly
ProtoCall 24/7/365 (610-526-7778), Counseling Services will follow up by the next business day
Healthiest You (for students with United Behavioral Health)
We refer as needed. We can schedule case management appointments to help guide students through the referral process. Students are encouraged to come in during triage and meet with a counselor, we can go from there to get the referral process started.
Students should plan to have enough prescriptions for at least the first month of school and have a plan for how to continue to refill any medications needed. Students are highly encouraged to continue with their prescriber at home or establish a prescriber off-campus if they are taking stimulants and/or do not plan to establish therapy at BMCCS.
If a student believes they might benefit from an evaluation by a psychiatrist, they are encouraged to discuss this with their counselor, who may refer them to our psychiatrist or an off-campus provider depending on the needs of the student. If they are not currently seeing one of our counselors, students should come in for a brief assessment. Students must be engaged in therapy to be considered for psychiatric services.
Our psychiatrist will consider prescribing stimulant medication in cases where the student can provide documentation from a recent neuropsychological evaluation confirming diagnosis and is currently stable and working with a therapist either at the Counseling Center or off-campus. Our psychiatrist only prescribes stimulant medication when these criteria have been met. In addition, those criteria are necessary, but not always sufficient and are left to the clinical judgment of the prescriber. If you are already receiving stimulant medications, we encourage you to try to continue to work with your current provider.
Students curious about how Bryn Mawr’s Health & Wellness Center might service their individual needs are encouraged to email e-mail bmccounseling@brynmawr.edu for non-urgent mental health questions and nurse@brynmawr.edu for non-urgent health questions.
Students may also consult our Wellness Program Director, Cristen Kennedy with questions about their wellness goals and what wellness support looks like at Bryn Mawr.
Further information and resources are available on our website: mawr.life/health-wellness-center
