Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb: Services & Resources

Services and support for the GW SMHS community.

School of Medicine & Health Sciences site that features available health and wellness resources throughout GW. Highlights on-campus and virtual offerings to help students create and maintain healthy lifestyles.

GWish, works to integrate spirituality into health care for all patients and their families through research, medical school and clinical initiatives, professional development programs, and global health care policy. This site offers resources for spiritual training for clinicians, spiritual assessment tools, and practitioner wellbeing.

When you’re sick, the Student Health Center (SHC) is here to offer multidisciplinary, integrated, confidential healthcare services in a culturally sensitive, and supportive environment. Services include easily accessible medical care, psychological counseling services and health promotion and education.

As the primary mental health agency for GW students and the rest of the campus community, CAPS support mental health and personal development by collaborating with students to overcome challenges and difficulties that may interfere with academic, emotional, and personal well-being. Professional counselors provide a safe and non-judgmental, culturally sensitive environment for students to discuss concerns.

The Center Clinic is a nonprofit community mental health center housed within the George Washington University Professional Psychology Program. The clinic is staffed by clinical externs who are advanced doctoral students supervised by licensed, highly-experienced professionals. The Clinic provides mental health services to adults, adolescents, and children in the Washington, DC area who may otherwise not have access to needed care.

The CARE Team aims to create a GW community that care for each other. This goal is fostered by creating a pathway through which students who may need additional support can be identified and referred to the most appropriate services. Through the CARE Team, students are given the support they need to persist and succeed at GW and beyond. Note, the CARE Team is not an emergency system.

Disability Support Services (DSS) is the university’s central resource for academic support for students with disabilities. The George Washington University (GW) recognizes disability in the context of diversity. They work collaboratively with students, faculty and staff across the campus to foster a climate of universal academic excellence, while also promoting disability culture and GW’s broader diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Self-care broadly includes activities in the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social realms. The GW Resiliency & Well Being Center provides information and resources on types of self-care and self-care strategies.

A comprehensive series of instructional physical and mental wellness videos from GW Integrative Medicine Department.

An initiative to help students engage in a comprehensive well-being experience across campus by providing resources and activities that support holistic lifestyles.

Guided mindfulness and meditation tool available to GW faculty and staff to help deal with life challenges. Provides meditation, sleep, and movement exercises to help create life-changing habits for overall health and well-being.

All GW Students have FREE, 24/7 access to virtual care services with TimelyCare. Students do not need insurance to access TimelyCare services, and they do not need to visit GW’s Student Health Center in-person to gain access to this telehealth platform.