Emotional Well-being

Faculty/Employee Assistance Program (F/EAP)

Your Dartmouth Faculty/Employee Assistance Program, in partnership with ComPsych GuidanceResources, gives employees and your household members confidential support, resources and information for personal and work-life issues. These services are provided at no charge to you.

Headspace

The Headspace app is science-backed meditation. Mindfulness has been shown to help people stress less, increase focus, and sleep more soundly. Meditation helps you to be more mindful – and Headspace is your personal guide, with thousands of meditations and exercises for sleep, focus, and movement. Headspace is offered at no cost to all students, staff, and faculty (faculty must be paid by Dartmouth).

Cigna

For those enrolled in a Cigna medical plan through Dartmouth, you have access to a variety of in-network therapists, psychiatrists, and behavioral health coaches.

Visit mycigna > Find Care & Costs > Counseling

App-Based Virtual Options:

Access a variety of virtual services including options for children, teens, and adults. Support is available in several ways--through text, phone, and video--and cover a wide range of needs, including:

• Anxiety, depression, and mood disorders
• Stress and burnout
• Relationship and family challenges
• Parenting support and child behavioral health
• Eating disorders
• Alcohol use and recovery
• Sleep and mindfulness
• LGBTQIA+ affirming care
• Everyday emotional well-being and goal setting

Cigna's Employee Assistance Program (EAP):

Included in your Cigna medical plan, is Cigna's EAP network--you can receive three EAP sessions per year at no out of pocket cost. Please note: Cigna's EAP network is completely separate from Dartmouth's Faculty/Employee Assistance Program network and does not provide the same benefits. 

• To access Cigna's EAP benefits, you need to provide your counselor with an authorization code from myCigna.com before your first appointment -- mycigna.com > Coverage > Employee Assistance Program > Visit an EAP Therapist > Get an EAP Code (or Find an In-network Counselor)

Mental Health Exception Benefit

To improve access to mental health care for Dartmouth employees and their families enrolled in a Cigna medical plan, Dartmouth offers some additional out-of-network relief.

Mindfulness & Meditation Groups

Hosted in collaboration with the Tucker Center, there are two groups for staff and faculty.

• Monday Morning Meditation: Mondays 8 - 8:45 AM (Rollins Chapel)
• The Virtual Mindfulness Practice Group: Wednesdays 12:05 - 12:45 PM (virtual). Register.

Headspace also offer monthly live virtual meditations and quarterly live virtual workshops. See upcoming calendar. 

Yoga, Movement & Mindfulness

Access free live and recorded yoga, movement, and mindfulness sessions. Plus, the Student Wellness Center offers ongoing mindfulness sessions, drop-ins, and classes--most are open to staff and faculty!

Webinars

The Wellness at Dartmouth office offers free live and pre-recorded webinars, in partnership with our Faculty/Employee Assistance Program, covering a variety of topics to help support your emotional well-being. 

Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life

The Tucker Center provides pastoral counseling, free mindfulness sessions, and provides access to a walking labyrinth as well as prayer and meditation rooms.

Dartmouth Ombuds

Ombuds listen and help identify concerns, navigate issues, illuminate pathways, problem solve, and address conflict. They help untangle the often-complicated terrain of decision making toward satisfactory resolution for any matter that impacts your Dartmouth experience. The Ombuds operates as an off-the-record, non-judgmental place where visitors are treated with dignity and respect.

Mindful Dartmouth Initiative

Find additional resources at Mindfulness at Dartmouth, an intentional movement across the entire Dartmouth ecosystem committed to the centering of evidence-based mindfulness and contemplative practices as foundational to whole person development and wellbeing.

Mindful May

Annually in May, during Mental Health Action Month, we collaborate with the Student Wellness Center to offer a month-long series of events, activities, programs, and resources to support the mental health of our entire community.

Resources@Work

Connect with our onsite Resource Navigator for guidance, education, and support for a variety of needs related to financial, social, and emotional stability. 

Dartmouth Grief Collective

Dartmouth Grief Collective is a supportive space for Dartmouth faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students who are navigating grief and loss. Whether your loss is recent or long-held, this group offers a gentle, inclusive environment to reflect, share, and be in community with others.

Meets from 4:30 - 5:30pm the second Thursday of the month in Tucker Center 105. Register.

Counseling Center Mental Health Trainings

The Counseling Center offers trainings and presentations that are focused on mental health awareness, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention. Classes for faculty and staff include:

• Campus Connect Suicide Prevention Training 
• Campus Connect Booster 
• Creating a Culture of Care Training 
• Mental Health First Aid