EARS IS OPEN FOR
PHONE COUNSELING
WITH NEW HOURS
Call 607-255-3277 (EARS) to speak anonymously and for free with a trained peer counselor. Whatever you're feeling, we're here to listen.
Hours of Operation (UPDATED)
Monday - Friday 3-11pm EST
Saturday - Sunday 7-11pm EST
Registration for Fall 2020 Training is filled. THANK YOU for a great response. If you were not able to join us this semester, please join us for training next semester.
EARS (Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service) is a vibrant peer-led counseling and training program open to all members of the Cornell community: anonymous, free, confidential.
EARS Celebrates Supporting Students Throughout a 47 Year History. Read the full article on The Cornell Daily Sun.
EARS is staffed by undergraduate and graduate student counselors, as well as Cornell staff.
Looking to talk to someone? click here.
If you're looking for more resources, you can call the Ithaca Crisis Line at 607-272-1616, the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255, or text Got5U to 741-741.
Information about our compassionate, short term counseling services. No appointment needed.
EARS is student-run organization that is funded in part by the Student Activity Fee. Anyone in the Cornell Community is welcome to train to be a counselor.
EARS Counselors and trainers offer free interactive workshops upon request for any campus group.
The training helped me to be more confident that I can create a space for someone else's pain and that I can hang in there and know what to do to help the person in front of me to feel safe speaking to me.
EARS trainee, Spring 2016
EARS (Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service)
Cornell University, 213 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-3277