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Health and Counseling Services
Health Services
Medical services on campus are provided by a licensed nurse practitioner affiliated with Carolinas HealthCare. The Health Services office is located in Stokes Student Center and is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Call for an appointment; walk-ins will be seen as available. Proof of insurance is required.
For questions or to schedule an appointment, please call 704-463-3425.
For non-emergency needs:
230 Highway 49 North
Richfield, NC 28173
703 Leonard Avenue
Albemarle, NC 28001
Emergency resources:
Note: Residential students are encouraged to notify their resident assistant or resident director and the Misenheimer Police Department in the event of an illness or injury requiring emergency treatment.
Counseling and Wellness
Pfeiffer University has partnered with the Virtual Care Group to provide free, unlimited access to therapists and on-demand crisis counseling. You have 24/7 access 365 days a year as long as you remain enrolled at Pfeiffer University.
Register at thevirtualcaregroup.com/Pfeiffer (be sure to use zip code 28109 when prompted).
The counselors with the Virtual Care Group provide specialized care in the following:
- ADHD/Learning Disabilities
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Crisis Intervention
- Cross Cultural Issues
- Depression
- Discrimination
- Domestic Violence
- Expat Counseling
- Faith Based Counseling
- First Nation/Aboriginal Issues
- Grief/Bereavement
- LGBTQ+
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Harassment
- Transgender/Gender Identity
- Trauma
The Wellness Center also recommends the following resources:
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Call: (800) 273-8255
- Chat: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
- The Trevor Project (LGBTQIA+)
- Call: 1-888-488-7386
- Chat: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
- Text “START” to 678678
- The Steve Fund (BIPOC)
- Text “STEVE” to 741-741
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233
- Call: 1.800.799.SAFE or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
- Chat: https://www.thehotline.org
- Text “START” to 88788
If there is an immediate danger to yourself or someone else, please call 911, or go to your local emergency department. If you are searching for Pfeiffer Marriage and Family Therapy Clinics, please click here.