In Common is the peer counseling group program for the Graduate and Professional Schools students enrolled at Harvard University. In Common is staffed by Harvard graduate students like you who are trained in peer counseling. Call us any time to talk about academic pressures, suicide, relationship issues, life away from home, loneliness, or problems adjusting to graduate student life. Whenever you want to talk, we are here to listen and provide support.

Eight schools actively participate in the administrative functions responsible for the academic year availability: the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), Graduate School of Education (GSE), Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Harvard Divinity School (HDS), Graduate School of Design (GSD), School of Public Health (SPH), Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Harvard Law School (HLS). However, In Common is available as a resource to any Harvard Graduate and Professional School student enrolled in any Harvard-affiliated program.

In Common was established in 1986 by a small group of students in the School of Education. These students informally surveyed graduate students as part of a community project. They discovered that graduate students felt the need for a peer counseling hotline to the graduate and professional school community's at Harvard. The then Chief of the Mental Health Service at UHS, Dr. Randolph Caitlin, became an advisor to the program. Deans of Students at GSAS and the School of Education along with their respective graduate students planned the program. In 1987, In Common became the first graduate student peer counseling hotline on campus. UHS and both graduate schools provided funding and support services. Over the years, other graduate and professional schools have been invited to participate in the administrative function of In Common.

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