How to Schedule an Appointment

1. Review the Counseling Services information to determine which service best fits your needs. If you're unsure, select General Counseling.
2. Please email MDC at mdc@usna.edu to request the service and complete the MDC Intake Questionnaire, MDC Sport Psych/PRT Intake Questionnaire, or MDC Nutrition Intake form. This is required for all first-time appointments, regardless of your reason for coming to see us and for those who have not been seen for an appointment within the past 12 months.
3. Once your intake questionnaire is complete and you have read through the confidentiality information, our office manager will help you schedule an appointment with a counselor.  
4. You may schedule follow up appointments with either your counselor or with our office manager. If you don't want a follow-up appointment right away, you can always reach out to your counselor or the office manager at a later date.

Need to be seen today? 

The staff at MDC is aware that emergencies requiring immediate attention exist. For clients who need same-day urgent services, we have limited appointments available every weekday during lunch hour (1230-1330), and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the morning (0745 to 0815). Other times might also be available for same-day appointments. 

Our same-day services are designed to assist midshipmen who are confronting life-threatening circumstances, current or recent traumatic events, or serious mental illness. Please read below to see if same-day services are right for you. 

Circumstances that might require same-day services:

• Suicidal thoughts or recent suicide attempt
• Thoughts about harming another person
• Recent assault or abuse
• Concern about your own safety
• Experiencing panic, feeling faint, or believing that you might die
• Hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren't there)
• Knowledge of another person being abused or assaulted
• Knowledge of another person's suicidal thoughts
• Recent death of a loved one
• Witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event

If you believe your situation is a crisis that cannot wait for a regularly scheduled appointment, please call MDC at 410-293-4897 to schedule an urgent appointment. We will help make recommendations as to how to proceed.

If you are reading this after our normal office hours, contact Main Office 410-293-5001 to reach the Duty Chaplain at (443) 223-7870. 

Contacting MDC

Phone: 410-293-4897
Email the MDC - mdc@usna.edu
Location: Bancroft 8th wing mezzanine level. 

Main entrance is on the seawall side above Physical Therapy, accessed via the outside door by tennis courts or via the stairs at the end of 8-0 passageway. 

Midshipmen, Faculty, or Staff can call us or stop by during our normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 0745-1545.

For Midshipmen only:

You can request an appointment online by emailing the MDC at mdc@usna.edu. We will provide a link to the intake questionnaire and informed consent you can complete. This takes about 15-20 minutes. Once this is completed, we will schedule your initial appointment with a provider. Our appointments are scheduled by the class periods, typically during one of your free periods. 

You do not need a referral from BMU or your Chain-of-Command to make an appointment. During Plebe Summer, appointment requests for Plebes must be directed to the Plebe Summer Regimental Psychologist. 

Most counseling is short-term, generally 2-6 sessions, and is geared toward building your own skills to help the problem that brought you to the MDC.

Still not sure?

Feel free to call 410-293-4897 to speak with a counselor at MDC. 

You may also reach out to a Peer Adviser. 

You can also email MDC at mdc@usna.edu, or walk down to MDC to speak to us in person to ask your questions. 

If you're still having doubts, you may ask a counselor all your questions at the beginning of your appointment. If you are not comfortable with the answers, you may leave, no questions asked.