Abstract: Referral is one of the most important measures to timely resolve the psychological crisis of college students. According to the situation of psychological crisis intervention, this thesis analyzes the importance of referral in the intervention, points out the problems which should be paid attention to in referral, such as how to seize the opportunity, how to make sure the object, how to adhere to the principles, how to know the procedures well and how to use skills. And then a case is given to explain how to operate this referral mechanism effectively.