Counselling and Mental Health

Service Description


Student Health Services offers free individual counselling to all registered students. We have a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychotherapists and social workers who work with the varying needs of students. Counselling is available year round.


Mental Health and Stress


University life can be both exciting and stressful. Long hours, too little sleep, too much caffeine, poor diet, a changing environment and much, much more may trigger a change in your mental health. Postsecondary students fall into the highest risk age group for mental illnesses, between 15- 24 years of age.

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Stress Management Tools

Student Health offers a variety of stress management tools including music, yoga, and podcasts. You can find them here.

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Body Scan
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Progressive Muscle 
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 Mindfulness Free Yoga Online

Why Seek Counselling?


Counselling may be sought when we have exhausted our own resources to cope with a problem or if there is an underlying sense that something is not quite right. A therapeutic conversation with a professional counsellor can assist you to find new solutions and to clarify your values.

Counselling can help you decide how you are going to change your life, or how to change something in your life that is not helpful anymore.

Some of the typical problems that people come to counselling for include:

- Stress
- Depression
- Anxiety and panic reactions
- Eating disorders
- Alcohol and drug use
- Sexual difficulties
- Family or relationship problems

Click here for information on booking a counselling appointment at student health services.

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