What services does Counselling Services provide?
Individual Counselling
Individual counselling is available to assist you with a wide range of personal concerns. Students often request assistance to learn to cope effectively with such concerns as stress, anxiety, indecision, anger management, depression, concentration, and/or relationships.
Speaking with a counsellor can help clarify concerns or situations and open up new ways of dealing with them. In your initial appointment, a counsellor will gather information required to enable rapid matching of services based on your needs. Prior to meeting with a counsellor, you will need about 20–30 minutes to complete paperwork. A counsellor will then meet with you for about 20 minutes to assess the nature and urgency of your concerns and make a referral to the most appropriate services and resources.
Depending on your needs, you may be referred to services in the community, elsewhere on campus, or internally, to one of our services and programs. Counselling Services provides primarily short-term counselling. However, if you need or are interested in long-term counselling, we will help you get the referrals you need to excellent external resources If you are referred internally for follow-up individual counselling, you will be matched to one of our short-term counselling programs on the basis of the nature and urgency of your needs.
Group Counselling Programs
If you are dealing with concerns such as depression or anxiety, you may be referred initially to a group counselling program that is designed to help you develop skills to effectively manage these concerns.
Group programs provide opportunities for students to work on their concerns in a group setting. We offer several groups each academic term including:
Anxiety management
This is a mindfulness-based group that helps students shift their relationship with anxiety rather than trying to control or avoid anxiety.
Mood management
This is a psycho-educational group that provides tools and strategies to manage depression. The group is a drop-in format with four individual modules.
Self-management
This is a psycho-educational group that is informative, interactive, and experiential. Mindfulness training is incorporated to help students effectively regulate their emotions, manage distress, and improve relationships.
Meditation
This is a drop-in meditation group that is experiential.
