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Student Counselling

Rediscover balance and confidence with expert counselling tailored to your student life challenges.

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Student Counselling

The Life of a Student

Student life often means carrying a variety of identities, with school becoming the one that consumes our entire existence, taking priority on holidays, vacations, birthdays, and even Friday nights, with study-guilt never far behind. We’re under constant pressure to perform, navigating a weekly 604,800-second cycle packed with extracurriculars, resume-filling clubs, exams, labs, volunteering, financial stress, and moments of existential crisis that fuel self-doubt and imposter syndrome. Amid FOMO, lack of sleep, and the expectation to maintain a “balanced” lifestyle while supporting others, the challenges of student life are often disguised as success, intelligence, or privilege, even as systemic barriers and limited resources leave us ungrounded.

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Why We Are Here

We are a group of mental health professionals, that have also endured the trials of academia. We value authenticity with genuine opinions and real connections. We hold warmth and approachability in high regard, alongside our deep appreciation for education even as we grapple with its challenges.We understand not only student burnout but life burnout, when there just isn’t enough time for anything, and every decision is clouded by the uncertainty of what to prioritize. We understand school-oriented trauma as we have all experienced the physiological toll of exam stress, the suffocating weight of ‘not being good enough’, and having our identity be diminished to the worth of a grade.

However, we have also established places where we aren’t worried about being a burden, where we don’t feel the pressure to do things ‘exactly right’, where we are able to just be ourselves without judgement, and where we can talk about whatever we want to talk about without fear of judgement or fear of confidentiality, and we want that for you as well.

What's Next?

We have free phone consultations where we support you in finding a therapist, so you don’t have to add more research to your already busy to-do list.

Check out our availability here to book the 15 minute counsellor-match phone consultation, where one of our specialized team members will chat with you to figure out which therapist is the best fit for you, how to know when you find the right fit, psychoeducation around the counselling process, or just time to answer any other questions you may have.

We offer sessions 8am-10pm, 7 days a week, so you have flexibility with your academic schedule, as well as both in-person and virtual sessions without a waitlist so you get the help when you need it.

Our Appointment Fees:

Student Therapy

$175

/ 50 minutes

Student Counselling Coverage

Counselling is often covered by student benefit plans.

See below for BC universities and colleges that offer coverage.

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Universities + Colleges with Counselling Coverage

  • UBC
  • Capilano University
  • UFV
  • Emily Carr University
  • Selkirt
  • SFU
  • Douglas College
  • Langara College
  • Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • University of Northern British Columbia
  • BCIT
  • Camuson College
  • Thompson Rivers University
  • Adler University
  • Nicola Valley Institute of Technology