Short-term counselling is available to help currently enrolled students resolve personal issues that may affect their academic performance or personal well-being. Personal counselling issues may include helping students:
- Adjust to college
- Manage anxiety and stress
- Deal with relationship and/or family difficulties
- Improve communication skills
- Build self-esteem
- Develop assertiveness skills
- Manage anger and frustration
- Handle relationship break-ups
- Deal with depression
- Cope with grief and loss
- Overcome procrastination
- Manage conflicts or unexpected traumatic event.
If you have an urgent need to see a counsellor due to a sudden loss, traumatic critical incident, or if you are having thoughts of self-harm, please visit our front desk for a crisis appointment.
Off-campus referrals are made for students requiring long-term counselling or therapy.
Please contact counselling@langara.ca for further information on making an appointment with a counsellor.
If you are an Indigenous (First Nations / Inuit / Métis) student and would like to connect with one of our two Indigenous counsellors, please mention this when making an appointment.
Confidentiality
All information discussed with a Langara Counsellor is considered private and is held in strict confidence. Information will not be released to anyone without your written permission. There are a few, very rare exceptions where a Counsellor may need to release your personal information:
- Counsellors are required by law to report clear potential danger to self and/or others.
- Counsellors are required by law to report instances of current child abuse.
If you have any questions or concerns about confidentiality, please feel free to talk to a Langara Counsellor.