Personal Counselling

We offer short-term counselling to help currently enrolled students address personal issues that may impact their academic performance or personal well-being. Off-campus referrals are made for students who require long-term counseling or therapy. Please get in touch with counselling [at] langara.ca (counselling[at]langara[dot]ca) for further information on scheduling an appointment with a counsellor.

Personal counselling may include
  • 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 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.

Options off-campus

While Counselling Services does its best to accommodate all students, there may be times when our waitlist is quite long. If you would like to explore other options off-campus, we recomend some local resources that offer reduced-cost counselling services. 

Crisis appointment
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.