We offer one-on-one counselling focused on three areas. These counselling sessions are booked with a single counsellor and are available as a single session or on-going appointments.

1. Personal counselling: Personal counselling provides support for a wide range of concerns that impact your well-being, academic performance and development. These may include stress, anxiety, feeling low, loneliness, relationship concerns, addictions and more.
   
   
2. Career counselling: Career counselling provides assistance in finding your career passion and choosing a major. We help you to evaluate your life and career interests while taking into consideration other factors such as aptitudes, motivations and personal circumstances.
   
   
3. Educational counselling: Educational counselling provides information and assistance to address obstacles that challenge academic performance. We also provide guidance on how best to balance well-being with school demands.

Most students attend 3-4 sessions and this is enough to help them move towards the goals they establish with their counsellor. The actual number of sessions is determined by a student's needs and available resources. Sometimes your needs might be better met by other services and we will work with you to find the most appropriate on- and off-campus services.

We run free, single-session workshops throughout the year on a variety of health and wellness topics. We also facilitate multi-session student success support groups.

Student Counselling Services offers walk-in counselling services Monday to Friday afternoons for students seeking same-day support. We begin booking appointments at the Student Counselling Services reception desk starting at 12:45 pm (Wellness Services U216). The last walk-in appointment is booked by 3:15 pm. If you are not able to get to the front desk at 12:45 pm,  please call 403-440-6362 to ask if any sessions are available. We will respond to your phone call as soon as we are able. 

Please note that walk-in sessions are typically shorter than a regular appointment (lasting approximately 30 minutes), and are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Although we create the walk-in schedule with an eye on anticipated need, availability may vary due to circumstances outside of our control. Thank you for your patience as we serve students as best we can.

Counselling sessions and counselling records are confidential. No information about you is provided to third parties outside of Student Counselling Services without your consent, except in situations where:

• You or another person is at imminent risk of serious harm.
• Child abuse or child neglect is suspected or disclosed.
• A court of law subpoenas information obtained in treatment.
• Where concerns for the safety or yourself, another person or the MRU community arise. In such instances, the concerns may be reported to the Concerning Behaviour on Campus Team.

Records are kept and can be accessed within Student Counselling Services by you or members of the counselling team on a need-to-know basis for the purposes of supervision, consultation and/or continued care.

Please cancel at least 24 hours prior to your appointment time if you are unable to attend. Appointments missed without sufficient notice may impact your access to booked sessions.