The first point of contact for all your mental health concerns as a UBC student.

Offers a range of mental health services, including Wellness Advising initial consultations, drop-in single-session counselling, group counselling, brief therapy, and supported referrals.

Service offers a flexible, tailored, and holistic approach to mental health, allowing students to work with certified health professionals to receive support and feel empowered to take the next steps.

Counselling Services is not an emergency mental health service.  If you or someone you know is in crisis and in need of immediate help, please phone 911 or go to the nearest hospital.

Feeling anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed.

Needing help with decision-making, navigating social relationships, coping with grief and loss, or adjusting to major life transitions.

You may be coping with cultural adjustment, understanding your gender and sexual identity, navigating experiences of discrimination or sexual violence, and working through their impacts on your mental health and academic goals.

The main office is located in Brock Hall, Room 1040: Enter through the East entrance and turn right.

Appointments are also offered out of the Brock Hall Annex which is the building located beside Brock Hall’s East entrance

Address: 1874 East Mall

Counselling Services are open every weekday with extended hours on Wednesdays.

Winter Term 1 and 2 Hours:

8:00 am - 5:00 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

8:00 am - 7:00 pm on Wednesdays.

Call Counselling Services at 604-822-3811 to schedule a same-day appointment.

Appointments are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.  You can request an in-person or virtual appointment (Zoom or phone).

You can book a drop-in single session counselling appointment or a Wellness Advising appointment:

A drop-in single session counselling appointment is ideal if you feel your concerns can be met in one session.  Appointments are 50 mins long.

A Wellness Advising appointment involves meeting with a certified mental health professional who will listen to your concerns, help you identify your goals, and support you with getting connected to the level of support that meets your needs. Appointments can be up to 45 mins long.

Various faculties and programs at UBC have an Embedded Counsellor who offer dedicated mental health and wellbeing support for the specific student populations they are embedded in.

Despite being embedded in various faculties and programs, Embedded Counsellors are part of the UBC Counselling Serves team.

The Faculty of Education has an Embedded Counsellor.

If you’d like to book an appointment with the Education Embedded Counsellor, identify yourself as an Education student and request to schedule an appointment with the Education Counsellor when phoning to make an appointment.

UBC Counselling Services also has a team of certified health professionals who can work with students from all faculties within the centre’s hours of operation.

Students will be asked to fill out intake and consent forms before their first appointment. Your information is kept confidential and you may ask questions regarding sharing permissions and confidentiality of health information.

Appointments through UBC Counselling Services are provided to students at no additional cost.

For long-term counselling, students may look into coverage from their AMS health plan or look into the Counselling Clinic offered by UBC Psychological Services & Counselling Training Centre.

Please call the front desk at 604-822-3811

Visit: https://students.ubc.ca/health/counselling-services