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The start of a new school year can be filled with mixed emotions, especially given our current reality amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Wilfrid Laurier University has several mental health and wellness supports and resources available to undergraduate and graduate students coordinated through the Student Wellness Centres at the Brantford and Waterloo campuses.
Get to know the supports and resources available to you and reach out if you need help, because mental health is health.
Mental health services at Laurier’s Student Wellness Centres include assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, using short-term, goal-directed counselling, crisis intervention, and crisis management. The Student Wellness Centres are currently closed for drop-in visitors due to COVID-19, but remote counselling appointments are currently available. Please call us for more information or to book an appointment:
Peer Support is a new, weekly wellness initiative for undergraduate and graduate students to connect online with a trained Laurier student volunteer to chat, vent or ask for advice. Log into Microsoft Teams using your mylaurier email address and click the link to drop into a Peer Support session:
Laurier’s Student Wellness Centres run a variety of mental health and wellness workshops online. Sample workshop topics include staying well while studying online, self-compassion for grad students, avoiding burnout, and roommate conflict resolution. The fall workshop schedule is available online. You can also stay connected with Laurier’s Student Wellness Centre programming on Instagram.
As members of the Waterloo Region and Brant communities, Laurier students can access off-campus and community mental health and wellness resources, including:
A complete list of online community resources is available from the Student Wellness Centre website.
New to Laurier? Get to know the Student Wellness Centres and what they can do for you!