Counselling Services
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Welcome to Trent Counselling Services - Durham GTA
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We are glad you're here.
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Our new counselling booking process is now live!
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Getting Started:
If this is your first time contacting us since October 2025:
- Log in to myTrent
- Go to Support tab -> Health and Wellness -> Counselling Services Durham GTA
- Complete our Online Registration form
After you submit the form, you will be automatically redirected to our online booking site, where you can schedule your Initial Session.
We understand that reaching out for mental health support can feel challenging for many reasons. We invite you to choose the therapist who feels like the best fit for you.
Please use your @trentu.ca email address when creating your online booking account.
Already connected with us:
Book a Follow-up Session with your therapist.
Have questions? We’re here to help:
Email: durhamcounselling@trentu.ca
Phone: 905-435-5100 ext 5158
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Meet our Team
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Katherine Chambers, MSW, RSW
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Katherine Chambers, MSW, RSW
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(she/her)
Therapist (Racialized Students)
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Melanie Graham, MSW, RSW
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Melanie Graham, MSW, RSW
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Therapist
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Corinn Phillips, MA, RP
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Corinn Phillips, MA, RP
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Assistant Director, Student Wellness
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Mallory MacIsaac, MCP, RP
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Mallory MacIsaac, MCP, RP
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Therapist
(Currently on leave until April 2026)
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What We Offer
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What We Offer
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- Short-term, goal directed mental health support to all registered students who are presently residing in Ontario
- A confidential, non-judgmental, warm, compassionate, and safer environment with a personalized treatment approach
- Hybrid support options; in-person or virtual.
- Individual and group counselling formats available
- Wellness education and programming through the Peer Health Educators
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What to Expect
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What to Expect
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- A safe space to share, explore, and work toward meaningful change
- To be accepted and valued for who you are as a person
- Collaborative conversations focused on your goals
- Opportunities to build skills for coping
- Change-oriented counselling
- 50-minute individual counselling sessions
- Culturally affirming therapy that honors multi-faceted identities and cultural strengths, while also recognizing the impact of injustice, oppression and trauma
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Examples when a referral may be required
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Examples when a referral may be required
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- Some experiences and situations may be beyond what we can offer. We will work with you to identify the most effective level of care and connect you to the appropriate community resource.
- Students who require intensive and/or long-term outpatient or inpatient treatment (for example, impairing eating disorders, safety concerns, and other complex mental health)
- Students seeking mandated treatment
- Students seeking formal psychological assessments (for example, for learning disabilities or ADHD), diagnosis, and/or medication management
- Students who require crisis intervention; or who consistently need service
- Students who are already receiving ongoing therapy with another mental health provider
- Students who require counselling to meet an academic requirement, or are interested in counselling solely to gain clinical experience
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Additional Resources
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Additional Resources
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