Counselling Services
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Book a counselling appointment
New to counselling services? Start here.
To access counselling services for the first time, please follow these steps:
Log in to myTrent
Navigate to Support -> Health and Wellness -> Counselling Services Durham GTA
Complete the Online Registration Form
After you submit the registration form, you will be automatically redirected to our online booking site to schedule your Initial Session.
Important: When creating your online booking account, please use your @trentu.ca email address.
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 your needs.
Returning students:
Students who have already completed registration and attended an Initial Session
There are several ways to book a follow-up session:
Use the “Book a Follow-Up Session” link sent to your trentu.ca email after your previous session(s).
Book directly through the Medeo app using your Medeo login credentials you created when first registered for counselling services.
Email durhamcounselling@trentu.ca to request the follow-up booking link. We can also help if you’re unsure which Therapist you saw previously.
Have questions? We’re here to help:
Email: durhamcounselling@trentu.ca
Phone: 905-435-5100 Ext. 5158
Meet our Team
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Katherine Chambers, MSW, RSW
(she/her)
Therapist (Racialized Students)
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Mallory MacIsaac, MCP, RP
(she/her)
Therapist
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Corinn Phillips, MA, RP
(she/her)
Assistant Director, Student Wellness (Durham)
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What We Offer
- 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
- 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
- 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