Engineering and Counselling Services

Phone Booking – Call 604-822-3811 to schedule a virtual or in-person appointment, offered Monday to Friday. First-time appointments are booked for the same day, and arranged on a first-come first-served basis. Please check your appointment location carefully as there are two clinics: Brock Hall and Counselling Services Annex. More information is available here.

You may also visit Counselling Services in-person at Brock Hall for assistance with booking an appointment.

There are many reasons why a student may wish to speak to a counsellor, but it usually starts with a problem that is affecting your life and you are unsure how to solve that problem. Some more common topics that have come up with APSC students are: 

• You may be feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, or notice that your mental health is declining. 
• You may need some help with decision-making, navigating family and 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.
• You may have difficulty with concentration, organization, procrastination or test anxiety.

Therapy can look different to different people. Sometimes therapy can be a place where someone can share a particular problem that they are struggling with. For others, it can be a place to get a new perspective or organize their thoughts while others may want to work together to come up with an ‘action plan’ moving forward.   

There is no additional cost to accessing Counselling services while you are a student at UBC.  

Counselling Services offers both virtual (Zoom or phone) and in-person appointments to accommodate student needs.    

The length of a session will vary in length based on individual needs. More information is available here.

While many students access counselling for mental health support around their academics, counselling is also available to students who want support around non-academic matters such as substance use, difficulty managing moods or loneliness, navigating family and social relationships, coping with grief, trauma, and loss, coping with cultural adjustment, understanding your gender and sexual identities, navigating experiences of discrimination or sexual violence, and others.

Counsellors and health professionals are committed to keeping your personal information completely private and confidential. Information about you and your health can only be shared with your permission, or when safety concerns or legal requirements arise. If you have any questions about confidentiality, or anything else, please ask during your appointment.

We have spoken a little bit about what it is like to speak to a counsellor, and some common reasons why an engineering student may wish to speak to a counsellor in some of the previous responses. Below are some reasons why you might wish to reach out to an academic advisor.

Your academic advisor is your first point of contact at UBC for all academic questions about your Engineering degree. Academic advisors can help with course registration, choosing your specialization, or requesting academic concession when extenuating circumstances interfere with success (for example, an extension on an assignment or late withdrawal from a course). If you have a question about UBC and don’t know who to ask, start by asking your academic advisor and they can connect you with the best UBC resource to meet your needs. In first year, Engineering Academic Services is your home advising office. In years 2-5, your program-specific advisor will support you with course planning and registration for your specialized Engineering discipline.