About the Counselling Centre

The Counselling Centre offers free, confidential services to students at Saint Mary’s University, including individual counselling, psychoeducational group counselling, sleep consultations, events, and programming.

Contact the Counselling Centre

Email: counselling@smu.ca 
Phone: 902-420-5615  Fax: 902-491-6248 Location: Fourth Floor, O'Donnell Hennessy Student Centre
Hours (Monday to Friday):
September to May: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
June to August: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Evening appointments are offered for clients who are unable to attend during set business hours.

We invite you to provide feedback about your experiences with The Counselling Centre. If you wish to do so you can contact the Manager. If you feel a Clinician did not meet professional standards and/or acted unethically you can report them to their regulatory body/college by contacting:

The Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology (for Psychologists) – www.nsbep.org/public/complaints, registrar@nsbep.org or 902-423-2238.

The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (for Social Workers) – www.nscsw.org/aboutcomplaints,  valerie.shaprio@nscsw.org or 902-429-7799. 

The Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists (for Registered Counsellors) – www.nscct.ca/filing-complaint,  info@nscct.ca or 902-225-7531. See this infographic for more information about filing a complaint Complaint-Infographic.pdf (nscct.ca).

The Counselling Centre is not an air conditioned space so it can get very warm during the summer months. Come dressed accordingly. If you have concerns about attending in person due to the heat, you can always switch to a virtual (phone or video) delivery. Please let us know if you wish to do so.

We offer counselling sessions in person and virtual (telephone or video). If you would like to change your appointment to virtual due to weather, sickness, etc. please contact counselling@smu.ca and we would be happy to do so. It's possible that we may request to change your appointment to virtual for similar reasons but you would be given notice in those instances. For clients that have not used the video counselling platform before there is account set up required. Please provide as much notice as possible, as we will if necessary. Thank you.