Counselling services

Counselling Services provides in-person services as well as through phone and video Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST. To book an appointment, please call 519-888-4096.Please follow the link for the latest news updates.

NEW: Same day appointments on Wednesdays and Thursdays (virtual appointments available):

These are one time, 1.5 hour appointments intended for students who may not have an ongoing
counsellor, but have a concern they would like to talk about.


Your Counsellor, Tyler Riepert, is available in office at the School of Architecture Monday, virtually available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and will be in office on main campus at Needle Hall on Thursdays and Fridays. He provides Single Session and Brief Therapy appointments.

To make an appointment, please call the Counselling Services front desk (519-888-4096) and tell the receptionist you would like to make an appointment in Architecture.

If you require a specific service, modality, counsellor lived experience or identity preference, you can also call Counselling Services and meet with Intake to be matched with the most appropriate service or counsellor.

Free and confidential individual appointments can be made to discuss:

  • study skills
  • coming out / sexual orientation struggles
  • time management skills
  • personal issues
  • enhancing creativity
  • transition/adjustment
  • depression
  • anxiety
  • family struggles
  • sexual abuse
  • eating disorders
  • roommate problems
  • relationship issues
  • grief
  • stress management
  • self-esteem

Empower Me allows students to connect with qualified counsellors, consultants, and life coaches for a variety of issues. Empower Me is available 24/7, 365. To connect with Empower Me, please call 1-844-741-6389.

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To connect with Here 24/7, please call 1-844-437-3247.


Good2Talk is the 24/7, 365 confidential post-secondary student helpline in Ontario. To connect with Good2Talk, please call 1-866-925-5454.