Mental Health Supports

Confidential and supportive space to receive help, guidance, and support for those who have experienced or witnessed violence in sport.

Service is available by phone, text, email, Facebook, Instagram or through online submission form.

• Stress, anxiety or depression
• Infertility struggles
• Family or romantic problems
• Parenting
• Becoming assertive
• Questions about identity or sexuality
• Grief
• Trauma such as sexual assault or violence
• Workplace conflict or difficulties
• Coping with life overwhelming circumstances
• Counselling to newcomers
• Mental health and addictions

Connects UPEI students with trained peer support staff who have lived through similar challenges. Unlike clinical professionals, peer supporters focus on listening, understanding, and providing a safe, non-judgmental space based on lived experience, helping students feel connected and less alone in their journey toward well-being and recovery.

Offers confidential, short term help to UPEI students dealing with personal, relational or mental health concerns. Includes:

• Anxiety
• Crisis
• Depression
• Abuse
• Relationship difficulties
• Drug and alcohol concerns
• Eating disorders
• Self-harm
• Self-esteem Issues

UPEI students have access to Student Wellness, which offers 24/7 virtual counselling with professional counsellors. Services are covered through the UPEI student health insurance plan and are available in a wide range of languages through interpreter services.

Provides an one-on-one trauma-informed counselling service for youth ages 12 to 18 years who have experienced sexual violence. The program uses a structured, time-limited approach designed to support emotional regulation, coping skill development, and recovery from the impacts of trauma.

Therapy may include:

• Developing skills to manage and regulate emotions
• Increasing understanding of trauma and its effects on the brain and body
• Building self-awareness, self-confidence, and resilience
• Strengthening interpersonal relationships and healthy boundaries

Therapy is delivered at a pace that aligns with each youth's readiness and therapeutic goals. Participation does not require discussion of traumatic experiences before the youth is prepared to do so.

Services are offered in structured rounds of up to 20 sessions, followed by a planned pause to support integration of learning and progress. Additional services may be available based on individual needs and program capacity.