Mental Health Services
Welcome, students! The StFX Health and Counselling Centre offers a wide range of supports for your mental health. We invite you to explore our wellness programs and to reach out if you are experiencing mental health concerns.
Book an Appointment
There are two options for accessing mental health support at the Health and Counselling Centre. Select the option below that is most applicable to you.
First time booking? See general information about booking appointments.
I'm looking to talk to someone today for support on a specific issue.
I'm seeking support for a complex mental health concern. ____________
Same Day Counselling Appointments (NEW)
Each day the Health and Counselling Centre is open (M-F), there is a limited number of “Same Day Counselling” appointments with Mental Health Counsellors. These are standalone sessions that offer professional support for a single concern. You can sign up for a same day counselling appointment whenever needed, and you’re welcome to come back any time.
These appointments open for online booking each morning at 7:30am and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis; they cannot be booked prior to the day of the appointment. You can also stop by the H+C Centre any time after 8:30am to sign up for these spots. If all the same day spots are already booked, just check online or come back the following day when the next day’s appointments open up. Please book early in the day to have the greatest choice of same day appointment times.
Book a Same Day Counselling Appointment
Mental Health Intake Appointments
For more complex mental health concerns, you can book online or in person for an appointment with our Community Mental Health Nurse. When booking these appointments online, choose the Mental Health Intake option, either virtual or in-person. The nurse will meet with you privately to discuss your concerns and she will recommend a plan for follow-up, as needed. This may or may not include follow-up with a counsellor. All available Mental Health Intake appointments are visible online a week in advance, with same-day appointments opening daily at 7:30 am. If all the Intake appointments are already booked, simply log in the next day at 7:30am and another whole day’s worth of appointments will be visible (plus the same-day Intake appointments).
How to access our services
General information about booking appointments
- All students must register with Pomelo before they can book their appointments online. Please register for Pomelo here.
- Once you have registered for Pomelo, you can book appointments here.
- When you book online, you will see all available appointments for the next 7 days. We also reserve several appointments every day for same-day access. Each weekday morning at 7:30 am new appointments open up, including the same-day access appointments for that day. If you try to book online and it looks like nothing is available, check back at 7:30 am the next day and the newly opened appointments will be showing.
- When you receive an email reminder for a booked appointment, please check carefully for the time zone indicated in your reminder. The correct time for your appointment is Nova Scotia time (Atlantic Standard Time); not the time zone of your home province, as may be indicated in your reminder.
- If you need to cancel your appointment, you have several options: 1) cancel in Pomelo, 2) call 902-867-2263, 3) stop by the Health and Counselling Centre, or 4) email @email.
- If you wish to cancel a scheduled appointment, we require 24 hours notification prior to your scheduled appointment time, or a late fee of $50.00 will be charged to your student account. This allows us to offer that space to another student who needs it; please help us in not wasting any of our valuable health care resources.
- If you have trouble registering or booking an online appointment, please call the Health and Counselling Centre at 902-867-2263 during office hours for assistance.
Confidentiality
Please note that the services you receive at the Health and Counselling Centre are confidential. We do not release information to your parents, your professors or anyone else without your permission or unless legally required to do so.
For more information please see our Confidentiality Statement and information on the Personal Health Information Act.
Contact
305 Bloomfield Centre
5555 Union Place
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada
If you are experiencing an emergency, the following resources are available 24/7:
- Proceed to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Emergency Department (25 Bay Street) or your nearest hospital emergency department.
- Call 911
- NS Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-429-8167
- Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988
- Good2TalkNS (mental health counselling): 1-833-292-3698
- Crisis Text Line: Text GOOD2TALKNS to 686868
