Counselling Services

Welcome to Counselling Services. The Counselling webpage has a large variety of resources for personal and academic supports and can be found here.

Counselling is available to all Holland College students free of charge. Our counsellors are professionally trained and provide a variety of counselling services in a confidential environment. Our counselling services promote student success by helping students identify issues, overcome barriers to success, and find effective ways of dealing with personal concerns.

Counselling gives you the opportunity to talk confidentially with someone who can help you learn skills and new ways of looking at situations. This can help you solve problems on your own. Some students benefit from one or two sessions of problem-solving training, while some concerns may warrant further counselling sessions. Although counsellors may differ somewhat in their approaches, there are certain similarities that characterize counselling. In the beginning stage of counselling, your counsellor will ask about your concerns to gain a deeper understanding. As counselling proceeds, trust between you and your counsellor builds and a working partnership is developed. The counsellor will help you to explore your feelings, feel comfortable about the decisions you make, and help reassure you that your concerns are valid and can be resolved.