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How to Access a Mental Health Professional:
Registered Dawson students have access to free and confidential on-site and remote mental health care. Our mental health professionals can provide you with short-term psychotherapy to help you manage your mental health, or to help you with challenging life situations you may be experiencing.
If you would like to make an appointment to see a mental health professional at Dawson, simply email: mentalhealth@dawsoncollege.qc.ca This email is monitored daily during regular business hours.
Counselling is also available through the Dawson Student Assistance Program (see below).
If you are seeking counselling support related to sexual violence, please email svrt@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
You can also review our list of community resources found here: /counselling/mental-health-resources/
Under guidelines issued by l’Ordre des Psychologues du Québec, counselling appointments are only available to students currently residing in the province of Quebec.
Dawson Student Assistance Program (DSAP)
Would you like to access free, confidential, and ongoing counselling sessions with very little delay?
All students enrolled at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ can access the Dawson Student Assistance Program 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by calling 1-844-451-9700. If you are outside of Canada or the United States call 001-416-380-6578.
This program, offered through the , provides Dawson students with free telephone, video or in-person appointments in 140+ languages. All sessions are confidential (within limits of the law.)
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Mobile App
Download the free TELUS Health Student Support App .
Through the app, you can browse useful health and wellbeing resources such as articles, infographics, podcasts, self-directed assessments, and virtual fitness sessions. You can start a chat session or call in directly and request to speak with a counsellor. The TELUS Health Student Support app and chat function is available in Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French and English.
Search TELUS Health Student Support app from either the Apple App Store or Google Play, download the app and get started.
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If you don’t have access to a smartphone or tablet, you can still access chat support and self-help resources online at
Telephone
You can receive phone support anytime of the day by calling:
1-844-451-9700 from anywhere in Canada and the United States.
Anywhere else in the world, call 001-416-380-6578.
There are three options for making a call to GuardMe outside of Canada or the United States.
Option 1: Make an international call from your phone.
You can always ask the intake coordinator to call you back so that you do not incur international charges.
Option 2: Call collect or reverse charge call.
Please follow the specific calling instructions in your country. All international calls are live answered calls so we can accept any related charges.
Option 3: Call via Wi-Fi connection.
Call using Wi-Fi via a Wi-Fi enabled phone.
To learn more about this program, please visit: /counselling/dawson-student-assistance-program-dsap/
Feel like sharing your experience with the Dawson Student Assistance Program? Don’t hesitate to let us know what you think at mentalhealth@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
