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STU Mental Health provides various resources and services, including counselling, groups, programs, workshops, and trainings to support students' well-being.
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Meet the Team
Brittany Sprague, MSW, RSW
Mental Health Coordinator
Brittany grew up in Woodstock, New Brunswick and has earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology from STU (2016) and a Master of Social Work degree from Carleton University (2018). As Mental Health Coordinator, Brittany works on various aspects of mental health support at STU, including running awareness initiatives, facilitating workshops, trainings, groups, and programs, providing one-at-a-time counselling sessions, and helping students connect to mental health supports and services.
“I hope to foster a mentally healthy community at STU by being proactive in preventing mental illness and supporting those struggling with mental illness.”
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Our Services
One-at-a-time Counselling
STU Mental Health offers one-at-a-time counselling services to students. One-at-a-time counselling has the intention of helping the client in one session, while acknowledging that additional sessions are available to the client if they choose to reach out again. There are also various options for ongoing counselling services available to students to which the Mental Health Coordinator can connect students.
Workshops & Trainings
STU Mental Health offers the following workshops and trainings:
- Living Works safeTALK Training (an evidence-based training that gives learners the practical skills to recognize when someone may be thinking about suicide and take action by connecting them to safety)
- Helping a Peer in Distress Training (a training that prepares students to support a peer who may be struggling with their mental health)
- Eco-anxiety Workshop (a workshop that provides psycho-education and interactive activities on the topic of eco-anxiety)
- Communication Styles Workshop (a workshop that provides psycho-education and interactive activities on the four communication styles – passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive)
Groups & Programs
STU Mental Health offers the following groups and programs:
- Therapy Dog Visits (through River Valley Obedience & Field Trial Club)
- Creativity for Mental Health Program (promotes mental health through psycho-education and creative activities)
- Recovery Group (for students struggling with substance use and gambling behaviour)