EMBEDDED COUNSELOR
Varsity Blues student-athletes have access to an embedded counsellor five days a week. Appointments will take place at i-School (Faculty of Information).
To access the embedded counsellor, please contact Health & Wellness at 416-978-8030, press option 5 – and mention that you are a Varsity Blues student-athlete. This will put you in the queue.
My Student Support Program (MySSP)
My Student Support Program (MySSP) provides University of Toronto students with immediate and/or ongoing confidential, 24-hour support for any school, health, or general life concern at no cost to students. You can call or chat with a counsellor directly from your phone whenever, wherever you are for a range of concerns. Students who use MySSP still have access to existing campus and community mental health services; MySSP is an additional support service.
24/7 Support – Call or Chat
Call – 1-844-451-9700;
Outside of North America – 001-416-380-6578
Chat: Download the MySSP app on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
Once downloaded, complete your profile set-up and read the disclaimer. Using the MySSP app, you can call or chat with a counsellor anytime.
When you call, you will be greeted by an automatic menu that will ask you to confirm that you are a student and state whether this is an emergency. You will then be greeted by a Clinical Care Representative who will collect additional information, including: school, full name, birthday, postal code and language preference, prior to connecting you with a Clinical Care Counsellor.
You can initiate a chat support session directly through the MySSP app. When you initiate a chat, you will be greeted by a Clinical Care Representative who will ask you some general information about yourself prior to connecting you with a Clinical Care Counsellor.
Before you can start chatting, you must read through the disclaimers and make sure your profile is complete (all check marks must be green) to proceed.
MySSP support is available in many languages and their counsellors have experience supporting the unique challenges students face. Ongoing support is available over the phone in 146 languages. Immediate support is available over the phone in 35 languages and over chat in simplified Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, English and French.
NAVI - Student Mental Health Virtual Agent
This virtual agent (Navi) is an anonymous tool that provides you with information to help you navigate mental health resources and make decisions about seeking appropriate supports.
http://uoft.me/navi
Additional Mental Health Resources for Students
