Counselling is an active, confidential process that is designed to give you the time, space and encouragement to explore and understand the issues you bring. The Counsellor's role is to provide you with a secure framework in which to reflect upon your circumstances, and to help you think about your problems from a different perspective. The aim is, that in time this will increase your awareness of yourself, your situation, and the choices that are open to you.

Coming for counselling can take courage as it involves facing yourself and asking someone else for help. All students go through the same process at their first appointment at SCS, called "intake". At his or her first appointment, the student will fill out a form and meet with the Counsellor to discuss his or her personal concerns and expectations from the counseling process. The counsellor will perform an assessment and determine the services that can best assist him or her.

Follow-up counselling sessions will be set up at times that are mutually convenient for the student and the Counsellor. Sessions normally last for about forty-five (45) minutes to one hour. In all determinations, however; the best interests and needs of the student clients are first.

Students with physical disabilities should inform the receptionist when calling for an intake appointment. Arrangements will be made for the student to be seen in a physically accessible location.