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Counselling for Professors & Students

"We, academics, should talk to each other more about how we actually spend our time, with all the anxieties, displacements, and failures that involves” – Maggie Berg

counselling for professors

Academia can be stressful, but you don't have to struggle alone

Are you a university professor, new grad, or a grad student who wants to learn sustainable ways of maintaining life-work balance, renew or foster your passion for teaching and research, or discover who you are beyond academia?

Is one or more of the following standing in your way of enjoying your life?

  • anxiety, depression

  • burnout

  • lack of life-work balance

  • finishing your dissertation

  • job search or sessional teaching

  • publication-related stress

  • relationships with colleagues or administration

  • stress from teaching difficult material (politics, climate change, racism, etc.)

  • tenure track or promotion stress and anxiety

  • post-academic career exploration or transition

If any of these apply to you, counselling with me can help you feel better and thrive.

Get support from an insider

Non-academics don't always understand the unique stressors and pressures of being a university professor, a new grad on the job market, or a grad student struggling to finish their thesis.  

Counselling is my second career. My first and ongoing career is a university professor. I've been in academia for almost two decades, first as a student and then as a faculty, and understand what it's like to be a part of this world.

Logistics

I work with clients in-person in Coldbrook, NS and virtually throughout Canada (except Quebec) by connecting online through a secure platform.

Session length: 60 minutes.

For current fees please check here.

Payment methods: e-transfer; credit card; direct billing for eligible Medavie Blue Cross and Sun Life insurance plans.

Contact me to book an appointment or to schedule a free 15-minute inquiry call to discuss your counselling needs and address any questions you may have about working with me. I'm wishing you well!

© Inna Viriasova 2026

I live and practice in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People

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