UQ Life

Mental Health and Wellbeing

UQ supports students with a variety of health and wellbeing activities on and around campus including group sessions in mindfulness meditation, UniWellbeing, freedom from your cage, art therapy, canine co-counselling and healthy relationships. All programs are free and can be booked via StudentHub. 

Help lead the UQ Health Promotion Project.

UQ Wellbeing is a Health Promotion Project for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities. It aims to increase the overall health and wellbeing of students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds by working in partnership with students. We are currently seeking two new student representatives to join the advisory group. Find out more information about our initiatives and how to apply by visiting our website below.

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Student Support and Wellbeing Services workshops

Student Support and Wellbeing Services offers a variety of counselling and accessibility and welfare workshops and programs to aid student health and wellbeing each week. All workshops and programs are run by our friendly teams and can be booked for free via StudentHub.
Wellbeing Programs
A wellbeing group can complement or be an effective stand-alone alternative for individual counselling. We offer various groups that are readily accessible and targeted to specific issues which can have positive effects on mental health in combination with counselling.
Accessibility and Welfare Advice Support
Receive mentoring and support from our Accessibility and Welfare Advice Team and from other students with lived experiences of physical, mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
Connecting with people
UQ offers a number of mentoring programs that provide valuable leadership and guidance through all stages of your time at UQ and beyond.

Online support

Explore our E-Mental Health support