Individual, Couple/Relationship and Family Counselling

KW Counselling Services provides professional counselling/psychotherapy to individuals, couples/partners, families and groups in a safe, confidential and supportive environment. Therapeutic counselling/psychotherapy is a specialized service that addresses the psychosocial, emotional, behavioural, relational and mental health needs of individuals, partners and families in Waterloo Region. Therapeutic counselling services are informed by individual and family values and goals with an emphasis on growth, development and change. Counselling services are available for up to eight (8) sessions.

Counselling fee and subsidy information

The Agency’s therapeutic counselling/psychotherapy service is informed by knowledge of human development across lifespan, counselling theories, best practices, and rests on the knowledge the psychotherapist/social worker has of safe and effective use of self. The psychotherapist/social worker applies knowledge of a wide variety of presenting concerns and human situations.

The psychotherapist/social worker also incorporates into practice knowledge of the community’s environment and resources. The psychotherapist/social worker practices in ways that honour the principles of unconditional positive regard, client right to self-determination, and anti-oppressive practice.

Counselling Services Offered

Focusing on your strengths, we offer a diverse range of programs to assist you, your partner(s) or your family with a wide variety of issues including:

• Anxiety and Depression
• Personal or Job Stress
• Relationship Issues
• Emotional Regulation
• 2SLGBTQIA+ Matters
• Parenting
• Balancing Work and Family
• Trauma
• Grief and Loss
• Gender-Based Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence or Domestic Violence
• Adjusting to Life in Canada
• Alcohol and Drug Use

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