Family Counselling Services
About
At Willowbridge Community Services, we know that every family looks different. No matter what your family looks like, strengthening family relationships, working to resolve conflict, and finding healthier ways to relate can help you lead a better life. Whether your goal is reunification, separation, forgiveness, or stronger, more understanding relationships, our professional counsellors are here to support you.
Call our warm welcome team at 519.753.4173, ext. 239 to make an appointment, or book online.
We support individuals experiencing:
- Separation and divorce
- Parenting
- Grief and loss
- Work and family balance
- Blended families
- Family conflict
- Gender identity and orientation
- Moving past trauma
- Communication and boundaries
- Healthy relationships
Family can be blood, adoptive, or chosen. Family members may live together or separately, struggle at any income level, and they may be supportive, or they may not. Willowbridge offers family counselling to any family with members ages 7 and up – no matter what it looks like. Families can attend sessions together, individually or with any combination that works best for them.
Willowbridge offers virtual (online or telephone counselling) Ontario-wide. We have in-person counselling offices in Brantford, Paris, Simcoe and Hamilton. See our service map for specific locations.
At Willowbridge, there are no requirements to access counselling for families. While we do accept referrals from anywhere, you don’t need one to access service.
To make an appointment with our warm welcome team and be matched with a counsellor that best suits your families’ needs, you can book online or call 519.753.4173, ext. 239.
At Willowbridge Community Services, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to create positive change in their own lives. For this reason, no one is ever turned away from our services based on their ability to pay. All fees and subsidies are determined during your 20-minute warm welcome appointment before you meet with a counsellor.
Free Indigenous Counselling
We are providers under Canada’s Non-insured Health Benefits Program. If you have an Indigenous Status Card, you can access 22 hours of free mental health counselling each year at our agency.
Full Counselling Subsidies
Full subsidies are available for many people, including those with Indigenous Status Cards, women and their dependents who experience intimate partner violence, and those experiencing low incomes. Most university and college level students are also eligible for free counselling services through the extended medical insurance offered by their schools.
Workplace Health Benefits
Most employee assistance programs and private health insurances cover sessions with registered social workers/psychotherapists. If you have benefits through your workplace, we can provide you with receipts so you can be reimbursed for your counselling sessions. Check with your insurance provider to see what is covered.
Sliding Fee Scale
For those without full subsidy coverage, we offer a sliding fee scale to make sure counselling is affordable for everyone. Our sliding scale is based on individual income and is determined during your warm welcome appointment before meeting with a counsellor.