Select a Counselling Service
Quick access to a free counselling session.
We offer each person 1-3 individual counselling sessions. Most clients tell us just one session is enough.
We don’t offer on-going long-term counselling beyond 1-3 sessions. We are also not able to offer documentation for court-involved individuals.
We provide a safe and supportive space for everyone. We do not tolerate abusive language or behavior, ensuring a respectful and healing environment for all our staff and clients.
Newcomers – Immigrants and Refugees
Mental health counselling for recently arrived immigrants and refugees. Service is culturally responsive and offered in various languages. Individual, couple and family sessions
Services available in English
Services available in Creole
Services offerts en français
Servicio disponible en español
الخدمات المتوفّرة بالعربية
Newcomers – Immigrants and Refugees - Youth and adults
Adult mental health
45-90 minute confidential and supportive counselling session
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
Servicio disponible en español
الخدمات المتوفّرة بالعربية
提供普通话/国语服务
18 years and older
Adult Substance Use Health and Addictions
45-90 minute confidential and supportive counselling session for substance use, gambling and gaming addiction challenges.
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
18 years and older
Youth and family mental health
45-90 minute confidential and supportive counselling session for youth and/or their caregivers
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
Servicio disponible en español
الخدمات المتوفّرة بالعربية
提供普通话/国语服务
12 to 17 years old
Youth Substance Use Health and Addictions
45-90 minute confidential and supportive counselling session for youth related to substance use, gaming, gambling addiction challenges. Caregivers also welcome.
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
12 to 25 years old
Child and family mental health
Child, caregiver and/or family support. For infants, toddlers and children under 12 struggling with mental health, social, emotional, and/or behavioural concerns.
Due to high demand, unfortunately, availability is currently low. If you are unable to book a counselling session, please check out this parent and caregiver support group.
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
Children under the age of 12 and their loved ones
African, Caribbean, and Black community counselling
Confidential and supportive counselling by the community, for the community.
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
16 years and older
Indigenous counselling
For Ottawa's First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members of all ages that self-identify as Indigenous. Confidential and supportive.
Services available in English
First Nations, Inuit and Métis
18 years and older
2SLGBTQ+ counselling
Confidential and supportive counselling by the community, for the community.
Services available in English
Services offerts en français
16 years and older
How does it work?
Booking a Session
Confirmation
Your Counselling Session
Counselling Connect services are provided by more than a hundred counsellors of diverse backgrounds and experience including Indigenous communities; African, Caribbean and Black communities; other racialized communities; and 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Their perspectives and approaches bring a lot of value to you, our client. See our Anti-racism and discrimination statement.
We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded Algonquin territory; We are committed to reconciliation efforts.
