Welcome to Niagara Counselling Services! Now entering our 25th year of providing professional counselling services in the Niagara Region.

          Niagara Counselling Services is a professional counselling agency, founded March 1st, 1995, now in our 25th year of providing confidential and quality counselling for individuals (18 and over) and couples.

• Clinical services are facilitated by professional counsellors with masters degrees, along with additional support from experienced mental health professionals including Psychotherapists, Social Workers and Professional Life Coaches. Our dedicated team works to offer you the opportunity for improvement and positive change in your life. We are here to help, support, educate, mentor, and mediate to achieve a favourable outcome.

We offer one-on-one and marital/couple counselling as well as seminars and workshops. Please see our rates page for additional information on our fees. Most insurance companies will cover full or partial cost for social workers. Otherwise, save our receipts for filing income tax as a healthcare expense. We are not psychologists. We are innovative and solution-focused, with no long waiting periods. Appointments can usually be made within two weeks of initial contact.  We are available to serve you Monday through Friday from 10 am to 7 pm with an office in Welland located at 449 Thorold Road (near Niagara College).
Please note: Our former St. Catharines is now officially closed as of May 1, 2020.
Niagara Counselling Services are very proud to be able to Reach Out To Everyone in need of assistance. 
​The Key to Healing is Talking about It!
Nominated for the 2013 Niagara Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards for Established Enterprise. 
Nominated for the 2016 Niagara Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards for Established Entrepreneur.                   Nominated and won Gold and Silver for the 2016 CHCH Business Excellence Awards.
2017 - 3 Best Rated Marriage Counsellors in Welland
2018, 2019, 2020 - 3 Best Rated Marriage Counsellors in St. Catharines and Welland 
2019 Readers Choice Award winner for Best Marriage, Individual and Family Counsellor as well as Best Life Coach
2020 Nominated for The Readers Choice Awards for both The Welland Tribune and The St.Catharines Standard newspapers for Best Marriage, Individual and Family Counsellor as well as Best Life Coach and Grief and Bereavement Counselling in both Welland and St.Catharines.
2020 Quality Business Award for Best Counselling Service in St. Catharines
2020-2021 Consumer Choice Award for Best Counselling Service in the Hamilton & Niagara Region 

Disclaimer: The contents in this website are for informational purposes. They are not meant to provide diagnosis or to replace the advice of your health care practitioner.

How do you know when to consult 
with a counsellor? 

Symptoms arise as individuals, couples, and families experience normal development stages, face special needs and problems, or confront unexpected crises. Some signals to look for are:

• Continuous feelings of marital, relationship and family dissatisfaction
• Feelings of loneliness, isolation, moodiness, depression

• Drastic weight fluctuations and/or irregular eating patterns
• Repeated employment difficulties, frequent job changes, difficulty with co-workers
• Emotional distress when talking about one's life circumstances
• Physical symptoms that may have an emotional component
• Repeated illness or non-compliance with treatment

• Family violence or intense anger, frustration and hostility
• Burn-out related to workaholic behaviour
• Post-traumatic stress
  Low self-esteem, lacking self-confidence, extreme sadness
  Anxiety, fears/phobias, worries/concerns

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