Welcome to Niagara Counselling Services! Now in our 21st 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 21st year of providing confidential and quality counselling for individuals, couples, families, children and youth of all ages. Niagara Counselling Services are proud to Reach Out To Everyone in need of counselling services in the Niagara Region.
We also work with professional athletes and corporate clients and we have an excellent reputation providing effective and skilled solution-focused, short-term and long-term counselling services working largely on referrals from physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers and social service organizations. We have proudly provided counselling to over 8000 clients. 

Clinical services are facilitated by professional counsellors with Masters degrees, along with additional support from experienced mental health professionals including psychotherapists, registered social workers, social workers, social service workers and child and youth practitioners. 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, life coach, and mediate to achieve a favourable outcome.
 
We offer one-on-one, marital/couple and family counselling as well as support groups, workshops, and group therapy. Please see our rates page for additional information on our rates. Our services are offered on a sliding scale (geared to income), and most insurance companies will cover full or partial cost for social workers. We are not psychologists.

We are innovative and solution-focused, with no long waiting periods. Appointments can be made within two weeks of initial contact.  We are available to serve you Monday through Friday from 9 am to 10 pm with offices in 
St. Catharines at 47 Scott Street West, Unit 3A (21 years), in Niagara Falls at the Community Resources Centre at 5017 Victoria Avenue, Suite 107 (19 years), in addition to our new Welland main office which originally opened in October 2013, and is celebrating our fourth year now located at 449 Thorold Road.  Niagara Counselling Services is very proud to be able to Reach Out To Everyone in need of assistance. We do our utmost to make the counselling sessions a comfortable experience.

Nominated for the 2013 Niagara Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards for the Established Enterprise category.  Awards ceremony held March 2014.


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
• Unexplained physical injuries to spouse or children
• Feelings of loneliness, isolation, moodiness, depression

• Drastic weight fluctuations and/or irregular eating patterns

• Problems with a child's/teen's behaviour

• Repeated employment difficulties, frequent job changes, difficulty with co-workers

• Emotional distress when talking about one's life circumstances

• Abused victims, spouses and families

• Physical symptoms that may have an emotional component

• Repeated illness or non-compliance with treatment

• Family violence or intense anger, frustration and hostility

• Compulsive behaviours with alcohol, drugs, or gambling

• 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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