Brief Counselling Services

This person-centred, strengths-focused service offers participants a focused conversation with children, youth, and families to explore solutions to resolve their presenting concerns. 

Brief Services can be accessed through:

• Talk-In Single Session Clinics occur across Lanark 5 days a week. The clinics are offered in-person and virtually (video or phone). These clinics provide evidence-informed single session service to children, youth or families and include risk assessment. Referral to other internal services or external services can happen directly from the session as needed.
• School Based Services delivers counselling with youth between grades 9 and 12 throughout Lanark County high schools in a same-day counselling service. Counsellors are available one-day a week at each school. Students can access these appointments as often as they prefer throughout the school year. Youth can talk about any mental health challenges impacting their functioning or quality of life. The content of the therapeutic conversations is confidential.  To make a referral in your school, contact your guidance counsellor or the school’s student support staff
• Brief Services provide up to 3 sessions with the same counsellor following initial talk-in session. Psychotherapists or social workers using evidence informed treatments will engage in therapeutic conversations with those accessing this service to collaboratively create solutions to concerns raised.