FREE COUNSELLING SOCIETY CANADA
ABOUT US
Struggling to find free counselling due to long waitlists?
Free Counselling Society Canada FCSC is a registered not-for-profit entirely-volunteer-run society S0078330, founded by a small team of experienced Psychotherapists, Counsellors and Clinical Supervisors in Toronto Ontario and Vancouver BC, Canada. It is created during the mental health crisis when many hospital mental health counselling waitlists exceeded 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and sometimes beyond 1 year.
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Our goal is to connect Clients located in Ontario, BC and Canada-wide with 12 sessions and more free-of-charge counselling (video call or phone call) with minimal waitlist.
Services in multiple languages: English, Arabic, Cantonese, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Portugese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese and more.
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Psychotherapy and Counselling is provided by Volunteer Counsellors or Referral Affiliate Student Counsellors who are professionally supervised and near the end of their journey to being accredited. Our counsellors are committed to providing 12 sessions and more free counselling to each client.
HOW IT WORKS?
Clients:
If you want to seek help for free-of-charge counselling, please call and we would discuss your concerns. If considered suitable, we would refer your case to our Volunteer Psychotherapists and Counsellors, and they will contact you directly to start counselling. Counselling sessions are 45min (video call or phone call). Our counsellors are committed to providing 12 sessions and more free counselling to each client. We DO NOT provide crisis nor emergency services. We CANNOT support clients with active psychosis. Please call 911 for crisis or emergency.
Services in multiple languages: English, Arabic, Cantonese, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Portugese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese and more.
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Psychotherapy and Counselling is provided by Volunteer Counsellors or Referral Affiliate Student Counsellors who are professionally supervised and near the end of their journey to being accredited. Our counsellors are committed to providing 12 sessions and more free counselling to each client.
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Counselling Interns:
Need more counselling hours for your clinical practice, practicum and certifications, and want to support your community? Apply as Volunteer Counsellors or Referral Affiliate Student Counsellors! Volunteers MUST practice under their provinces/territories' profession rules and regulations regarding counselling and psychotherapy (see CCPA more info), and (if applicable: rules and regulations of their Universities and Practicum Sites).
Experienced Counsellors:
Consider volunteering 1 hour a week of your time for pro-bono counselling and support your community!
Disclaimer:
Our initiative is volunteer-run in a pro bono nature and doesn’t have any in-house staffing. Volunteer or Student Psychotherapists and Counsellors sign up pro bono voluntarily. Donations are welcome and needed to pay for ongoing admin costs of our not-for-profit society.
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them”
Albert Einstein
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Ontario, BC and Canada-wide
