Our Services

We start with a complimentary 20-minute phone consultation to discuss your concerns and help match you with the right clinician. Before your first session, you'll complete an intake form so your counsellor can better understand your needs and goals.

For child counselling, we generally begin with a parent or caregiver intake session without the child present. This gives you time to share relevant history and discuss your concerns before your child's first session.

Your counsellor will work with you to establish goals and determine an approach that fits your needs.

Bright Minds Counselling offers child and youth counselling, adult counselling, couples counselling, family therapy, parent support and co-parenting counselling. Our approaches are tailored to each client's needs, age and goals.

Visit our Services & Rates page to learn more about each service and its fees, or book a complimentary 20-minute consultation if you're unsure where to start.

Yes. You can book parent support even if your child isn't a counselling client. Sessions can help you better understand your child's behaviour, respond to emotional and behavioural challenges, and develop practical parenting strategies.

We also offer support for parents navigating separation, divorce and co-parenting. Visit our Parent Support & Coachingor Co-Parenting Counselling pages to learn more.

Children don't always have the words to explain their feelings or experiences. Play and expressive arts therapy give children developmentally appropriate ways to communicate, explore emotions and work through challenges.

Depending on the child's needs, these approaches can support emotional awareness, coping skills, communication, confidence and relationships. Synergetic Play Therapy also draws on attachment, neuroscience and nervous system regulation to help children develop greater emotional and relational awareness.

The approach is tailored to each child's age, needs and goals.

Sessions depend on your child's age, needs and goals. They may involve play, art, creative activities, conversation or a combination of approaches.

Your counsellor uses therapeutic interventions throughout the session to help your child explore experiences, develop coping skills and work through challenges. Caregivers may join briefly at the beginning or end of a session, and separate parent check-ins may be helpful when appropriate.

There is no set number of sessions. The length of counselling depends on your child's needs, goals, circumstances and progress.

Regular sessions can help children build familiarity, trust and consistency. Your counsellor will review progress with you and discuss whether the approach or frequency of sessions needs to change.

We require consent from both legal guardians before a child begins counselling. This helps ensure that both parents are aware of and agree to their child's involvement in counselling, supporting a fair and transparent process for everyone involved.

Please see our Policies & Confidentiality for more information about consent, confidentiality and working with separated or divorced families.

Family therapy focuses on relationships and communication within the family, rather than only one person's concerns. Sessions can help family members understand one another's perspectives, manage conflict, set boundaries and find more constructive ways to respond to challenges.

Family therapy may be helpful when disagreements, behavioural concerns or major life changes are affecting family relationships. Visit our Family Therapy page to learn more.

Family therapy focuses on relationships and communication among family members. Co-parenting counselling focuses specifically on helping separated parents manage parenting disagreements, improve communication and reduce conflict affecting their children.

Visit our Family Therapy or Co-Parenting Counselling page to find out which service may better fit your situation.

We offer direct billing to select insurance providers for eligible services provided by counsellors with the required professional designations. Coverage and direct billing eligibility vary by provider and individual plan.

Before booking, check with your insurance company to confirm whether your plan covers counselling, which professional designations are eligible, and whether your specific service is covered. Direct billing may not be available under every plan.

Contact us if you'd like to check whether direct billing is available for your provider.