Dealing with Life's Challenges
The stresses of daily life can be challenging—raising your kids, finding work, balancing work and family life, managing money, maintaining a good place for you and your family to live. These challenges can sometimes seem overwhelming, especially when complicated by the impact of conflict, loss, trauma, anxiety or depression. Knowing yourself well enough to understand when you need help is a sign of strength. Help could be as simple as having the opportunity to tell your story, or as complex as developing a plan to begin the journey toward change in your life. Either way, we at Family Counselling Centre are committed to helping you find your strength and are ready to work with you to find solutions that are right for you.
Family, Couple & Individual (FCI) counselling
Family, Couple & Individual (FCI) Counselling services provide assistance to those needing help dealing with Life’s Challenges, such as :
- family difficulties
- marital conflict
- grief
- stress
- separation or divorce
- anxiety
- depression
- anger management
Through solution-focused interventions, professionally trained counsellors help individuals and families to improve their level of functioning, their satisfaction with life and their involvement with interpersonal relationships.
FCI Counselling services are supported, and subsidized by:
- The Sarnia-Lambton United Way, which helps to ensure that low-income families receive professional assistance when they need to reach outside their traditional support networks; and
- Employee and Family Assistance Programs – EFAPs, offered by many employers and unions as part of a health and benefits program. EFAP programs cover the cost of counselling for eligible employees and their dependents.
Counselling can also be purchased on a fee-for-service basis by individuals recognizing the need to obtain assistance in addressing Life’s Challenges.
Call 519-336-0120 to book an appointment.
Distress Line Sarnia
Distress Line Sarnia is a free, telephone crisis support service for persons in Sarnia Lambton who need:
- reassurance
- information
- support
- referral
This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is no fee for this service as the Sarnia-Lambton United Way provides funding.
Call (519) 336-3000 or 1-888-DISTRES (347-8737).
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing is a structured intervention provided by a team of trained counsellors. The intervention helps individuals or groups cope with emotional reactions and concerns associated with a traumatic event. Depending upon the number of people requiring service, an individual counsellor or a team of counsellors will respond quickly to address and mitigate the impact of trauma.
Available on a fee-for-service basis, this service can be purchased by:
- An employer to address the impact of traumatic events in the workplace, i.e. an accident or threatening event
- An individual for themselves or a family member
- A Union to assist members
- A service or service delivery organization to assist members or clients
