Guiding people toward wellness 

Confidential Counselling

Compassionate, caring and professional counselling therapy is available through our employee family assistance program (EFAP) or private-pay programs for adults, youth (10-18), couples and families.

Are you eligible for our EFAP services?

We offer EFAP counselling services for our community partners. Employees (and their eligible dependents) of our community partners are encouraged to access our services. Long-term employees who are retired from our current partner organizations are also eligible.

Dependent family members include:

  • Marital or Common Law spouse

  • Children (ages 10-19, or up to 25 if in post-secondary education)

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Help is here for you when you’re ready.

Contact us to set up an initial appointment.

Critical Incident Response

When a critical incident impacts your workplace, Upper Island Counselling responds, carefully organizes and facilitates short-term services, and ongoing follow-up support.

We help manage the emotional impact on employees through on-site crisis counselling, critical incident stress/grief debriefings, management support, and educational resources. Our goal is to guide your team back to wellness, safely and compassionately, while reducing the risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms.

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Wellness Workshops, Lunch & Learns & Trainings

These services are offered virtually or on-site at the workplace to support a healthy workplace culture, workplace mental health & happy, productive employees.

We offer a wide variety of workplace wellness topics and can customize a workshop to suit the unique needs of your organization.

Current Popular Workshops


Healthy Workplace Relationships & Communication

Self-Care to Prevent Burnout

A Well-Balanced Life

Coping with Occupational Stress

Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace