Counseling can help people in many ways, including:
- Mental health: Counseling can help treat mental illness, relieve depression and anxiety, and reduce the risk of these conditions
- Self-esteem: Counseling can help improve self-esteem and self-acceptance
- Relationships: Counseling can help improve communication and relationships, and help people understand and work on their relationships
- Coping strategies: Counseling can help people develop coping strategies for different situations
- Self-reflection: Counseling can help people practice self-reflection and awareness
- Life skills: Counseling can help people acquire life skills, such as managing challenging emotions
- Personal goals: Counseling can help people set personal goals and work toward desired change
- Stress management: Counseling can help people manage stress effectively
- Problem-solving: Counseling can help people improve problem-solving and conflict resolution abilities
If you are in crisis, you can call or text 9-8-8 to connect with the national mental health crisis and suicide prevention team. You can also call the First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line at 1-855-242-3310.