Counselling & Coaching Services

At Creating Your Balance Counselling Therapy, we provide practical, compassionate and collaborative support for individuals, men, couples and families.

You don't need to know exactly what's wrong or what type of counselling you need before reaching out.

We'll start with where you are and work together from there.

Individual counselling provides a private and supportive space to explore the challenges you're experiencing and identify meaningful ways forward.

People come to counselling for many different reasons, including:

• Anxiety and stress
• Depression and low mood
• Burnout and emotional exhaustion
• Anger and emotional regulation
• Relationship challenges
• Life transitions
• Feeling overwhelmed or stuck
• Self-confidence and identity
• Addiction and relapse prevention
• Major personal or professional changes

Counselling is not about being told what to do.

It's about working collaboratively to understand what's happening and develop strategies that fit your life.

Many men are used to handling things on their own.

Sometimes that works.

Sometimes it doesn't.

Men's counselling at CYBCT provides a respectful, practical space to talk about stress, anger, relationships, fatherhood, identity, emotional overwhelm and major life transitions.

You don't have to be in crisis to reach out. You just need to be strong enough to talk.

Stress and anxiety can affect sleep, work, relationships and your ability to simply enjoy everyday life.

Counselling can help you understand patterns of worry and overwhelm, develop practical coping strategies and regain a greater sense of control.

Depression can involve much more than sadness.

It can affect motivation, energy, relationships, concentration and your sense of connection to yourself and others.

Counselling provides a supportive space to explore what's happening and identify practical steps toward greater functioning and wellbeing.

Anger is a normal human emotion.

Counselling can help you understand triggers, recognize patterns, communicate more effectively and develop healthier ways to respond when emotions become intense.

When communication breaks down or conflict becomes repetitive, it can be difficult to find your way forward without support.

Couples counselling provides a structured space to:

• Understand recurring patterns
• Improve communication
• Work through conflict
• Rebuild connection
• Navigate major transitions
• Strengthen the relationship

Family life can become complicated.

Changes in relationships, parenting challenges, conflict and major life events can affect everyone.

Family counselling provides a structured space where family members can be heard, different perspectives can be explored and healthier patterns can begin to develop.

When families are navigating separation, estrangement, conflict or court-involved reconnection, professional support can provide structure for difficult conversations and help create conditions for rebuilding connection.

Each family situation is different, and suitability for reunification counselling is assessed individually.

Walk & Talk counselling offers an alternative to traditional office-based counselling for eligible CYBCT clients.

Sessions take place outdoors at a mutually agreed location and combine therapeutic conversation with movement and the natural environment.

Privacy, confidentiality, weather and safety considerations are discussed before participating.

Professional Coaching is different from counselling.

CYBCT coaching is non-therapeutic and focuses on areas such as:

• Goal-setting
• Career and professional transitions
• Personal development
• Decision-making
• Accountability
• Clarifying priorities
• Moving forward when you're feeling stuck

Balanced Beginnings provides lower-cost/free counselling through emerging clinicians completing advanced clinical training under the supervision of Neal Henderson.

Sessions from $50, with limited sliding-scale and pro-bono spaces available.