Listen
We begin by hearing what you have been experiencing without assuming we already understand your situation.
About C.S. Counselling
Understanding You Is Where Healing Begins
Some of the most difficult things in life are also the hardest to explain.
You may be carrying anxiety that other people cannot see. A relationship may feel increasingly distant. Your family may be struggling to communicate. You may be adjusting to a major change, questioning yourself or simply realizing that handling everything alone is becoming exhausting.
At C.S. Counselling & Consulting Services, we believe counselling should begin with something simple but important:
Understanding the person before trying to solve the problem.
Since 2011, C.S. Counselling has provided professional mental health and counselling support to individuals, couples, children, youth and families.
Clients can meet with our team in person at our Brampton counselling practice or access virtual counselling from across Ontario.
Start With a Conversation
Book a free 30-minute consultation: 416-409-8045.
More Than a Decade of Supporting People Through Difficult Moments
C.S. Counselling was established with the belief that people need more than clinical information when they are struggling.
They need a place where they can speak openly.
A place where their experiences are taken seriously.
And a professional who is willing to listen before making assumptions.
The practice is led by Coslyn Selby, RSW, a psychotherapist and Registered Social Worker with more than 20 years of professional counselling experience.
Her professional background has included counselling work connected with government agencies, hospitals, courts, law-enforcement services, probation and parole services, women's shelters and community organizations.
That experience has helped shape the way C.S. Counselling approaches mental health today.
We understand that emotional difficulties rarely exist separately from the rest of a person's life. Relationships, family, culture, work, immigration experiences, responsibilities and previous experiences may all influence what someone is going through.
That is why we try to understand the whole person, not simply the concern that brought them through the door.
Our Approach: Listen. Understand. Support.
Our philosophy can be summarized in three words:
Understand
We explore your concerns in the context of your relationships, experiences, strengths, culture, family and goals.
Support
Together, you and your therapist can explore an appropriate direction based on your needs and the clinician's professional training and competence.
Different clients may benefit from different approaches.
Depending on the therapist and the concerns being addressed, counselling may incorporate approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, mindfulness-informed strategies, psychotherapy and other appropriate therapeutic modalities.
The goal is not to fit you into a therapy technique.
The goal is to understand what may fit you.
Explore Our Therapy Approaches →
The C.S. Connected Care Approach
Looking Beyond the Reason You First Reached Out
What brings someone to counselling is not always the whole story.
Anxiety may affect relationships. Family stress may influence emotional well-being. Low confidence may affect work or decision-making. Immigration, culture, responsibilities or a major life change may also be connected to what someone is experiencing.
The C.S. Connected Care Approach reflects how we bring these different parts of a person's experience together.
Rather than beginning with a therapy technique, we begin by understanding the person.
From there, we consider the connections between:
- Your emotional well-being
- Relationships and family
- Culture and language
- Life experiences
- Current responsibilities and pressures
- Your goals for counselling
- Therapist fit
- Appropriate counselling support
- Therapeutic approaches
- In-person or virtual access
Not every area will be relevant to every client.
You decide which parts of your story matter.
The C.S. Connected Care Approach can be summarized as:
Listen. Understand. Connect. Support.
Learn About the C.S. Connected Care Approach →
A Team With Different Perspectives and Professional Backgrounds
Finding the right therapist is personal.
Professional qualifications matter, but so does whether you feel comfortable talking to the person sitting across from you.
C.S. Counselling brings together professionals from counselling, psychotherapy and social-work backgrounds.
Our team includes clinicians with different:
- Professional credentials
- Areas of practice
- Therapeutic approaches
- Educational backgrounds
- Languages
- Cultural experiences
- Populations they support
This allows clients to explore therapist options according to their concerns, preferences and therapist availability.
Meet Our Counselling Team →
Counselling That Respects Culture, Language and Your Story
Sometimes the easiest language for everyday conversation is not the easiest language for talking about emotions.
C.S. Counselling works with clients from diverse cultural, linguistic and personal backgrounds.
Multilingual counselling may be available in languages including English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati, depending on therapist availability.
But culturally responsive counselling means more than speaking another language.
Family expectations, immigration, identity, relationships, community experiences and cultural values may sometimes influence emotional well-being.
We do not assume that these things define your experience.
Instead, we give you the space to decide which parts of your story matter to you.
Professional Recognition, Credentials & Visibility
Trust Should Be Built on Real Professional Information
When choosing a counselling practice, clients should be able to understand the professional credentials and recognition behind the people providing care.
C.S. Counselling and members of our team maintain professional registration, directory presence and recognition through established mental-health and professional organizations and platforms.
These include:
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Eligible social-work professionals within our practice maintain professional registration and accountability through the appropriate regulatory body.
College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Psychotherapists (Qualifying) on our team are registered with, and accountable to, the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Team members holding the Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) designation are certified through the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.
Psychology Today
C.S. Counselling and/or members of the team maintain professional visibility through Psychology Today's mental-health directory.
Theravive
The practice has maintained a professional presence within Theravive's counselling and therapist directory.
Three Best Rated
C.S. Counselling and/or Coslyn Selby has received recognition associated with marriage counselling services in Brampton through Three Best Rated.
Recognition can help demonstrate professional visibility, but it should never replace what matters most when choosing a therapist:
Professional qualifications. Appropriate training. Experience. Therapist fit. And a counselling relationship where you feel heard and respected.
View Our Team Credentials →Who We Support
Our counselling practice provides support for:
Individuals • Couples • Families • Children • Youth • Immigrants & Newcomers
Clients may seek counselling for concerns involving:
- Mental health and emotional well-being
- Anxiety and excessive worry
- Depression and low mood
- Relationship concerns
- Family conflict
- Anger
- Alcohol-related concerns
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions
- IVF and fertility-related concerns
- Immigration and cultural adjustment
- Other emotional or interpersonal challenges
You do not need to know which service or therapy approach you need before contacting us.
Start with what has been happening.
In-Person Counselling in Brampton & Virtual Counselling Across Ontario
Our physical counselling practice is located at:
C.S. Counselling & Consulting Services2250 Bovaird Drive E, Suite 408
Brampton, ON L6R 0W3
We support clients from Brampton, Peel Region, the GTA, Halton Region and surrounding communities, with virtual counselling available for appropriate clients across Ontario.
Whether you prefer meeting your therapist face-to-face or accessing counselling from home, our team can help you explore available options.
Start With a Conversation
You do not have to arrive with the perfect words.
You do not have to know which therapist you need.
And you do not have to understand exactly why you are feeling the way you do.
Start by telling us what has been happening.
We'll start by listening.
2250 Bovaird Drive E, Suite 408
Brampton, ON L6R 0W3