Couple & family counselling
Familia's couple and family counselling is short-term service based on discussion and peer support for intercultural couples and families in life situations that cause concern or stress. In Familia's counselling, we can identify factors that affect the well-being of intercultural families. You can contact us, for example in matters related to relationship, parenthood, raising children or divorce and stepfamilies. Our support is culturally sensitive and respectful of the views of intercultural families.
Counselling can help you find new perspectives, identify your own resources, and guide you towards using and increasing them through discussion and dialogue. The aim of counselling may be, for example: improving the communication between spouses, finding new solutions or strengthening family interaction. You can also come to counselling just to discuss your own experiences without a certain goal. Talking and sharing your own experiences and feelings can alone help you perceive things from a different perspective. You can come to counselling alone or together even if the relationship has ended. In this case, concerns related to the separation can be considered (not including legal advice). If necessary, we can help you to find other services and support suitable for your family's situation. Couple and family counselling includes approximately 1–3 face-to-face or online meetings and is free of charge. Counselling is currently available in Finnish, English and Spanish. You can sign up for couple and family counselling by filling in the contact form. We aim to respond to contacts as soon as possible, no later than within 2 working days (during holidays, response times may be extended). In urgent matters or acute crisis, contact Mieli ry Crisis Helpline. In the matters related to bi- or multilingualism, please contact Belingual Project. |
More information about our services:
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advice & Support Chat for intercultural families
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In the chat, you can get support and help in finding the right service (not legal advice). Even one conversation with a professional can help bring clarity and create hope in your life situation. |
FAMILIA INFO
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Familia Info offers free individual advice, support and guidance in questions related to the everyday life and integration of intercultural families. We provide you with information about Familia's services and activities and you can, for example, ask us about studies, job search, housing, residence permits, citizenship, Kela, Te-office or other public and NGO sector's services. Familia Info is available in Finnish and English (if possible also in other languages). You can contact us by email or by using the contact form. We respond to contacts on Mondays and Thursdays (there may be changes to response times during holidays).
The service is also available by phone on Mondays 6pm to 8pm. Tel. 045 78356873. |
Eron ensiapupisteet - divorce first-aid (Helsinki and Espoo)
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Eron ensiapupisteet ( the "divorce first-aid service points") offer guidance and counsel about divorce, specific questions related to divorced families and children-related questions, as well as services designed for families living a divorce situation.
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BELINGUAL ADVICE LINE
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Belingual offers on-call help and support in matters related to childrens multilingualism, as well as information concerning early childhood educational institutions that offer multilingual services.
Telephone Advice: Mondays 13–15.00, 045 78352075 (calls, text messages + Whatsapp) We offer support in the following areas:
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CONTACT FORM
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