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ADHD counselling for children, teens, adults, and families navigating emotional regulation, school stress, confidence, routines, and everyday life.
Calm Guidance Counselling and Support provides ADHD counselling in Burlington, Ontario, with virtual appointments across Ontario. For children with ADHD and big emotional outbursts, counselling may help them recognize feelings, practise calming and coping strategies, and improve communication. Parents can also receive practical guidance for responding consistently at home.
ADHD can affect more than attention. It can impact emotions, routines, friendships, school, work, self-esteem, and family life.
At Calm Guidance, we support children, teens, parents, and adults with ADHD in a warm, practical, and non-judgmental way. Counselling can help clients better understand their needs, build coping strategies, strengthen confidence, and create realistic tools that work in everyday life.
Families often seek ADHD counselling when emotional outbursts, shutdowns, impulsivity, difficult transitions, school stress, routines, friendships, or low confidence begin interfering with everyday life. At Calm Guidance in Burlington, Ontario, counselling is tailored to the child’s age, strengths, needs, and family context.
If autism or sensory and communication needs are also part of your child’s experience, explore our autism-affirming counselling in Burlington.
We’re committed to creating a safe, welcoming environment where individuals and families feel heard, understood, and supported.
Support with emotional regulation, confidence, routines, school stress, friendships, and coping skills.
Explore child supportSupport with motivation, anxiety, social confidence, school pressure, independence, and self-esteem.
Explore teen counsellingGuidance for parents who want practical tools, calmer communication, and support understanding their child’s needs.
Explore family supportSupport with stress, overwhelm, burnout, emotional regulation, relationships, routines, and self-understanding.
Explore adult ADHD counsellingCalm Guidance also offers small, supportive groups for children and teens who may benefit from connection, confidence-building, coping skills, and social practice.
Our groups are structured but relaxed, with guided discussion, skill-building, games, snacks, pizza, pop, music, and social time. Many kids and teens enjoy coming back because the groups feel supportive, welcoming, and genuinely fun.
View Group SupportIn-person individual counselling is typically $150 per 60-minute session. Child and teen group sessions are typically $100 per child, per session. Please confirm current fees when booking.
Receipts identify the clinician and their professional designation. Reimbursement depends on whether your benefits plan covers the services of the clinician you see. Some families may also be able to use eligible OAP funding.
If you’re unsure what applies, ask during your free consultation. We’re happy to help you identify what to confirm with your benefits provider.
Yes. Calm Guidance offers in-person ADHD counselling for children in Burlington, Ontario, and virtual appointments across Ontario. Support may focus on emotional regulation, big outbursts or shutdowns, routines, school stress, friendships, anxiety, confidence, and practical coping skills. A diagnosis is not required to contact us for a free consultation.
Counselling may help a child notice early signs of overwhelm, name emotions, practise regulation strategies, and communicate needs more safely. Parent involvement can add practical ways to reduce triggers, prepare for transitions, respond during difficult moments, and reinforce skills at home. Support is individualized rather than based on a single approach.
Yes. Calm Guidance supports teens with ADHD, anxiety, school stress, social confidence, emotional regulation, motivation, and self-esteem.
Yes. Parent support can be an important part of the process, especially when families want practical tools for communication, routines, emotional regulation, and understanding their child’s needs.
Yes. Calm Guidance supports adults with ADHD-related stress, overwhelm, burnout, emotional regulation, routines, relationships, and self-understanding.
Yes. Calm Guidance offers in-person counselling in Burlington and virtual counselling across Ontario.
In-person individual counselling is typically $150 per 60-minute session. Child and teen group sessions are typically $100 per child, per session. Fees may change, so confirm current pricing during your free consultation. Receipts identify your clinician and their professional designation; reimbursement depends on the clinician and your benefits plan.
Children may struggle with emotions, routines, school tasks, or friendships. Teens may feel stuck around motivation, pressure, independence, and self-esteem. Adults may be juggling racing thoughts, procrastination, emotional overload, burnout, and everyday demands.
Counselling focuses on understanding each person’s patterns and building strategies that fit their life—not forcing everyone into the same system.
Alicia is a Master’s-level Registered Social Worker with more than 15 years of experience supporting individuals and families. She oversees Calm Guidance’s group programs, with her main focus on facilitating groups for tweens, teens and young adults. She also has specialized training in Autism and Behaviour Science.
Her approach starts with meeting clients where they are. Alicia brings warmth, compassion, and practical support to help people understand their patterns, build useful skills, and move toward changes that matter to them.
Alicia also supports moms experiencing burnout, adults navigating anxiety and worry, and parents seeking guidance. She offers some adult individual counselling, with support matched to each person’s needs, preferences and fit.
Meet Our TeamYou do not need to have everything figured out before contacting us. The free consultation is a practical place to start.
Share who support is for, what has been feeling difficult, and whether you prefer Burlington or virtual counselling.
Alicia personally handles consultation calls, learns about your goals and scheduling needs, and helps match you with the best fit—whether that is Alicia, Jill, Tosha, or a relevant group service.
If the fit feels right, we will help you move toward practical support for everyday challenges and meaningful goals.
We’re currently accepting new clients. Send us a quick message and Alicia will help you figure out the best next step for your child, teen, yourself, or your family. We respond as quickly as possible—often within 15 minutes during office hours—and every new client starts with a free 15-minute consultation.
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Compassionate, evidence-based counselling for children, teens, adults and families in Burlington and across Ontario.
(905) 353-5260
info@calmguidancecounselling.com
845 Harrington Court, Unit 200B
Burlington, Ontario L7N 3P3
