A safe space
To Find Your
Balance
Counsellia provides free, confidential mental health support and counselling for teenagers and young adults across Nigeria and beyond.
Counsellia began as an online counselling platform. Today, as a registered NGO, we are expanding our reach to ensure every teenager and young adult — regardless of background or income — has access to professional mental health support.
We believe mental health is a fundamental right, not a privilege.
Through accessible counselling, community outreach, and compassionate care, we are breaking down barriers, reducing stigma, and creating safe spaces where young people can be heard, understood, and supported.
Our mission is to empower the next generation with the tools, guidance, and confidence they need to navigate life’s challenges and build healthier, more resilient futures.
What We Offer
Support Shaped Around You
we have a space for you.
One-on-One Counselling
Private sessions with a licensed therapist, available via video, audio, or chat — from anywhere.
Group Therapy
Facilitated group sessions where young people share experiences and build resilience together in a safe environment.
Crisis Intervention
24/7 crisis support for those in immediate mental health distress. You will never be left alone.
Mental Health Workshops
Interactive sessions on anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationships, and more — delivered in schools and communities.
Self-Help Resources
Access curated articles, guided meditations, journaling prompts, and mental health tools — available anytime.
School Outreach
We partner with secondary schools and universities to embed mental health support directly into student life.
Changing Lives, One Conversation at a Time
Since our founding, we have reached thousands of young people across Nigeria. The numbers grow every month — but behind every number is a human story of hope restored.
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We Are Here
What Are You Dealing With?
Choose what best describes how you feel.
Depressed
Stressed
Confused
Anxious
Fed Up
Addicted
Overwhelmed
Guilty
Our Core
Our Core Counselling Areas
with compassion, skill, and zero judgement.
Mental Health Support
Anxiety, depression, trauma, or just feeling lost. Professional, stigma-free support to help you find your footing again.
Relationship Counselling
Navigate love, boundaries, heartbreak, and intimacy. Build healthier connections with partners, friends, and yourself.
Self-Improvement
Academic Counselling
Family Counselling
Career Counselling
Voices of Healing
In Their Own Words
Real stories from young people who took the first step and never looked back.
“I had nobody to talk to at home. Counsellia gave me a therapist who actually listened. For the first time, I felt like my feelings mattered.”
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Burnout nearly cost me my career. The career counselling sessions reframed everything — I now work with purpose, not just pressure.
I was failing my exams and didn’t know why. Turns out it was anxiety. My counsellor helped me build routines that actually work for me.
Support Our Mission
Your Gift Funds a Young Person’s Healing
Every donation — no matter the size — goes directly to providing free mental health services to teenagers and young adults who need it most. Help us reach more young people across Africa.