The Landing Services: Counselling, Training, Consulting

The Landing Services: Counselling, Training, Consulting The Landing counselling & consulting is based in St. John’s run by two women with decades of experience in individual and group counselling and consulting.

🙌 Reminder - Jenny and Catherine take a social media break in November.  We are still in the chair so reach out for a ch...
11/06/2025

🙌 Reminder - Jenny and Catherine take a social media break in November. We are still in the chair so reach out for a chat.

10/12/2025
09/30/2025

🧡 Rally for Reconciliation 🧡

📅 Tuesday, September 30
🕑 2:00 PM
📍 Confederation Building, St. John’s

Join us as we gather in solidarity to honour Residential School Survivors, those who did not make it home, and the families and communities forever impacted.

This is a time for remembrance, truth, and action. We welcome everyone to stand with us in support and in spirit of reconciliation.

Let’s walk together. 🧡

🔗 Learn more at firstlightnl.ca/osd

09/30/2025

🧡 “You hear children crying at bedtime… we had to weep silently.”

The pain of Residential Schools was not only in what was done—but in what children were forced to carry alone, in silence.

No child should have to cry in secret.
No child should ever be made to suffer for who they are.

On Orange Shirt Day, we honour Survivors, hold space for their stories, and commit to building a world where no child’s tears go unheard.

📖 Learn how you can support Survivors and impacted communities at firstlightnl.ca/osd

📄 Read the full list of TRC Calls to Action:
nctr.ca/records/reports/ -reports

09/30/2025

🕯️ Media Release: Sisters in Spirit Vigil 🕯️

On Saturday, October 4, we gather to honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.

❤️ Read the full release here: firstlightnl.ca/news

This vigil is a space to remember those taken too soon, to hold their families and loved ones in our hearts, and to stand together in solidarity.

📅 Saturday, October 4, 2025
⏰ 6:00 PM (Doors open at 5:00 PM)
📍 81 Cochrane Street

Community members who wish to share a message, poem, or tribute for a loved one can reach out to Brooke at brooke@firstlightnl.ca or (709) 725-8599

✨ Registration is encouraged: firstlightnl.ca/sis

09/30/2025

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. CASW honours the children who never returned home, the Survivors of residential schools, and their families and communities. We acknowledge the ongoing impacts of colonialism and recognize that truth and reconciliation require more than one day of recognition as it calls us to continue to learn, listen and take action. For social workers, this is a time of reflection, to examine our role in systems that have caused harm, to learn from Indigenous knowledge and leadership, and to consider how our practice can support healing, justice, and sovereignty.

CASW pauses today in remembrance, reflection, and commitment to fostering relationships rooted in respect and accountability.

09/15/2025

If you live in Newfoundland and Labrador and you need help...dial 2-1-1211 is always free and confidentialit’s your resource for finding government, social, ...

Did you know that Catherine and Jenny are both registered social workers with the NL College of Social Workers? And, lic...
08/02/2025

Did you know that Catherine and Jenny are both registered social workers with the NL College of Social Workers? And, licensed to provide virtual counselling in Nova Scotia and Ontario. 💻

07/21/2025

In collaboration with , , , , and Trans March 2025 is here!

Join us at Habourside Park at 2 PM on Saturday July 26th. We will march from the park, to the courthouse for some speeches before returning back to the Park for refreshments.

If you would like to volunteer, please reach out!

Solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️✊

[ALT ID: In collaboration with Palestine Action YYT
Trans March 2025
Saturday, July 26th
2 PM Start at Harbourside Park
Refreshments to follow at Harbourside Park]

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About us

We have known each other for over 20 years. We first met when Jenny was studying social work (BSW) at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo and Catherine was a professor in the program. We stayed in touch over the years as Jenny’s career took her to New Zealand, Halifax and later Newfoundland, where Catherine was living, having accepted a position at the School of Social Work at Memorial University. Since then we have continued to work on projects together including the creation of the Right Here, Right Now Drop-In Counselling Program at the Women’s Centre in 2015 and most recently, The Landing.

We share a commitment to social justice, feminism, and accountable practice. We value human relationships and consider respect, compassion, collaboration and hope as essential to our process. Our unwavering belief that people are capable, guides how we think about human problems, the helping role, and how we envision change.

Although our work is guided by feminist and narrative approaches to therapy, neither of us rigidly adhere to one specific approach, instead we wish to work with you to find an approach that fits and can best ease your concerns. Catherine has a specific interest in working in the areas of identity and life transitions, including separation/divorce, retirement, grief and loss and social group leavings. Jenny has a specific interest in working in the area of relationships, anxiety, loss and with survivors and current victims of violence, childhood abuse, and recovery.

We are proud to offer a queer-positive, inclusive and culturally sensitive practice. We regret that our office, located on the second floor of the Commercial Chambers (197-199 Water Street) may not be accessible for everyone as there is no elevator in the building. If stairs are of concern, please call and we will make other arrangements.