In accordance with the Social Welfare Act, the parenting and family counselling provided by the family counselling clinic is support for families with children and adolescents under the age of 18.
The family counselling clinic can help you, when
- you would like conversational support in questions related to parenting and bringing up children
- you are concerned about your child's or adolescent's behaviour or development
- your child or adolescent is having problems at home, daycare, school or with friends
- your family is struggling with conflicts, sorrow or other difficult life situation
- you the parents are considering separating or your family needs help to cope with your separation
- you are facing a new life situation, for example, as a single parent or in a reconstituted family.
Our staff includes social workers and psychologists. We can also consult a child psychiatrist, if necessary. Our work is guided by your family's needs and requests. If necessary, we can also cooperate with other parties who are important to your child or family.
We also organise various groups at the family counselling clinic like, for example, emotional skills groups for children and parenting groups, such as Ihmeelliset vuodet 'Wonderful Years'.
You can seek the services of the family counselling clinic by calling social guidance for families with children or by sending a message via the 'Need help?' online form or in Maisa.
The services are free of charge.
How to contact us
You can contact us via Maisa, through an online form, or by phone. Please choose the option that suits you best below.
- Go to Maisa’s front page and log in using the Suomi.fi identification service. If you have the app installed on your phone, you can also log into Maisa from there.
- Select "Your Menu" in the upper corner and choose "Managing Your Social Care Services" from the menu.
- Select "Applications, Contact Requests, and Decisions" and proceed to "Submit an application or a contact request."
- Select "Helsinki" and "Lapset ja perheet".
- Select "Hakemus kasvatus- ja perheneuvontaan". Describe your situation freely in the form field.
Social counseling telephone service for families with children in Finnish
Open Mon-Fri 09-12
Call charge: standard telephone charges apply
Call +358931015454 (Link starts a phone call)
Social counseling telephone service for families with children in Swedish
Open Mon 09-12
The Swedish-speaking call centre is available on Mondays. However, you can also call us and leave a call request on other days.
Call charge: standard telephone charges apply
You can also find this page at hel.fi/family-counselling .
