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Counselling services
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Counselling Services
Rising Hope Counselling offers individual evidence-based counselling by a Registered Social Worker (RSW). Rising Hope offers support in dealing with many different types of challenges in life and is located in the East End of Kingston, Ontario for individuals 16 years of age and older. For your convenience, Rising Hope is pleased to announce the expansion of services to include secure video counselling and phone counselling that you can access services from the comfort of your own home.
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About Janice Hillier
Janice, pronounced Ja-Niece- (it’s not my fault, my parents did it) Hillier graduated from Dalhousie University with a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and from McMaster University with combined Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social Work (BA/BSW) degrees. She is registered and in good standing with both the College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (Registration #807222) as well as with the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
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Welcome to Rising Hope Counselling Services
Connecting with you.
Taking a first step towards help
The wilderness is healing, a therapy for the soul.
– Nicholas Kristaf

Winston Churchill
Success is not final;
Failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue that counts.
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Michele Ruiz
If people are doubting how far you can go,
go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.
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Discover
Better Days Ahead
It can be overwhelming dealing with the circumstances of life. Sometimes challenges can be so high that it’s hard to see ahead to better days.
Here’s the good news: you don’t have to do this alone.
Think about the trees. The ones who stand alone are less likely to remain standing with the approach of a strong wind. Trees standing together with roots entwined in the forest have far more potential to stand against the same strong wind. We as people are no different against the “negative winds of life” in that we do better with supports.
Research supports this belief that those who have a network of support recover better from mental health struggles than those trying to do it alone. And YOU are now taking the first step at expanding your support network by looking for some professional support. It is our goal that through our work together, you will experience rising hope, and that tomorrow will be better than today.
We look forward to meeting you.
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Office
By Appointment only
Mon to Fri 8:30 – 3:30 | (no evenings or weekends)
800 John Marks Ave., Kingston
(KOPI Building)


