Nonprofit · always free
Talk to someone who will listen. Free.
A volunteer counselor will talk with you, or answer your message. You do not pay and we never ask for a card.
No payment · no card · takes one minute to start
Three ways to get help, all free
Start the way that is easiest for you
Talk
A free first session with a volunteer counselor, by video or phone. You pick the time.
Request more information 2Write
Would you rather write than talk? Send a message and a counselor answers you. Free.
Write to a counselor 3Learn on your own
Free courses, articles and books on stress, motivation and relationships.
See the free materialHow it works
From this page to a person, in three steps
Tell us what is going on
Your name, your email and one sentence. That is the whole form.
You get a counselor
We give you one volunteer counselor by name, so you are not choosing from a list.
Talk or write
Pick a time for your free session, or send your first message right away.
Where to start
What would you most like to improve?
The self assessment takes two minutes and tells you which area to work on first.
Stress and anxiety
Practical ways to bring the level down, starting today.
Motivation
How to rebuild drive after a setback without waiting to feel ready.
Relationships
Communication that resolves instead of repeating.
Ethics and integrity
Living by your own values, and how that helps every other part of life.
In their own words
What people said afterwards
I realized that a lot of my problems I thought I had weren’t that big of a deal. I’m now capable of handling anything that comes my way without any worry.
When I started I was really depressed and down. I finished with a better feeling. Today I feel really positive about dealing with life in a happier and more successful way.
Who we are
A nonprofit, here so nobody has to face a hard time alone
FriendlyCounseling is a nonprofit service of Valley Life Improvement Center, a 501(c)(3) organization in Granada Hills, California (Non-Profit Registration Number: 35-2464171). Our mission is to help people improve emotional well-being, communication skills and personal resilience.
We do it three ways: free sessions and free messages with volunteer counselors, free educational material anyone can use, and referral to a professional counselor for people who want to keep going. Our volunteer counselors are in training and are supervised. This is not medical or emergency care.
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