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.
03/31/2026
Thanks to Caeleigh Hiscock, a local CNA Journalism student, for putting the time and creativity into developing some TDOV graphics for us! We’re so grateful for your support and the energy you brought to this work.💜
Transgender Day of Visibility
What it is:
Celebrated on March 31st, Transgender Day of Visibility -often shortened to TDOV-is an annual day of recognition for trans individuals. It's purpose is to celebrate the trans community while raising awareness and fighting discrimination placed against it.
A history:
Created by trans activist, Rachel Croaker, the first Trans Day of Visibility was celebrated in 2009. The day was created as a reaction to the lack of LGBTQ+ representation for transgender individuals other than Trans Day of Remembrance. By 2014, the day was gaining traction around the world and is now celebrated widely.
On TDOV, we celebrate the joy and resilience of transgender and non-binary people everywhere through elevating the voices and experiences of the trans and…
03/24/2026
Interested in helping shape the future of mental health in Newfoundland and Labrador?
The Canadian Mental Health Association – NL Division is seeking Board Members to join our Board of Directors.
This is an opportunity to support CMHA-NL’s leadership in mental health education, advocacy, and community resilience across the province.
We are particularly interested in individuals with experience in:
• Fund Development
• Stakeholder & Government Relations
• Technical & Innovation
• Financial Accounting
• Employment Law & Contracting
Experience with a community development or not-for-profit organization is an asset. Welcoming a Board Member from Labrador is also a priority.
📧 Expressions of Interest can be sent to office@cmhanl.ca
🗓 Deadline: March 31
Join us in strengthening mental health leadership in Newfoundland and Labrador.
03/15/2026
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece on the gender gap in therapy, roughly three out of four therapists are now women, a near-complete reversal from fifty years ago, and the implied diagnosis was familiar, men aren’t getting mental health care because there aren’t enough men in the room offering it. More male therapists, the logic goes, means more men in therapy. Problem solved. It’s a tidy argument. It’s also the wrong one. Not because the gender gap isn’t real. It is. And not because representation in the helping professions doesn’t matter. It does. But the “more male therapists” solution is a supply-side answer to what is fundamentally a cultural problem, and it contains two significant blind spots that the mainstream conversation keeps carefully avoiding. https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishoff/p/the-wrong-fix-for-the-right-problem?r=2liqb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
03/12/2026
03/06/2026
02/05/2026
TW: SA, Epstein files
For many of us who have experienced violence and harm, the release of the Epstein files have left us feeling shaky, unsafe and angry. We might be doom scrolling, - looking, hoping for any amount of justice, finding it hard to concentrate or move through your day with any sense of ease or steadiness.
All of this is a normal response to being flooded with horrific images and never ending news loop of abuse at the hands of the powerful who may never face justice.
The feeling of anger may be because you did not consent to have an unrelenting barrage of news of sexual abuse and harm coming from social media, the news, conversations at work, well, every where. You did not consent to having to re live and process your own abuse this week.
All that you are feeling from rage to disconnection is a normal response. However, you are getting through your day in response to this, is ok too.
02/01/2026
Jenny spent some time training and learning from the passionate staff at Adsum for Women & Children this week and was gifted these beautiful beaded earring by indigenous artist Mino Ode Designs. You can find her work at www.minoodedesigns.ca
01/28/2026
01/27/2026
Take part in the Quadrangle NL Annual Q***r & Trans Community Needs & Impact Survey!
Purpose: This annual survey helps us understand the evolving needs, experiences, and priorities of the q***r and trans communities across Newfoundland and Labrador, and to assess the impact and accessibility of Quadrangle NL’s programs, services, events, and community role. The results will inform service improvement, advocacy, capacity building, and funder reporting.
Who can participate: Anyone aged 14+ who identifies as part of the q***r and trans
community, is questioning, or is an ally, supporter, or caregiver who has engaged with Quadrangle NL in the past 12 months.
Confidentiality: Participation is voluntary. Responses are anonymous and reported in aggregate.
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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 q***r-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.
You can contact us for free 15-minute consultation or to set up an appointment
