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French On-Site Interpretation for Mental Health Counseling
Medically credentialed French interpreters for counseling in therapy offices, community mental health centers and school counseling offices. Get your quote in seconds, place your order, and you're all set.
Starting at $92.91
Per hour
Court-certified
Interpreters
HIPAA-aligned
All clinical sessions
Medically credentialed
CCHI and NBCMI certified interpreters
Match
Interpreter matched to the setting
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter who works near the office, and the name and credentials reach you before the session.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
On-site
Interpreter at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the address you gave, checks in the way your notes describe, and interprets for the hours you booked.
In person, for the booked hours
The price shows before you book. Every session is covered by an NDA; clinical sessions are handled in line with HIPAA.
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Getting French right
Interpretation skews heavily toward asylum interviews and immigration court for West / Central African applicants (Cameroon, DRC, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea), plus corporate and diplomatic assignments.
Typical French bookings
- Asylum interviews and immigration court (DRC, Cameroon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Hospital appointments for West African refugees
- International commercial arbitration and M&A
- Diplomatic meetings and UN-adjacent events
- Aerospace and energy negotiations
- Parent-teacher conferences in Maine, Minnesota and Ohio
- U.S. speakers
- 1.2M+
- Booked most in
- New York, Miami, Washington DC
- Varieties
- Metropolitan, Québécois, West / Central African
Where we interpret
On-site interpreters for mental health counseling in therapy offices, community centers and schools
Counseling takes place in offices, community centers and schools. The interpreter reports to the one address you give, so tell us which kind of place it is.
Therapy offices
The interpreter comes to the therapist's office and sits in the room with the client. Put the suite number and the therapist's name in the notes, and ask for the same interpreter if the client comes every week.
Community mental health centers
Clients come to a community mental health center to see a counselor, and the center sets the length of each appointment. Give us the floor and the counselor's name, and book the time the appointment is scheduled for.
School counseling offices
A school counselor may meet a student and a parent together, with an interpreter for the parent. Give us the school's address and the steps visitors follow to enter the building.
Sessions in person
What to know about in-person counseling with an interpreter
When the interpreter comes in person
Counseling is usually held in person, in the therapist's office, and the interpreter sits in the room with the client. For a family session, the family comes to the same room, and the interpreter interprets for each person who speaks the other language. Our dispatcher looks for interpreters closest to the address first, and outside the big metro areas we still send one, with more notice.
Who takes part
The therapist leads the session, decides how the time is spent and decides where the interpreter sits. The client describes what has been happening and answers the therapist's questions. In a family session, a parent, a spouse or another relative joins the client in the same room. The interpreter carries the language between them and takes no side.
In the room4
- TherapistLeads, and decides where the interpreter sits
- ClientDescribes what has been happening
- Family membersJoin the client in the same room
- InterpreterCarries the language and takes no side
TherapistInterpreterClient
The interpreter's role
The interpreter lets the client and the therapist understand each other as fully as if they spoke one language. Every sentence from the therapist is interpreted for the client, and every sentence from the client is interpreted back, in the first person. Hard or angry words are interpreted as they were said, with nothing softened and nothing left out. The interpreter stays neutral, keeps what they hear confidential, and adds no advice, opinions or explanations.
Therapist and client
TherapistInterpretedClientInterpreted
A relative speaks
RelativeInterpretedTherapistInterpreted
Family sessions
In a family session, one person speaks at a time. A relative says a part, the interpreter says it in English for the therapist, and the therapist's reply is interpreted back before the next person speaks. Tell us in the notes how many people will attend and which language the family speaks, because one booking is for English and one other language.
On-site, video or phone
Choosing between on-site, video and phone for counseling
An interpreter in the office suits sessions where everyone sits together. Video and phone work for narrower cases.
On-site
An interpreter in person suits family sessions held in one room, and clients who already meet the therapist at the office.
Video (VRI)
Video fits a regular session when the client lives far from the office or no interpreter for the language works nearby.
Video-Remote Interpretation for Mental Health Counseling
Phone (OPI)
Phone fits a short check-in between sessions, when nobody needs to be seen.
Phone Interpretation for Mental Health Counseling
How it works
How to book an on-site interpreter for counseling
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the session date, start time, the address and the client's language. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. In your dashboard, add notes for the interpreter, such as the entrance, the room, parking and how visitors check in.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns a medically credentialed interpreter who works near the address and confirms the name and credentials to you.
The interpreter arrives at your venue
The interpreter arrives, checks in as your notes describe, and sits in the session where the therapist asks. The interpreter stays until the booked hours end.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name and credentials, sent to you ahead of the session day.
- No extra charge for travel inside the interpreter's metro area, with a longer trip quoted as a separate line when you book.
- A BAA for healthcare customers, and no recording unless you ask.
Every file and session is covered by an NDA and sent over an encrypted connection. Clinical matters are handled in line with HIPAA.
If you also need translations
If you also need documents translated for the first visit
Certified translations into English arrive as a PDF the therapist can read at intake.
Hospitals and clinics
Records of earlier treatment abroad, translated into English so the therapist has the history before the first session.
Schools and universities
Academic transcripts from a school abroad, translated into English for a student who sees the school counselor.
USCIS interviews
Marriage and divorce certificates, translated into English when a client's immigration case calls for them.
Not in the list? We translate 37 document types, from passports and bank statements to patents, each with its own page and the same certification.Browse all documentsFAQ
Questions about on-site interpreters for counseling
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01Can the interpreter come to a school counseling office?
Yes, to any address. Give the school's address and the entry steps in the notes, and the interpreter reports to that one address.
02Can we book the same interpreter for every session?
You can ask for it in the booking notes. A booking is for the service, not for a particular interpreter, so we take the request into account and assign them when they are available.
03What happens if the client cancels?
Cancellation is in writing. Cancel more than seven days ahead for a full refund. Between seven days and 48 hours ahead, the refund is 75%, and closer than 48 hours there is no refund.
04How is an office session priced?
You pay by the hour for the hours you book, and you see the total before paying. Book the length the appointment is scheduled for, because the interpreter is reserved for all of it and unused time is not refunded.
05How far ahead should we book?
At least 48 to 72 hours ahead, and earlier if you can.
06Which languages can I book for counseling in the office?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Arabic are the easiest to schedule near most offices, and Burmese needs more notice.
07Are your French interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed French interpreters are assigned to legal and clinical matters — Federal Court Interpreter Certification, state court rosters, CCHI / NBCMI for medical. For community, educational and corporate settings we assign professionally trained interpreters matched to the subject.
08Do you cover all French dialects?
Standard (Metropolitan) French, Quebec French and African French differ in lexicon, register and numerical conventions. We disclose dialect preference to the linguist and maintain terminology consistency across a project.
Other languages
Other languages for Mental Health Counseling
The same page for each of these languages, with that language's varieties, its register and where it is booked most.
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Give us the address, the date and the client's language. A medically credentialed interpreter who works near the office is assigned, and the name reaches you before the session day.