About the Program
Counselling is about supporting you to discover or build on your own strengths and abilities. It is a way to learn more about yourself, make changes, and improve your overall sense of wellbeing by reaching specific goals. As a client, you can expect to be listened to, respected in the goals you set for counselling, and helped in finding ways to cope with life difficulties. Our counseling services offer individual sessions and group programming.
Philosophy / Approaches
Our counseling approaches include:
- Harm Reduction philosophy
- Supportive, strength-based, brief solution-focused
- Trauma-Informed
- Body-Centered
- Motivational Interviewing
- Mindfulness (individual and group)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for individuals & groups
- Provision of information about emergency services and other community services in the community
- Case management, accompaniment, advocacy, referrals and other practical support as needed, e.g. detox, food banks, housing help, legal aid, harm reduction supplies
Additional Information
We provide individual and group counselling for a range of needs including:
- feelings of depression and anxiety
- coping with illness stress related to adaptation and settlement, including adaptation to a new country, healing from torture, persecution and/or war
- childhood and adult trauma or abuse
- grief and loss
- anger management
- harm reduction for substance use and other addictions
- parenting issues
- family or relationship difficulties
- Pre and post-partum mood adjustments