Turning
Points
Counselling Services offers:
• Intake,
risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, referrals, setting
goals & educational assessments
• Counselling
for children & youth dealing with a variety of issues related
to school, home, health & career planning
• Counselling
to overcome childhood trauma
• Counselling
for dealing with life problems (e.g.,
death, loss, communication & relationship difficulties, parenting issues & transition
times such as mid-life, separation, divorce, mourning,
job loss, chronic health
diagnosis, etc.)
• Counselling
for mental health concerns (related to
depression, bi-polar, anxiety, post traumatic, attention
deficit hyperactivity
disorder, premenstrual
dysthymic disorder)
• Cross Cultural Counselling (Extensive work with First Nations in Yukon)
• Mindfulness
Based Stress Reduction & Relaxation
• Available
to do supervision for Master's Students in Counselling Psychology
•Available
to do social skills tutoring
• Workshop
delivery & therapeutic groups are also available
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Work
experience:
• 14
years combined Elementary & Middle school Teacher & School
Counsellor in B.C, Alberta & Yukon.
• 5
years combined Family Counsellor with Calgary Family Services
Bureau, Yukon Family Services Association & Intake Work with
Yukon Mental Health Services & Group Facilitator at Yukon Alcohol & Drug
Secretariat
• 9
years combined work as Psychological Practitioner in Private
Practice & Adult
Educator at Mount Royal College in Calgary & Yukon College
in Whitehorse
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About
the office and practice:
• Comfortable
counselling area for youth & adults
• Equipped
play therapy area available for children. (Certified in the area
of play therapy sponsored by the Association for Play Therapy
and Family Psychological Consultants)
• Free
parking on the street
• Wheelchair Accessible
• Membership
with licensing bodies (which means attention to quality of service,
ethics, accountability & possible
health insurance coverage)
• Weekday & some
evening appointments
• Sliding fee scale for clients
• Negotiable
rates for contractors & third
party payers
Professional
memberships:
• College
of Psychologists BC
• B.C. Association of Registered Clinical
Counsellors
• Member of B.C. College of Teachers
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