Social Work

Counselling aims at helping people who wish to make changes in their lives. It is not about giving advice, or to tell people what to do. Rather, it is about encouraging people to gain new insights and perspectives of their lives.

Counselling is a service provided to Rostered patients of this clinic.

Our mental health team consists of three registered social workers all of whom have a Master of Social Work degree as well as extensive experience in dealing/working with a variety of mental health issues.

What services are offered?

We offer individual, couple, family and group counselling.

How can one access service?

Individual, Couple, Family:

Services for individual, couple and family counselling can be accessed by referral from one's health care professional (physician, nurse, psychiatrist, dietitian)

Groups:
One can self refer to groups which are listed on this website, displayed in the clinic newsletter, and in the waiting room.

• Website for teens when parents separate:
  www.familieschange.ca/teen

• Answers to your questions about panic disorders:
  http://www.apa.org/topics/anxiety/panic-disorder.aspx
• National Centre for PTSD:
  http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/what-is-ptsd.asp
• Obsessive Compulsive Information  Centre:
  http://miminc.org/aboutocic.asp
  
  http://members.shaw.ca/occmanitoba

• Counsellingresource.com

Depression:

• Bipolar Disorder News:
  http://www.pendulum.org
• Depression and How therapy can help:
  http://www.apa.org/topics/depress/recover.aspx