My Services

FAQs

What types of problems do you help older adults with?

• Counselling related to life transitions, such as retirement, the loss of aging friends, loss of driver’s licence, or loss of independence.

• Adjustment to a change in health status resulting in loss of physical and/or thinking abilities.

• Future Care Planning

• Healthcare and Community Care System Navigation: It is a complex system with limited resources, often difficult to figure out.

• Grief counselling

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Loneliness

• Life Review

What types of problems do you help caregivers with?

• Managing the day-to-day stressors of providing care to someone who is suspected of having/has been diagnosed with a dementia.

• Managing your loved one’s personal expressions of dementia

• Dementia Education

• Grief counselling - with a focus on the ambiguous nature of relationship losses related to dementia

• System and Resource navigation - I will help you make sense of the health care system and available resources. Together we will navigate the myriad of resources and where appropriate I will facilitate referrals to programs.

• Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness

• Coping Skills and Stress Management

How do you work with people who have dementia?

My focus when working with people who have dementia is to help them create a meaningful existence utilizing their abilities and strengths. Where they have lost certain abilities, I will help them by creating bridges that allow them to continue to maximize their functioning. The person with dementia will inform me of the direction of each session and a strong focus will be on affirming their sense of self in that moment in time. Research has demonstrated that providing therapeutic companionship increases self esteem and minimizes distressing personal expressions of dementia (BPSD in medical terms) .

Therapeutic modalities used:

• Strength-based

• Mindfulness

• Self compassion

• Montessori-based dementia programming

• Validation

• Teepa Snow methods

• PIECES framework for assessment

• Psycho-dynamic therapy

• Narrative Therapy

• Trauma informed

Where do you provide therapy services?

In Person: I will travel to your home, or your loved one’s home.

I can provide service in your private residence, in a retirement home, or in a long term care home.

I can also provide service

• via telephone

• via encrypted video chat.

This can be discussed further during our initial telephone consultation.

Fees

My hourly fee is $150.00 I offer reduced rates via a sliding scale and this can be discussed during our initial consultation.

As I am a registered health care professional, all fees can be claimed as a medical expense for income tax purposes. Receipts will be provided.

Please check with your insurance company if they cover the cost of psychotherapy provided by Registered Social Workers. I do not direct bill, but will provide you with a receipt to submit.

I am a registered service provider for Veterans Affairs via Medavie.blue cross.