Counselling Information
What is Counselling
It is a process in which individuals have the opportunity to improve upon their understanding of themselves, including their patterns of thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and the ways in which these may have been problematic in their lives. Counselling also provides individuals with opportunities to examine how to tap into existing resources or develop new ones that make for more effective living and relationships.
How long can I expect to be in therapy
Working together with Kate can vary from person to person. There is no magical wand that will create instant results. After the first or second counselling session you can discuss with Kate the frequency of sessions and the duration.
How do I know if I need Counselling
Need for self growth, insight about self, healing and wholeness
Anxiety that is affecting your day to day life
Help for relationships that are not working or lack of relationships in your life
• Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness
• Personal issues interfere with sleep, eating habits, concentration, academic performance, and/or relationships with others
• Excessive & Persistent worry - ruminating about things
• Feeling depressed, lethargic, or apathetic
• Thoughts of suicide or wanting to harm yourself
• Increased irritability, inappropriate mood swings, angry outbursts
• Engaging in bizarre, threatening or dangerous behavior, violent or other extremely disruptive behavior (e.g., hostile, threats, assaults)
• Indecisiveness or difficulties making decisions
Is Counselling Confidential
All personal information is treated in the strictest confidence and remains confidential to the counsellor. This is crucial for you to feel able to trust the service, knowing that it is safe to talk openly about what is happening. This strict confidentiality rule would only be broken, in most cases with the client’s consent, should exceptional circumstances arise which give the counsellor good grounds for believing that serious harm may be caused to the client or to others.
It is a process in which individuals have the opportunity to improve upon their understanding of themselves, including their patterns of thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and the ways in which these may have been problematic in their lives. Counselling also provides individuals with opportunities to examine how to tap into existing resources or develop new ones that make for more effective living and relationships.
How long can I expect to be in therapy
Working together with Kate can vary from person to person. There is no magical wand that will create instant results. After the first or second counselling session you can discuss with Kate the frequency of sessions and the duration.
How do I know if I need Counselling
Need for self growth, insight about self, healing and wholeness
Anxiety that is affecting your day to day life
Help for relationships that are not working or lack of relationships in your life
• Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness
• Personal issues interfere with sleep, eating habits, concentration, academic performance, and/or relationships with others
• Excessive & Persistent worry - ruminating about things
• Feeling depressed, lethargic, or apathetic
• Thoughts of suicide or wanting to harm yourself
• Increased irritability, inappropriate mood swings, angry outbursts
• Engaging in bizarre, threatening or dangerous behavior, violent or other extremely disruptive behavior (e.g., hostile, threats, assaults)
• Indecisiveness or difficulties making decisions
Is Counselling Confidential
All personal information is treated in the strictest confidence and remains confidential to the counsellor. This is crucial for you to feel able to trust the service, knowing that it is safe to talk openly about what is happening. This strict confidentiality rule would only be broken, in most cases with the client’s consent, should exceptional circumstances arise which give the counsellor good grounds for believing that serious harm may be caused to the client or to others.
Individual Counselling
Counselling Fee: 120.00 per fifty minute counselling session.
Marriage & Couples Counselling
Counselling Fee: 150.00 per sixty minute counselling session.
- When communication between partners often takes on a tone of being negative, or antagonistic to each other.
- When things have become so bad that one partner starts to leave home on a regular basis.
- When marital issues cause one spouse to, lose their self-esteem, or develop various emotional problems.
- Whenever one partner starts to avoid or withdraw from the other or develop a lifestyle that excludes their spouse.
- When either partner is seriously considering having an affair or has been unfaithful. This also includes emotional intimacy.
- Whenever a couple agrees together that they have problems.
- When there is excessive jealousy.
- When partners stay together just for the sake of the children and would otherwise divorce.
The most important thing to know about couple therapy is that I will not take sides and nobody will be seen as "the problem."
When a couple is having difficulties no one is "wrong." Whether the issue is money, jealousy, affairs, sexuality, communication problems, commitment, control, needing space, lack of intimacy, lack of understanding, etc, there are always two perceptions to every story and the two sides need to be heard and understood.
The sessions can be scheduled for both of you at the same time or individually, if there is a particular issue which needs to be dealt with.
We will discover and work together with each of your emotions within your relationship, how to work through conflicts effectively, how to change negative patterns that arise between you. How to find humour and joy together even in the difficult times. What may trigger powerful emotions between you & your partner. I will work with each couple to enhance skills
in communication and skills to help create positive meaning and interaction in your relationship.
"It's naive to expect relationships to feel good every minute. Every relationship has it's bumps. How big a bump does it have to be before you do something about it?"
Hara Marano
Benefits Coverage
We are recognized by providers with workplace health benefit plans like those of Great West Life and Pacific Blue Cross. Consult with your workplace Human Resource Department or insurance company about whether you are covered to see a "Registered Clinical Counsellor" which is distinct from Registered Psychologists and Registered Social Workers. Receipts not submitted for insurance claims may be tax deductible under medical expenses. If you require more clarification on this please don't hesitate to call.
