I believe that knowing the process will help those people that are apprehensive to feel a little more at ease in accessing my services.

  1. Intake/Referral: To start a conversation with me you can contact me one of 3 ways, phone (204) 721-0875, email me with a general description of what is going on for you that encouraged you to contact me. The third, and probably the easiest for apprehensive folks is to complete the intake form and clicking send.
  2. Consultation(free): Once you have made that initial contact the next step in the process can look a few different ways, we have a consultation session immediately or we set up a time when we can either talk privately on the phone or meet face to face. This first session is free because at this point, I am still learning about you and your situation and you can check me out. I ask a lot of questions and I encourage you to be as open and honest as you are comfortable and ask me questions about how I work. This session will help us to decide if:

– I will be helpful to you, do I have the skill set to effectively help and support you? It is my responsibility to ensure that I have adequate professional knowledge, presenting issues with you.  If it turns out that I don’t I will work with you to find another professional counsellor that is able to provide you with effective help.

– Are we a good fit? Do you feel that you can be open and honest with me? Do you trust me? Do you feel certain that the information you share with me is kept private and confidential? Do you feel heard, that you will have control over what direction we take in your healing process?  Do you feel true, authentic compassion from me and not judged?

  1. Blueprinting: After discussing and answering the above very important questions and decide we will continue to work together we plan how our counselling/client relationship will work. Discuss when, where and how our next session will take place, our expectations and boundaries for each other and how we process your information in each session.

 

And that’s it. You have taken a risk, feel proud that you chose to take care of yourself. You are the most important person in someone’s world and by reaching out for help you have just confirmed you care enough about them to take care of yourself. You matter, you are worth it, and you are absolutely good enough!