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No shows will be charged for a full session.
If I have to cancel your appointment I will let you know as far in advance as I can.
I’ve worked in different settings within the health care system, however the majority of my nursing career has been in case management. I have nursed and counselled people, in those different settings throughout my career.
I also have a diploma in Counselling Hypnotherapy from the Orca Institute.
During the course of my career, I have witnessed people time and time again going through the motions of “health” with little to no changes being made. This was because the person either wasn’t ready or willing to make the actual change, or because the benefit of staying the same outweighed the desire for the change. So you will need to do a self-assessment to determine how committed to yourself you really are, and I strongly recommend you do this assessment before you sign up to see me.
You do not need a mental health diagnosis to work with me, and having an official diagnosis will not prevent you from working with me. Those diagnoses are labels that we medical professionals use to determine what is going on and what to do with you.
You are the expert of your own life and you get to determine which medical professionals you want to work with to better your situation.
Under law, there are only three exceptions to confidentiality. They fall under a clause known as “mandated reporting.” This means that by law I am mandated to disclose if you’re going to harm yourself, you’re going to harm someone else, or you know of someone unable to advocate for themselves (like a minor, or an elder, or someone who is developmentally unable to self-advocate). Otherwise, my lips are sealed.
Sometimes, there might be court requests for your information, but we will work on those disclosures together, and you will be aware of what is shared every step of the way.
I use OwlPractice as my practice platform, which is a Canadian mental health platform with servers in Toronto. The platform is PHI and PHIPA and BCNNM compliant.
You may also be interested in reviewing my Privacy Policy here.