About twenty years ago I had my first experience working in the helping field when I became a crisis line counselor at a local rape crisis center. It was during my time there that my passion was ignited and I knew that I had found the work that I was destined to do. Over the course of my career I’ve worked in shelters and safe bed facilities, supporting clients who were fleeing domestic violence, dealing with homelessness, immigration issues, mental health, trauma and addiction issues. I fought passionately with and for these client’s to help them navigate a very broken system. Recently, after attending many different training courses and creating and running groups in both Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral therapies I decided that it was time to get out of the crisis setting and start working with people on a longer term basis in order to help support them to move further along in their journeys to recovery. It was at this point that Empower Counselling Services was created. The combination of life experience, education and the knowledge gained from working with each and every one of my clients over the course of my career has allowed me to become a compassionate, open minded, flexible and creative therapist who is willing to take on any challenge in order to support a client. Qualifications License and Province: 830624 Ontario OCSWSSW

About twenty years ago I had my first experience working in the helping field when I became a cri... Read More