INVEST IN YOURSELF, YOU’RE WORTH IT!

 

Sessions are 50 minutes long and conducted in a comfortable and calming environment, group setting or online, with professionalism and privacy ensured at all times.

 

Individual therapy: $145

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CANCELLATION POLICY

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A 24-hour notification of cancellation of appointment is required with no fees charged. Cancellations less than 24 hours or no shows will be charged the full session fee.

 

PAYMENT OPTIONS

 

Payment can be made through cash, cheque (if in person) or e-transfer (online sessions). Unfortunately, credit and debit cards are not accepted at this time.

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Please note that payments are due before the start of the session

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CONFIDENTIALITY

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Confidentiality is the preservation of your private information which has been disclosed during your session.With some exceptions (see below) your personal information is kept strictly confidential and not shared without your consent.

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Exceptions to confidentiality:

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• When information you disclose indicates that there is clear and imminent danger to yourself or to others – in this situation the counsellor is ethically bound to take necessary steps to prevent such danger.

• When information you disclose indicates that a child ( defined in BC as a person under the age of 19) is at risk and is in ‘need of protection’ – the counsellor is required (as is the general public) to inform staff at the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).

• When disclosure of your information is for the purpose of complying with a subpoena, warrant or order issued or made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of personal information.

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Confidential services for youth:

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When working with youth, I work with the youth and their family together, involving everyone in the counselling process as needed. Under certain conditions though, youth (aged 12/13-18) seeking counselling have a right to confidentiality: a youth (under the age of 19) is permitted by the common law to give legally binding consent to a counsellor without the need for the counsellor to seek the consent of that youth’s parent(s) or guardian(s). But, before obtaining or relying on that consent, the counsellor must determine three things:

• That the youth understands and appreciates “the nature of the treatment or counselling services being proposed, and any reasonably foreseeable risks thereof. This necessarily involves the counsellor ascertaining that the child has sufficient intelligence to have such an understanding”.

• That the youth has the capacity or the ability to give or express his or her consent.

• That the proposed counselling service is in the youth’s best interest.

• With information from: Obtaining Consent from Children BY George K. Bryce, BCACC legal counsel – Vol. 12:2 of Insights (Summer 2000)

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