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Mental Health

A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others. If you have — or think you might have — a mental illness, the first thing you must know is that you are not alone. Mental health conditions are far more common than you think, mainly because people don’... Read More

A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others. If you have — or think you might have — a mental illness, the first thing you must know is that you are not alone. Mental health conditions are far more common than you think, mainly because people don’t like to, or are scared to, talk about them

Addictions

Support for Families and Loved Ones: Is your loved one struggling with mental health and/or addiction issues? Through a supportive and educational lens, we strive to understand what you are experiencing and can offer tips, techniques, resources, and skills. Some skill areas include: Protecting Self-care Increasing Communication skills Setting boundaries Enabling behaviour (for exampl... Read More

Support for Families and Loved Ones:

Is your loved one struggling with mental health and/or addiction issues?
Through a supportive and educational lens, we strive to understand what you are experiencing and can offer tips, techniques, resources, and skills.

Some skill areas include:
Protecting Self-care
Increasing Communication skills
Setting boundaries
Enabling behaviour (for example, less helpful ways of supporting loved ones)
Are you struggling with harmful involvement with substances and/or gambling?

Readiness Assessments

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is an international, multidisciplinary, professional association whose mission is to promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect for transgender health. The vision of WPATH is to bring together diverse professionals dedicated to developing best practices and supportive policies world... Read More

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is an international,
multidisciplinary, professional association whose mission is to promote evidence-based care,
education, research, advocacy, public policy, and respect for transgender health. The vision of
WPATH is to bring together diverse professionals dedicated to developing best practices and
supportive policies worldwide that promote health, research, education, respect, dignity, and
equality for transsexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming people in all cultural settings. One of the main functions of WPATH is to promote the highest standards of health care for individuals through the articulation of Standards of Care (SOC) for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People. The SOC are based on the best available science and expert professional consensus.

Most of the research and experience in this field comes from a North American and Western European perspective; thus, adaptations of the SOC to other parts of the world are necessary. Suggestions for ways of thinking about cultural relativity and cultural competence are included in this version of the SOC. The overall goal of the SOC is to provide clinical guidance for health professionals to assist transsexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming people with safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with their gendered selves, in order to maximize their overall health, psychological well-being, and self-fulfillment. This assistance may include primary care, gynecologic and urologic care, reproductive options, voice and communication therapy, mental health services (e.g., assessment, counseling, psychotherapy), and hormonal and surgical treatments. While this is primarily a document for health professionals, the SOC may also be used by individuals, their families, and social institutions to understand how they can assist with promoting optimal health for members of this diverse population.

Patricia Mugridge
(She/Her/Hers) MSW.RSW

Patricia has been involved in trauma-informed social work practice for over thirty years, with 20 plus years working with troubled and vulnerable youth and children in the child welfare system using a relational treatment lens. Patricia values the dignity and worth of each client, treating them with compassion and respect – mindful of the impact of structural oppression in their day-to-day living. Patricia is a trained Dialectical Behaviour, Motivational Interviewer, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and Solution-focused Therapist who also works with those in Prolonged Exposure settings; she practices in both individual and group treatment.

A clinical therapist working with adults in a mental health and addictions clinic today, Patricia works with adults who have experienced trauma and PTSD, addictions, family of origin issues, life transitions, adjusting to change, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. Patricia believes adopting self-compassion is a key ingredient for growth and healing.

“Our success and failures come and go- they neither define us nor do they determine our worthiness” – Kristen Neff.

Patricia has been involved in trauma-informed social work practice for over thirty years, with 20... Read More

Angela Peh
(She/Her/Hers) MSW, RSW

Angela has been a practicing social worker since 2006, working with children, youth, families, and seniors. She has been practicing in the field of mental health since 2018, working on the child and youth team with Community Mental Health. She has been trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), and Cool Kids program for anxiety. She is in the process of becoming a certified CBT practitioner through the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (CACBT). Angela’s core belief is that through the development of an authentic relationship, we can work together and ultimately accomplish your goals. If you are struggling in one or more of her areas of practice or are seeking general supportive counselling, please reach out to determine if you are interested in working together.

Angela has been a practicing social worker since 2006, working with children, youth, families, an... Read More

Shauna Stuart
(She/Her/Hers) MSW,RSW

Shauna Stuart has been a registered social worker for over 25 years and has spent the last 18 years as a Masters-level clinician working in the mental health field. Shauna uses an eclectic approach tailored to individual needs, drawing from a number of evidence-based modalities, including Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Additionally, Shauna is trained in WPATH standards of care for the purposes of assessing readiness for gender-affirming hormone treatment and surgeries.

Shauna Stuart has been a registered social worker for over 25 years and has spent the last 18 ye... Read More

Shawn Wood
(He/Him/His) MSW, RSW, LCSW, CYC-P

Shawn has worked for over a decade with children, youth, and families struggling with mental health and addiction issues. Shawn has trained in multiple treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and trauma approaches (PE), including the Connect Attachment Program, the Attachment Regulation Competency (ARC) framework, and the Collaborative Problem Solving model. He is also trained to provide readiness hormone and surgical assessments through for World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). He is a dynamic speaker and presenter in large and small groups. His presentation skills foster interactive child and youth workshops to education and training events using an adult learning model to achieve the best outcomes. Shawn has had the pleasure of traveling throughout the Atlantic Provinces to provide professional development in a variety of settings and topics.

Shawn practices in a non-judgmental way, fostering a safe and secure environment for others to explore goals and self-advocacy. Through supportive, educational interventions, Shawn works with clients to reach self-identified goals and positive outcomes.

Shawn is also turning his attention to various research opportunities and plans to begin work in the field of video gaming addiction, an area he has studied and supported others in for many years

Shawn has worked for over a decade with children, youth, and families struggling with mental heal... Read More

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