Strategic Planning. Workplace Training. Individual Counselling
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In the mental health field, experiencing burn-out is common. This can be due to unreasonable expectations, toxic work enviroments, vicarious trauma, and/or lack of support.
You might be experiencing symptoms of burn-out if you are feeling:
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Exhausted
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Irritable
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Disengaged
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Detached
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Lack of Patience
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Easily Frustrated
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Lack of Filter
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You probably went into this profession because you wanted to help others. The old saying "you gotta put on your own oxygen mask before you can put one on someone else" might be cliche but it makes sense. Let's face it, sometimes we are terrible at taking our own advice.
Book an appointment to learn how to:
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Prioritize Yourself
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Navigate a Toxic Workplace
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Set Boundaries
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Access Workplace Support
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Communicate Effectively
Caring for a loved one with mental health challenges can be scary and stressful. Especially if you are worrying about their safety, trying to access resources, helping them with activities of daily living, or waiting for healthcare supports.
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It may be time to add some tools to your caregiver toolbox if you are experiencing:​​
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Exhaustion
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Burn-out
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Lack of Patience
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Unrelenting worry
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Sadness
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Hurt
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Anger
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Feeling Trapped
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As a registered social worker and parent of two daughters that experienced severe mental heatlh challenges in their teen years, I can relate to the fear, trauma, and exhaustion that comes with wanting do the right things to help.
Book an appointment to learn more how to:
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Depersonalize
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Set Boundaries
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Access Resources
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Give Yourself Grace​
Navigating day-to-day racism, discrimination and micro-aggressions requires a whole other level of emotional labour for individuals with intersecting experiences of marginalization.
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​Your mental health and emotional safety may be impacted if you are:
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Masking
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Peacemaking
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Managing anger
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Teaching
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Tolerating
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Apeasing
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Picking battles
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Not sleeping well
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Racism, discrimination, sexism, and microagressesions can happen anywhere; at home, work, school, the mall, grocery store, doctors office, hospital...in pretty much all aspects of life.​ Whether you are an immigrant, have immigrant parents, have a disability, are part of the 2S+LGBTQIA community, a Person of Colour, Black, Indigenous, low income, a woman, and/or speak English as an additional language, these experiences are exhausting, frustrating, angering, hurtful, and traumatic.
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Book an appointment to learn how to:
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Set boundaries
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Say no
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Prioritize yourself
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Find balance
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Advocate for yourself
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Access resources
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Know your rights
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Navigate systems (e.g. healthcare, employment, housing, education)
4th House is located on the unceded territory of the T'kemlups te Secwépemc peoples within Secwépemc'ulecw also known by it's colonial name Kamloops, BC.
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The negative impacts of colonization on Indigenous nations and our responsibility to move forwad in truth and reconciliation are well documented. Colonialsm is engrained in all aspects of life including employment, healthcare, education, housing and government.
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You may be feeling the impacts of systemic racism, discrimination and intergenerational trauma if you are experiencing:
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Anger
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Frustration
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Hopelessness
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Detachment
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Disassociation
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Emotional numbness
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Mood swings
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Physical health issues
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Addiction
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As a First Nations Health Authority(FNHA) service provider, I offer person-centred, culturally inclusive, holistic sessions to support healing and provide strategies for colonial systems survival.
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Book an appointment to learn how to:
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Identify triggers & coping strategies
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Find community & connection
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Maintain psychological safety
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Find balance
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Advocate for yourself
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Access resources
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Communicate effectively
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Navigate systems (e.g. healthcare, employment, housing, education)
Jennifer is an experienced mental health, accessibility and workplace inclusion counsellor. She provides one-to-one on-line counselling sessions for individuals who live with a mental or physical health condition affecting their workplace health and wellbeing.
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Jennifer uses a strengths-based, solution focussed approach grounded in intersectionality, decolonization, and critcal disability theory. She believes that that people experience their health and well being in different ways depending on their values, culture and upbringing. Sessions are usually short-term and incude therapy, needs asessment, accommodations strategies, and an individualized success plan.
If you are trying to navigate tricky workplace accessibility processes you may feel:
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Overwhelmed
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Unsupported
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Stigmatized
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Worried about disclosing
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Unsure of what accommodations you need
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Misunderstood
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Unsure of your rights
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Confused about next steps
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Triggered through out the process
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Book an appointment to explore:
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How your diagnosis affects the way you work and learn
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How to disclose a disability or mental health concern
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What information should be included on your medical form/documentation
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Ways to advocate for yourself and/or pick your battles
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Self-evaluate workplace accommodations or adaptations
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Prepare and/or de-escalate from multiple disclosures/storytelling
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Manage off-work guilt & anxiety
Whether you are looking for a career change, lateral move. or promotion, career counselling can help you get the edge you need to be competitive in today's labour market.
Book an appointment to get advice on:​
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Career Exploration - Explore areas of interest, education required, competition, and labour market demand.
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Enhancing Job Search Skills - Support with resumes, cover letters, job search strategies, networking, and what to expect from AI
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Optimizing Interview Skills - Get tips on how to effectively interview using the START method, what to wear, body language, tone and presentation.