Integrate Health Services supports children, youth and adolescents who may have social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. We will meet with clients and their parent(s)/guardian(s) to address concerns and to determine counselling goals during the first sessions. Counselling strategies will then be personalized to address the needs of each client and their family. Our therapists utilize creative approaches to effectively engage with younger clients such as art and play therapy activities. At Integrate Health Services, our therapists balance the need for clients to have a “safe” space to engage in self-expression, develop confidence and skills, while also focusing on addressing parental goals and concerns. Therapists will often “integrate” parents/guardians into parts of the sessions or provide individual sessions to parent(s)/guardian(s) to ensure that they are aware of skills being developed in sessions and to introduce strategies that they can utilize at home to reinforce these skills.

Parent counselling services are provided to parents to support them in strengthening their relationship with their child(ren). The sessions also provide opportunities for parents to develop knowledge and skills to manage specific behavioural concerns in a calm and effective manner. Parents will be given opportunities to share the joys, challenges, and worries of parenting, and to discuss specific parenting goals. Sessions will be tailored to individual parent goals and will introduce various parenting skills and approaches, which in turn will increase parental confidence and competence to utilize these skills. Our therapists can also assist parents to work collaboratively with each other to implement consistent parenting strategies. Parent counselling services can also be delivered to parents going through divorce, separation or significant family changes, with the goal of establishing consistent parenting strategies and plans to assist children in coping with changes to the family structure.

Integrate Health Services provides adult individual counselling services to individuals who may be struggling with work expectations, relationships, physical or mental health concerns, etc. Counselling can provide opportunities for individuals to be in a safe environment to discuss whatever might be on their minds. Caring, non-judgmental professionals can help one feel supported. Counselling can also help individuals better understand their challenges and consider more effective ways to manage their difficulties.

Couples/family therapy aims to strengthen individuals and the family system together and can provide the family with the skills to effectively manage everyday problems or ongoing concerns. Couples/family counselling places focus on the enhancing relationships or the family as a whole unit, instead of focusing solely on individual problems. Therapists identify strengths and work with couples/families to increase cohesiveness and be mindful of different values. Couples/families will explore existing communication patterns, cycles of conflict and will be given an opportunity to express their underlying thoughts and feelings. Therapists will work with all individuals to strengthen relationships, improve communication and problem-solving skills, with the goal of making positive changes to relationship dynamics.