I am posting the current responses from insurance companies as a link as it’s too many characters for Facebook for them all. I find these responses to be a bit shortcoming and do not, in my opinion, provide answers that are definitive for the “counsellor” role specifically. That said, many are saying they DO offer…
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Being a therapist in this political climate—regardless of what side you are on, is a painful experience. There is tension and horror no matter where you go and depending on what part of the world you’re in, increasing violence might be part of the day to day. As a Canadian, I am luckily not in…
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As soon as I heard the announcement that Telus Health was making their e-filing available to counsellors in June, I immediately signed up for the opportunity to take part in direct billing for psychotherapy/counselling clients. After a month of waiting, I’m finally in their system… and I realized, it’s still a confusing mess and there…
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If you think you’re safe from data security breaches or from social media apps trying to link you with clients, you might be wrong… When scrolling through Tik Tok one day I had an incredibly uncomfortable feeling as a practitioner. Right there in my suggested followers was a client of mine. To make matters incredibly…
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You might be surprised to hear that I, as a therapist, feel like therapy services are incredibly expensive. I’d actually love if I could work without charging clients a dime for services, but unfortunately, private practice therapy is often not covered by insurance companies or provincial bodies. Deciding on fees for my practice has been…
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For some, it might come as a surprise that many therapists have come to the field because they have had their own experiences with mental health. For many who go to a therapist there is almost an air of mystique—a belief that those who treat mental illness are somehow above the rest of society, floating…
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My name is Shaylynn Hayes-Raymond and I am a counsellor, advocate, and writer. I serve as the Director of The International Misophonia Foundation, and I am the owner of S. Raymond Counselling and Media Inc. My advocacy and mental health journey started in my teen years when I had to navigate my own depression and…
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