Alta Vista Counselling offers the highest quality of service to every individual that we meet. Our work includes:

 

• A timely response to a client’s request for service.

• A discussion about goals and the development of a counselling plan to help resolve presenting concerns.

• Active participation throughout the counselling sessions between the counselor and the client(s).

• Follow-up services to help a client maintain the changes that clients encounter during therapeutic sessions.

 

Our counselling and psychotherapy services address issues related to:

 

• Grief, loss and bereavement

• Caregiver stress and distress

• Compassion fatigue

• Supportive counselling for mental health concerns such a depression and anxiety

• Issues important to youth (i.e. self-esteem, bullying)

• Issues specific to women (i.e. postpartum depression, life balance)

• Dealing with aging parents

• Parenting children and teens

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Areas of practice

 

• Individual therapy and supportive counselling / psychotherapy

• Family therapy

• Educational and therapeutic group facilitation

 

 The people with whom we work

 

• Youth 18+

• Adults

 

Therapy Approaches used in counselling

 

• Narrative Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy​

• Family Systems Therapy

• Strategies to improve parenting

• Brief-Solution Focused Therapy

• Collaborative Practice​

• Anti-Oppressive Social Work