Jason Boudrias's List: Counseling-Social Workers or Counselors

• • May be able to work with me on the receipts

  • $90/hr - may be able to work with me
    Not long term - Look at resources
    Practical - working with men
    
    Psychologist - more expensive
    Looks at them as an individual
    Social Worker - Environment
    
    People lose faith - for lots of reasons.
• Hilary Freeman
• 119 West Drive, Brampton
• Brampton, L4L 7R
      (416) 924-0129
• Degrees:
  BSc MSW
• specialized training in trauma as well as couple counselling

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• SATVINDER KHURME
    The Thoughts
• • Punjabi lady-$100 per session, but can work with me on receipts
• Master of Social Works, Registered Social Worker

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• A PhD doesn't necessarily mean someone will be a satisfactory listener or therapist.
• A PhD doesn't necessarily mean someone will be a satisfactory listener or therapist.
   
   Just go. Check them out. They just might be the exact type of person to help you through this rough patch.
   
   The most important thing you can do right now is have a little trust that people with whom you are consulting are going to do whatever they can to assist you.
   
   See how it goes. It's the first step.
• BTW and FWIW, some of my best therapists have been social workers and some of my worst have been full-fledged (expensive and prestigious) psychiatrists.
• (Based on my own experience, if you're in for "talk therapy," there will be little to no difference in treatment given an MSW or a psychologist.)
• I have family and friends who are mental health professionals. My mother, in fact, has a Ph.D. in Social Work. That said, I'd like to echo the above advice: your level of comfort with the therapist means a lot more than which degree your therapist holds.
• I am finishing up my PhD in Psychology. I work with social workers who are incredible clinicians. The trends in mental health professionals have changed. These days, many PhD programs are very focused on research. Licensed Clinical Social Workers are often more focused on treatment and intervention during their graduate programs than those earning PhDs. I had an excellent therapist of my own last year who was an LCSW. I can tell you that the degree itself is the last thing you need to worry about. Worry about doing what you can for yourself. With regard to the therapist, worry about a person who you feel is competent and trustwirthy. The degree alone can't tell you anything about a clinician's ability to treat you. That is only something you can assess by going several times and working with a therapist.
  posted by abbyladybug at 1:49 PM on April 22, 2005 [1 favorite]
• Think of appt. #1 as an interview. Ask some questions about the person's approach and phoilosophy. Competent practioners come with a variety of degrees; so do incompetent ones.
  
• 1) The important constituents of good therapy are a good relationship with your provider, a feeling that the provider can help you, and a plan for what that help will look like.
• Therapy should be helping you to make the changes in your life that will make you feel better.
• ) Early change predicts later change. If you do decide to continue with a particular therapist, but you don't really feel as if anything has changed by session 8 or 10, change therapists. The average length of therapy is 8 sessions.
• As a PhD psychologist who does both research and clinical practice, I second/third/and fourth the above folks who advocate going and seeing how you feel. Graduate training for social workers and psychologists differs in some important respects, but my sense is that the differences diminish over time with work and practice and continuing education.
   
   Think of the first appointment as a time to interview a new employee - after all, you are deciding whether or not to hire this person. Ask all the questions you want, see how you feel about the answers and the person's performance, and decide from that, not from their credential.
  

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• Jeffery Dobbins 
    Mississauga
• Caroline Krupica 
    Mississauga
       Abuse/Violence/Anger Management
     Counselling/Therapy
     Grief/Trauma/Loss
     Mental Health/Addictions 
       Consulting/Group Facilitation
• • Young african american lady

  • Caroline Krupica
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  • • 2010 - MSW near square 1
      
• Devika Rooney 
    Mississauga
• • Devika Rooney - Near 403 and Hurontario, has a nice voice - voice mail - away till Dec 6

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