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Great Lakes Counselling & Consultation Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
4077 Highway 3 East, Simcoe, ON N3Y
Let's Connect (226) 887-8506
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We offer IN-PERSON and video/telephone appointments and have evening and weekend availability. The Clinicians at Great Lakes engage in continuing competence activities and offer strength-based, person-centered, trauma informed, solution focused, culturally aware, non-judgmental and anti-oppressive counselling to individuals, groups, children, youth, couples and families. All Clinicians are registered and are trained in various types of counselling modalities. The Clinician's hold additional certificates in mental health and addiction, trauma and attachment, and suicide intervention.
Available Counsellors: Tara Telfer MSW, Jesse Near MSW, Kaitlin Montague MSW, Jessica Pacheco MSW, Christine Kichler MSW, Lori Schiappa MSW, Rayne Jarvis MSW, Judy Barker CRPO, John Morrissey CRPO, Devi Jayachandran MSW & Lori Schiappa MSW. Available Consultants: Jennifer Threndyle CDMP
Supporting the communities of Brant/Brantford, Haldimand, Norfolk and Hamilton
Call or Email Great Lakes Counselling & Consultation Services now for a free 15 minute consultation - (226) 887-8506
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $140
- Couple Sessions $165
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Insurance
- Extended Health Benefits
- First Nations Health Authority
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Great Lakes Counselling & Consultation Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers Tara Telfer
- In Practice for 12 Years
- Certificate from OCSWSSW 821390 / 2021
- Attended University of Windsor , Master of Social Work , Graduated 2012
Registered Social Worker: Tara Telfer
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dementia
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Video Game Addiction
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gottman Method
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Primary Location
Great Lakes Counselling & Consultation Services
4077 Highway 3 East
Simcoe, ON N3Y
(226) 887-8506Email us
Additional Location
Brantford, ON N3S
(226) 887-8506Call for a free consultation now - (226) 887-8506
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Great Lakes Counselling & Consultation Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW