ENCOUNTER COUNSELLING SERVICES
WHAT WE DO:
Our expertise covers a wide range of challenges that children, youth, families, couples and adults experience. Counselling can benefit individuals seeking help with: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, anger management, overcoming sexual abuse, life transitions, and grief due to loss.
Counselling can benefit couples or families seeking help with: Family conflict, divorce and separation, parenting strategies, marital struggles, and intergenerational trauma. We are poised to help with any life situation and those listed above are only examples.
If you are looking to change, grow, and develop a new way of thinking, our Counselling Services can help. We would like to empower you and give you the tools to cope and manage the challenges that you face in everyday life. Our end goal is to equip you to live a well-adjusted life.
SERVICES
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Counselling
It can be an intimidating process to start counselling, however the results are well worth taking that first step. Therapy can be life changing! At Encounter Counselling Services we provide a safe, non-judgmental, confidential, and accepting environment in which to change and grow.
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We work together with you to create a PERSONAL treatment plan from evidence-based modalities that addresses life challenges through therapy. Treatment should be as uniques as the individual, and we draw on various evidence-based approaches to meet your needs.
The goal in therapy is to develop new insights, tools, and strategies that will assist you in making changes that will lead to a healthier, more fulfilling life.
At Encounter Counselling Services we appreciate the diversity and uniqueness of each individual.​
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Groups
Adult Groups Offered
Divorce & Separation Groups
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Single Parent Support Groups
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Adult Sexual Abuse Groups
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Young Couples Groups​
Groups are offered on an as needed basis.
All groups that will be offered would depend on if there is a specific need for that group. Groups are designed and developed specifically to address client needs.
Groups are 8 to 10 sessions and have 6 - 8 members. All groups are confidential and privacy is respected. Participation in any group will require a confidentiality agreement.
Children's groups offered: Divorce and Separation, Complex Feelings, and Art Therapy. These groups enhance self-confidence and self-esteem, while children learn to interact with others, gain a sense of control, and address distressing emotions such as anger and anxiety.
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Adult groups offered: Divorce and Separation, Single Parent Support, Sexual Abuse Survivors and Young Couples. These groups allow those in similar circumstances to interact, debrief and support each other in a group setting while learning skills and strategies to cope with their individual situations.​
Children's Groups Offered
Divorce & Separation
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Complex Feelings
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Art Therapy
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Art & Play Therapy
Art therapy is an evidence-based modality that encourages the expression of emotions through a variety of artistic activities. It facilitates self-exploration and understanding. Counselling and art meld together allowing both adults and children to benefit from its therapeutic value.
"Play therapy allows children to express and process feelings, thoughts and experience through their natural desire to play. Therapeutic play empowers the child to overcome challenges."
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Play helps children build mastery and the sense of power.
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Cost
The rates for our counselling services start at $100+tax per single session.
We accept most major health insurances, cash, e-transfer, and credit.
MEET OUR COUNSELLOR
Lindy LeDuc-Wilson
Director of Counselling - BSW, MSW, RSW
Lindy LeDuc-Wilson is a registered therapist with over 35 years of experience working with individuals and families, who promotes optimal growth and development.
"I am very practical, easy to talk to, and 'what you see is what you get' - no pretence."
CONTACT US
To arrange a consultation or appointment, please provide us with your contact information below:​
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Phone​: 519.736.5644 Ex.705​​​
Hours: Tuesday - Wednesday 10-5pm. Evening hours by request.​
Location: 125 Alma St. Amherstberg ON. N9V 1A3