Did you know that registered social workers are among the largest providers of mental health services in North America? Revenue Canada recognizes Social Work as a health profession and exempts us from charging GST for clinical counseling and therapy.

Counseling is considered an exchange of ideas and opinions aimed at effectively problem solving a person’s daily issues associated with their situational, emotional, cognitive or behavioural problems.

Psychotherapy is a form of treatment for emotional problems in which a therapist establishes a relationship with a client for the purpose of modifying self-defeating patterns of behaviour and promoting positive personality growth and development.

As a clinical social worker, Stephanie is both a counselor and a therapist. She helps clients identify options for the future and set realistic goals that enable them to enhance their mental and emotional well being. Stephanie works from a strengths-based perspective, assisting clients in drawing on their own personal strengths to identify and overcome unhealthy patterns of thinking and being.

Counseling and therapy can often bring about a greater sense of empowerment to take charge and create positive, lasting change.

Social work is a regulated profession, and legislated under the Social Workers Act. As a registered social worker, Stephanie is accountable to provide professional, qualified, competent, and confidential service to her clients. As a social worker, Stephanie focuses not only on the client but on the social context in which they live and work. "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society"- Jiddu Krishnamurti

For more information about the benefits of mental health services offered by social work for your self and your workplace, see Social Work Services in Health Care Settings and Health Care Social Workers and Registered Social Workers.