Strength Counselling Services

Summary

We provide a variety of options for holistic healing in the form of virtual-counselling to any location Canada-wide with a clinical focus given to mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. We are a highly diverse team of clinicians, with decades of experience, that offer support for nearly any issue that can be treated in a digital outpatient capacity. As this application is specifically for MindMap BC, we have numerous practitioners that specialize in proving support to any individuals identifying on the Two-Spirit, trans, and LGBTQ+ scale.

Want to learn more about this service’s work with Two-Spirit, trans, LGBQ+ people?

We invite all service providers listed on MindMapBC to answer the following questions. These questions were developed in collaboration with community members, researchers, and mental health and other service providers. They're intended to help us understand what a service provider or organization is doing to affirm and support sexual and gender diverse service users.

See below for responses for this listing.

Want to learn more about our screening questions and filters?

Are the forms used in your practice inclusive of various sexual orientations and gender identities (e.g., opportunities to fill in pronouns, etc.)?

—Yes

Do all individuals involved in the care of individuals accessing your services ask about pronouns and use them appropriately?

—Yes, to some extent

All of us are not specialized in this area, but the ones who are, the answer is a certain, yes. Overall, we all do our best but clients coming in from this referral would be placed with specialized counsellors.

Are you and your colleagues aware of what specific barriers may exist for trans individuals accessing your services? Please describe some of these below.

—No

As far as we're aware, there are no barriers to accessing our services for anyone who wishes to receive them. The only thing that comes to mind is that we are a digital agency so they must have a digital device to access us.

Are you and your colleagues aware of what specific barriers may exist for Two-Spirit individuals accessing your services? Please describe some of these below.

—No

Are all individuals involved in the care of individuals accessing your services comfortable asking relevant questions about gender identity and sexual orientation?

—Yes

Are you and your colleagues aware of what specific barriers may exist for LGBQ individuals accessing your services? Please describe some of these below.

—No

Can you and your colleagues distinguish gender/identity dysphoria/distress from mental health conditions?

—Yes

Do all individuals involved in the care of individuals accessing your services receive specific training on cultural humility? Is yes, please type below how frequent this training is.

—Yes, to some extent

We all come from a variety of different backgrounds and different training capacities.

Does your practice have gender-neutral washrooms?

—No

Not relevant, we are an online agency.

Are there clear anti-discrimination policies that include gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation in your organization or practice?

—Yes

Are all individuals involved in service provision actively engaged in decolonizing their practices and/or organization? If yes, please type below what actions you and/or your organization are taking.

—Yes

We are a complex and completely inclusive agency.

Are all individuals involved in service provision actively engaged in anti-racist practices, policies, and systems in their care model?

—Yes

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Last updated: February 24, 2022
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