Collaboration Works!
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* DBT Skills Group * Mindful Self-Compassion *
* Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention *
* 16 Steps To Recovery & Empowerment *
*Process Groups* Women's Circles *
*3-5 day intensives for communities in crisis *
ONLINE Evidence-Based Group offerings include:
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Training (Full Fidelity with Cultural Enrichment)
(DBT: 22 weeks)
Course consists of 4 Culturally Enriched MODULES:
Core Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation
Effective Communication
Distress Tolerance
Upon completion of STABILIZATION, clients can continue/ complete the DBT SKILLS PROGRAM or continue on to one of our advanced group offerings.
ADVANCED GROUP THERAPY OFFERINGS
*Each include a full day retreat <3
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Reactive Behaviours, (fantastic for anger management) using meditation and present-centered awareness to develop habits of responding rather than reacting in stressful situations.
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP: 8 weeks)
Mindful Self-Compassion
A life changing course that teaches us to treat ourselves with more kindness in order to quiet the inner-critic and live with ease. This course will be run on Friday's for 8 weeks, and includes a half-day silent meditation retreat. Click here to register. Space is limited, but no worries, there will be another offering starting in a few months.
LISTEN TO MSC MEDITATIONS
(DBT: 22 weeks)
- On NOW! See Schedule for Current Morning, Afternoon and Evening offerings. Presented as 4 separate Modules. This group uses DBT skills to assist people in reducing chaos, maintaining healthier relationships, being less reactive and emotionally overwhelmed, and avoiding interpersonal conflict. It's based on the pioneering work of Marsha Linehan and is the GOLD STANDARD OF empirically supported treatment for Eating Disorders, Complex Trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder.
- DBT Skills Training (Linehan, Full fidelity)
Course consists of 4 Culturally Enriched MODULES:
Core Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation
Effective Communication
Distress Tolerance
Upon completion of STABILIZATION, clients can continue/ complete the DBT SKILLS PROGRAM or continue on to one of our advanced group offerings.
ADVANCED GROUP THERAPY OFFERINGS
*Each include a full day retreat <3
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Reactive Behaviours, (fantastic for anger management) using meditation and present-centered awareness to develop habits of responding rather than reacting in stressful situations.
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP: 8 weeks)
- STARTING MONDAYS IN FALL - Join waitist for Fall 2024
- An 8-session model based on the foundational work of Jon Kabat-Zinn's MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) group. Assists in prevention of relapse to drugs, alcohol or reactive behaviours. This group teaches various practices for maintaining a recovery-oriented focus, and creating safety through skills, tools, resources and planning.
Mindful Self-Compassion
A life changing course that teaches us to treat ourselves with more kindness in order to quiet the inner-critic and live with ease. This course will be run on Friday's for 8 weeks, and includes a half-day silent meditation retreat. Click here to register. Space is limited, but no worries, there will be another offering starting in a few months.
LISTEN TO MSC MEDITATIONS
"A moment of self compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change your life" -Christopher Germer
Workshops & Retreats
*Workshops, Trainings and Crisis Response Debriefs Available BY SPECIAL REQUEST ONLY email: krisb@restwp.com
Landing Pad - The TINY HOME PROJECT
A tiny space for folks to stay at in order to journey inwards and heal. 4-6 Months of clinical trauma therapy programming (group plus individual) while staying at a RWP property.
Our services are specifically tailored to assist your clients in enhancing life skills, such as problem solving, confidence, communication and healthy lifestyle changes in order to support lasting and effective growth.
In addition to client-centered offerings, a vast body of research speaks to the importance of workplace supported mental health initiatives in order to increase employee productivity, workplace enjoyment, reduce employee turnover and reduce burn-out and stress related medical leaves.
Therefore, in the spirit of “practicing what we promote”, we would like to offer Evidence-Based group offerings, retreats, individual counselling sessions, specifically tailored workshops and job satisfaction initiatives for your staff.
Examples of workshop offerings (can be tailored to meet your own unique needs)
Landing Pad - The TINY HOME PROJECT
A tiny space for folks to stay at in order to journey inwards and heal. 4-6 Months of clinical trauma therapy programming (group plus individual) while staying at a RWP property.
Our services are specifically tailored to assist your clients in enhancing life skills, such as problem solving, confidence, communication and healthy lifestyle changes in order to support lasting and effective growth.
In addition to client-centered offerings, a vast body of research speaks to the importance of workplace supported mental health initiatives in order to increase employee productivity, workplace enjoyment, reduce employee turnover and reduce burn-out and stress related medical leaves.
Therefore, in the spirit of “practicing what we promote”, we would like to offer Evidence-Based group offerings, retreats, individual counselling sessions, specifically tailored workshops and job satisfaction initiatives for your staff.
Examples of workshop offerings (can be tailored to meet your own unique needs)
- "Career Exploration Series" (3-5 sessions)
- "Holistic Wellness"
- "Prescribing the Sacred"
- "Recovering"
- "Resilience"
- "Responsive Workshops for Clients and communities"
Retreats
Mindful Self-Compassion Day Long Retreat register HERE via email
*Donations for retreats to donation@restwp.com
Minimum suggested Donation of $25
Workshops:
Topics include:
Holistic Wellness" -Using a Bio-psychosocial/spiritual model "Prescribing the Sacred" - Spirituality as the foundation for Mental Health "Recovering" - Understanding Addiction and the path to recovery for clients and families "Resilience" - How crisis can teach us our greatest strengths "Emotional First Aid" - Direct response to a tragic or traumatic community event for those impacted "Responsive Workshops" - These can be created in collaboration with companies, communities and with other professionals in order to meet the unique needs of a group. Please note that all groups, workshops and retreats are trauma informed, culturally sensitive, and honour the beliefs of participants.
*Individual Counselling Sessions are also available to support and consolidate learning from groups and workshops for all participants
Topics include:
Holistic Wellness" -Using a Bio-psychosocial/spiritual model "Prescribing the Sacred" - Spirituality as the foundation for Mental Health "Recovering" - Understanding Addiction and the path to recovery for clients and families "Resilience" - How crisis can teach us our greatest strengths "Emotional First Aid" - Direct response to a tragic or traumatic community event for those impacted "Responsive Workshops" - These can be created in collaboration with companies, communities and with other professionals in order to meet the unique needs of a group. Please note that all groups, workshops and retreats are trauma informed, culturally sensitive, and honour the beliefs of participants.
*Individual Counselling Sessions are also available to support and consolidate learning from groups and workshops for all participants
Contact and Communication:
You can contact Kristen by phone at (250) 619-0901 or via email at krisb@reestwp.com Most communications are generally responded to within 24-72 hours unless I am away.
Restorative Counselling Social Media Policy
This Social Media Policy was copied and slightly modified for my own use from the Social Media Policy from the website for Holloway Counselling which credited the information to Keely Kolmes, Psy.D., who licensed it under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License, making it available to other mental health professionals.
The BCACC requires Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC) who use Social Media to have a Social Media Policy. This document outlines my office policies related to use of Social Media. Please read it to understand how I conduct myself on the Internet as a mental health professional and how you can expect me to respond to various interactions that may occur between us on the Internet.
If you have any questions about anything within this document, I encourage you to bring them up when we meet. As new technology develops and the Internet changes, there may be times when I need to update this policy. If I do so, I will notify you in writing of any policy changes and make sure you have a copy of the updated policy. I will also change information on my website accordingly.
"Friending"
I do not accept friend or contact requests from current or former clients on any social networking site (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc). I believe that adding clients as friends or contacts on these sites can compromise your confidentiality and our respective privacy. It may also blur the boundaries of our therapeutic relationship. I also do not interact with clients on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. If you need to contact me between sessions, the best way to do so is by phone, or by email. If you have questions about this, please bring them up when we meet and we can talk more about it.
Following
I occasionally post articles related to wellness and psychology on my website, on the Restorative Counselling Facebook page and I post psychology news on Twitter. I have no expectation that you as a client will want to follow my blog or Twitter stream. Comments have been not been disabled on my website, because it is an open space for members of the public to post. Please be aware of your own confidentiality and whether you may be recognized as a client if you have an easily recognizable username. If I happen to notice that you’ve followed me on LinkedIn, Twitter or have “liked” the Restortive Counselling Facebook page and I am concerned about your confidentiality, we may briefly discuss it and its potential impact on our working relationship. My primary concern is your privacy. You are welcome to use your own discretion in choosing whether to follow me.
I only follow other health professionals on Twitter and I do not follow current or former clients on blogs or Twitter. If there are things from your online life that you wish to share with me, please bring them into our sessions where we can view and explore them together, during the therapy hour.
Use of Search Engines
It is not a regular part of my practice to search for clients on Google or Facebook or other search engines. Extremely rare exceptions may be made during times of crisis. If I have a reason to suspect that you are in danger and you have not been in touch with me via our usual means (coming to appointments, or phone contact) there might be an instance in which using a search engine (to find you, find someone close to you, or to check on your recent status updates) becomes necessary as part of ensuring your welfare. These are unusual situations and if I ever resort to such means, I will fully document it and discuss it with you when we next meet.
Business Review Sites
You may find my psychology practice on sites such as Yelp, Google, Yahoo Local, Bing, or other places which list businesses. Some of these sites include forums in which users rate their providers and add reviews. Many of these sites comb search engines for business listings and automatically add listings regardless of whether the business has added itself to the site. If you should find my listing on any of these sites, please know that my listing is NOT a request for a testimonial, rating, or endorsement from you as my client.
The British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) Standard for Promoting and Advertising Services states, “an RCC should never solicit testimonials, expressly or by implication, from clients or other persons who, because of their particular circumstances, may be vulnerable to undue influence” (BCACC Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Clinical Practice and Guidelines for Registered Clinical Counsellors, 2011).
You have a right to express yourself on any site you wish. But due to confidentiality, I cannot respond to any review on any of these sites whether it is positive or negative. I urge you to take your own privacy as seriously as I take my commitment of confidentiality to you. You should also be aware that if you are using these sites to communicate indirectly with me about your feelings about our work, there is a good possibility that I may never see it.
If we are working together, I hope that you will bring your feelings and reactions to our work directly into the therapy process. This can be an important part of therapy, even if you decide we are not a good fit. None of this is meant to keep you from sharing that you are in therapy with me wherever and with whomever you like.
Confidentiality means that I cannot tell people that you are my client and my Ethics Code prohibits me from requesting testimonials. But you are more than welcome to tell anyone you wish that I’m your therapist or how you feel about the treatment I provided to you, in any forum of your choosing.
If you do choose to write something on a business review site, I hope you will keep in mind that you may be sharing personally revealing information in a public forum. I urge you to create a pseudonym that is not linked to your regular email address or friend networks for your own privacy and protection.
Location-Based Services
If you used location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to be aware of the privacy issues related to using these services. I do not place my practice as a check-in location on various sites such as Foursquare, Facebook, etc. However, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, it is possible that others may surmise that you are a therapy client due to your location.
Thank you for taking the time to review my Social Media Policy. If you have questions or concerns about any of these policies and procedures or regarding our potential interactions on the Internet, do bring them to my attention so that we can discuss them.
Email and Electronic Communication Policy (ECP)
It has been determined by the BCACC (BC Association of Clinical Counsellors) that Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCCs) who use any form of electronic communication in their practices should develop an Electronic Communication Policy (ECP). Given the widespread use of electronic communication, it is anticipated that nearly all RCCs need an ECP.
To ensure informed consent, RCCs should share the ECP with their clients as part of the intake process. An important function of an ECP is to provide the client with a general reminder of limitations in the security of information shared via each electronic medium available to the client.
Email
Email is used as a point of primary contact for a number of my clients. I may also use email for confirming appointment times and for forwarding links to articles, meditations, books and other resources to enhance your therapy. There is always a chance that your privacy can be compromised when appointment times and resources are sent electronically. Please read below for more information:
1) No form of encryption is used by the practice for outgoing emails.
2) Kristen Berube, MA, RCC is the only employee at Restorative Counselling entitled to read and respond to emails from clients. The specific email address to be used for general scheduling or inquiries as well as information addressed directly to Kristen is restorativecounselling@outlook.com
3) When you receive a message from the Restorative Counselling, it is clear who has written the message based on the use of my personalized signature line.
4) Emails will generally be responded to within 48 hours (unless your counsellor is on vacation), and if a response has not been received within that time, you can call 250-619-0901.
5) When sending emails to your counsellor, please identify the purpose of any email you send, and its urgency, in the subject line (ex: “Article- Non-urgent”, or “Appointment Cancellation, would like to Reschedule- Urgent”)
6) All communications from the practice will also include a subject line that makes clear the purpose and urgency of the communication.
7) Email messages become part of your counselling records and as such may be subject to being shared along with your record should the documents be subpoenaed by the courts, RCMP or other governing agencies.
8) If you have any concerns about this mode of communication, you may revoke your consent at any time. You are also welcome to discuss any questions or concerns with your counsellor further in your next session.
9) Emergencies- Should you find yourself in crisis, email is not an appropriate means of communication. You may try to contact Kristen directly at 250-619-0901 or the 24-Hour Vancouver Island crisis line at 1.888.494.3888. You can also access walk-in single session crisis counselling Monday through Friday from 10am to 5pm through Island Health. No appointment is necessary. Services are offered to all ages free of charge. This service is located at Brooks Landing Mall, #203-2000 Island Highway, Nanaimo, BC.
Text Messaging
Some clients request appointment changes or resources to be sent to them via text message. While this is an easy and convenient way to send communication, it is also the least secure and it is requested that you fully consider the risks to your confidentiality surrounding your access to counselling services if you request this option. Below is a list of potential risks associated with the use of text messaging such as SMS (Short Message Service):
1) Communication issues can arise when communicating in text due to the lack of access to visual or voice cues, as well as limits on the number of characters that exists in most text messaging environments, and the common use of “shorthand” words or characters to represent meaning.
2) Text messaging is not particularly secure. Further, a lost or misplaced cell phone, or a phone simply left in an insecure location, can inadvertently communicate to others that you are in counselling.
3) Your First Name and Last Initial will be stored in the cell phone for Restorative Counselling. Although the phone does have a secure password for access, should you text or call the phone there is a chance that your first name and last initial will be displayed.
4) Text messages are meant to be used for booking appointments, rescheduling appointments, cancelling appointments and for links to resources to be made accessible to you for enhancing your therapeutic process. Should they be used inappropriately (such as to “chat” or to “access counselling support”), the messages will not be responded to and this may be discussed for clarification in the next session.
5) Text messages will be responded to within 48 hours unless your counsellor is on vacation. If you are in a crisis, you may try to send a text message requesting a phone call, but if this is not responded to in a timely manner, please call the 24-Hour Vancouver Island crisis line at 1.888.494.3888. You can also access walk-in single session crisis counselling Monday through Friday from 10am to 5pm through Island Health. No appointment is necessary. Services are offered to all ages free of charge. This service is located at Brooks Landing Mall, #203-2000 Island Highway, Nanaimo, BC.
6) All text messages become part of your counselling records and as such may be subject to being shared along with your record should the documents be subpoenaed by the courts, RCMP or other governing agencies.
7) If you have any concerns about this mode of communication, you may revoke your consent at any time. You are also welcome to discuss any questions or concerns with your counsellor further in your next session.
Collection and Storage of Personal information:
Storage and collection of client information is in accordance with the personal information protection act (PIPA) and in accordance with the BCACC and CCC guidelines. If you have any questions regarding this, please talk to Kristen directly.
You can contact Kristen by phone at (250) 619-0901 or via email at krisb@reestwp.com Most communications are generally responded to within 24-72 hours unless I am away.
Restorative Counselling Social Media Policy
This Social Media Policy was copied and slightly modified for my own use from the Social Media Policy from the website for Holloway Counselling which credited the information to Keely Kolmes, Psy.D., who licensed it under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License, making it available to other mental health professionals.
The BCACC requires Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC) who use Social Media to have a Social Media Policy. This document outlines my office policies related to use of Social Media. Please read it to understand how I conduct myself on the Internet as a mental health professional and how you can expect me to respond to various interactions that may occur between us on the Internet.
If you have any questions about anything within this document, I encourage you to bring them up when we meet. As new technology develops and the Internet changes, there may be times when I need to update this policy. If I do so, I will notify you in writing of any policy changes and make sure you have a copy of the updated policy. I will also change information on my website accordingly.
"Friending"
I do not accept friend or contact requests from current or former clients on any social networking site (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc). I believe that adding clients as friends or contacts on these sites can compromise your confidentiality and our respective privacy. It may also blur the boundaries of our therapeutic relationship. I also do not interact with clients on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. If you need to contact me between sessions, the best way to do so is by phone, or by email. If you have questions about this, please bring them up when we meet and we can talk more about it.
Following
I occasionally post articles related to wellness and psychology on my website, on the Restorative Counselling Facebook page and I post psychology news on Twitter. I have no expectation that you as a client will want to follow my blog or Twitter stream. Comments have been not been disabled on my website, because it is an open space for members of the public to post. Please be aware of your own confidentiality and whether you may be recognized as a client if you have an easily recognizable username. If I happen to notice that you’ve followed me on LinkedIn, Twitter or have “liked” the Restortive Counselling Facebook page and I am concerned about your confidentiality, we may briefly discuss it and its potential impact on our working relationship. My primary concern is your privacy. You are welcome to use your own discretion in choosing whether to follow me.
I only follow other health professionals on Twitter and I do not follow current or former clients on blogs or Twitter. If there are things from your online life that you wish to share with me, please bring them into our sessions where we can view and explore them together, during the therapy hour.
Use of Search Engines
It is not a regular part of my practice to search for clients on Google or Facebook or other search engines. Extremely rare exceptions may be made during times of crisis. If I have a reason to suspect that you are in danger and you have not been in touch with me via our usual means (coming to appointments, or phone contact) there might be an instance in which using a search engine (to find you, find someone close to you, or to check on your recent status updates) becomes necessary as part of ensuring your welfare. These are unusual situations and if I ever resort to such means, I will fully document it and discuss it with you when we next meet.
Business Review Sites
You may find my psychology practice on sites such as Yelp, Google, Yahoo Local, Bing, or other places which list businesses. Some of these sites include forums in which users rate their providers and add reviews. Many of these sites comb search engines for business listings and automatically add listings regardless of whether the business has added itself to the site. If you should find my listing on any of these sites, please know that my listing is NOT a request for a testimonial, rating, or endorsement from you as my client.
The British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) Standard for Promoting and Advertising Services states, “an RCC should never solicit testimonials, expressly or by implication, from clients or other persons who, because of their particular circumstances, may be vulnerable to undue influence” (BCACC Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Clinical Practice and Guidelines for Registered Clinical Counsellors, 2011).
You have a right to express yourself on any site you wish. But due to confidentiality, I cannot respond to any review on any of these sites whether it is positive or negative. I urge you to take your own privacy as seriously as I take my commitment of confidentiality to you. You should also be aware that if you are using these sites to communicate indirectly with me about your feelings about our work, there is a good possibility that I may never see it.
If we are working together, I hope that you will bring your feelings and reactions to our work directly into the therapy process. This can be an important part of therapy, even if you decide we are not a good fit. None of this is meant to keep you from sharing that you are in therapy with me wherever and with whomever you like.
Confidentiality means that I cannot tell people that you are my client and my Ethics Code prohibits me from requesting testimonials. But you are more than welcome to tell anyone you wish that I’m your therapist or how you feel about the treatment I provided to you, in any forum of your choosing.
If you do choose to write something on a business review site, I hope you will keep in mind that you may be sharing personally revealing information in a public forum. I urge you to create a pseudonym that is not linked to your regular email address or friend networks for your own privacy and protection.
Location-Based Services
If you used location-based services on your mobile phone, you may wish to be aware of the privacy issues related to using these services. I do not place my practice as a check-in location on various sites such as Foursquare, Facebook, etc. However, if you have GPS tracking enabled on your device, it is possible that others may surmise that you are a therapy client due to your location.
Thank you for taking the time to review my Social Media Policy. If you have questions or concerns about any of these policies and procedures or regarding our potential interactions on the Internet, do bring them to my attention so that we can discuss them.
Email and Electronic Communication Policy (ECP)
It has been determined by the BCACC (BC Association of Clinical Counsellors) that Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCCs) who use any form of electronic communication in their practices should develop an Electronic Communication Policy (ECP). Given the widespread use of electronic communication, it is anticipated that nearly all RCCs need an ECP.
To ensure informed consent, RCCs should share the ECP with their clients as part of the intake process. An important function of an ECP is to provide the client with a general reminder of limitations in the security of information shared via each electronic medium available to the client.
Email is used as a point of primary contact for a number of my clients. I may also use email for confirming appointment times and for forwarding links to articles, meditations, books and other resources to enhance your therapy. There is always a chance that your privacy can be compromised when appointment times and resources are sent electronically. Please read below for more information:
1) No form of encryption is used by the practice for outgoing emails.
2) Kristen Berube, MA, RCC is the only employee at Restorative Counselling entitled to read and respond to emails from clients. The specific email address to be used for general scheduling or inquiries as well as information addressed directly to Kristen is restorativecounselling@outlook.com
3) When you receive a message from the Restorative Counselling, it is clear who has written the message based on the use of my personalized signature line.
4) Emails will generally be responded to within 48 hours (unless your counsellor is on vacation), and if a response has not been received within that time, you can call 250-619-0901.
5) When sending emails to your counsellor, please identify the purpose of any email you send, and its urgency, in the subject line (ex: “Article- Non-urgent”, or “Appointment Cancellation, would like to Reschedule- Urgent”)
6) All communications from the practice will also include a subject line that makes clear the purpose and urgency of the communication.
7) Email messages become part of your counselling records and as such may be subject to being shared along with your record should the documents be subpoenaed by the courts, RCMP or other governing agencies.
8) If you have any concerns about this mode of communication, you may revoke your consent at any time. You are also welcome to discuss any questions or concerns with your counsellor further in your next session.
9) Emergencies- Should you find yourself in crisis, email is not an appropriate means of communication. You may try to contact Kristen directly at 250-619-0901 or the 24-Hour Vancouver Island crisis line at 1.888.494.3888. You can also access walk-in single session crisis counselling Monday through Friday from 10am to 5pm through Island Health. No appointment is necessary. Services are offered to all ages free of charge. This service is located at Brooks Landing Mall, #203-2000 Island Highway, Nanaimo, BC.
Text Messaging
Some clients request appointment changes or resources to be sent to them via text message. While this is an easy and convenient way to send communication, it is also the least secure and it is requested that you fully consider the risks to your confidentiality surrounding your access to counselling services if you request this option. Below is a list of potential risks associated with the use of text messaging such as SMS (Short Message Service):
1) Communication issues can arise when communicating in text due to the lack of access to visual or voice cues, as well as limits on the number of characters that exists in most text messaging environments, and the common use of “shorthand” words or characters to represent meaning.
2) Text messaging is not particularly secure. Further, a lost or misplaced cell phone, or a phone simply left in an insecure location, can inadvertently communicate to others that you are in counselling.
3) Your First Name and Last Initial will be stored in the cell phone for Restorative Counselling. Although the phone does have a secure password for access, should you text or call the phone there is a chance that your first name and last initial will be displayed.
4) Text messages are meant to be used for booking appointments, rescheduling appointments, cancelling appointments and for links to resources to be made accessible to you for enhancing your therapeutic process. Should they be used inappropriately (such as to “chat” or to “access counselling support”), the messages will not be responded to and this may be discussed for clarification in the next session.
5) Text messages will be responded to within 48 hours unless your counsellor is on vacation. If you are in a crisis, you may try to send a text message requesting a phone call, but if this is not responded to in a timely manner, please call the 24-Hour Vancouver Island crisis line at 1.888.494.3888. You can also access walk-in single session crisis counselling Monday through Friday from 10am to 5pm through Island Health. No appointment is necessary. Services are offered to all ages free of charge. This service is located at Brooks Landing Mall, #203-2000 Island Highway, Nanaimo, BC.
6) All text messages become part of your counselling records and as such may be subject to being shared along with your record should the documents be subpoenaed by the courts, RCMP or other governing agencies.
7) If you have any concerns about this mode of communication, you may revoke your consent at any time. You are also welcome to discuss any questions or concerns with your counsellor further in your next session.
Collection and Storage of Personal information:
Storage and collection of client information is in accordance with the personal information protection act (PIPA) and in accordance with the BCACC and CCC guidelines. If you have any questions regarding this, please talk to Kristen directly.