Relational Counselling and Therapy – Providing culturally safe, culturally appropriate, and holistic counselling services that reflect the needs of children, adolescents, and families from Timmins and surrounding communities

[vc_row][vc_column][grve_title title=”Our Mission”][vc_column_text]Our mission at Relational Counselling and Therapy Services is to promote and cultivate individual, family, and community wellness through professional and optimal counselling, education, and prevention. [/vc_column_text][grve_title title=”Our Vision”][vc_column_text]Relational Counselling and Therapy Services strives to provide culturally safe, culturally appropriate, and holistic counselling services that reflect the needs of children, adolescents, and families from Timmins and surrounding communities. Relational Counselling and Therapy Services humbly acknowledges that individuals are the true experts in their lives. Our vision is to ethically guide, assist, and support individuals on their healing journeys while providing a safe and non-judgmental environment that is highly grounded on confidentiality.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#364257″ padding_top=”32px” padding_bottom=”32px” el_class=”darkbkg”][vc_column][grve_single_image image=”79″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#364257″ padding_top=”32px” padding_bottom=”32px” el_class=”darkbkg” margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column][grve_single_image image_mode=”medium” image=”9″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” bg_image=”69″ tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^69|url^http://relationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/medicinewheel.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^medicinewheel|description^null” padding_top=”75″ padding_bottom=”75″ margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column][vc_row_inner el_class=”grve-column-gap-15″][vc_column_inner el_class=”minHeight” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1695751946783{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #364257 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Respect: is an integral teaching and practice within the Indigenous culture. Respect begins with the self, our environment, and our relationships to others. Respect is demonstrated through our actions and behaviours. Showing respect helps foster a safe space for creativity and openness to learning while respecting one’s autonomy. Respect positively shapes and influences our relationships with self and others, which ensues and sustains trust. This is important for fostering and cultivating positive helping relationships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”minHeight” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1695751943438{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #e0e0e0 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Reciprocity: is foundational to helping relationships, as individuals are the true expert in their lives, not the clinician. My role as a helper is to simply help guide, support, and assist individuals on their healing journeys. Reciprocity can be perceived as a motivational component within the helping relationship while promoting positive change through reciprocal relationships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”minHeight” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1695751954490{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #e0e0e0 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Relationship: The origins of strong relationships are built and deeply rooted and nestled on mutual respect. Relationships are meaningful, reciprocal, and help us to identify who we are in terms of our identity. Relationships are contingent on relational accountability and our responsibility to ourselves, to others, our ancestors, and the land. Relationship building is cyclical and relational, which one does not exist without the other. Positive helping relationships assist individuals with achieving beneficial outcomes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”minHeight” width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1695751950664{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #364257 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Responsibility: As an Indigenous practitioner, I am responsible for ensuring that individuals feel safe while providing a non-judgemental environment. I also hold the responsibility of ensuring confidentiality and privacy within my practice approaches to care, which is paramount for building and ensuing trusting helping relationships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” bg_image=”69″ desktop_visibility=”hide” tablet_visibility=”hide” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^69|url^http://relationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/medicinewheel.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^medicinewheel|description^null” padding_top=”75″ padding_bottom=”75″ margin_bottom=”0″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1695837211207{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #364257 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Respect: is an integral teaching and practice within the Indigenous culture. Respect begins with the self, our environment, and our relationships to others. Respect is demonstrated through our actions and behaviours. Showing respect helps foster a safe space for creativity and openness to learning while respecting one’s autonomy. Respect positively shapes and influences our relationships with self and others, which ensues and sustains trust. This is important for fostering and cultivating positive helping relationships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1695837259846{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #e0e0e0 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Reciprocity: is foundational to helping relationships, as individuals are the true expert in their lives, not the clinician. My role as a helper is to simply help guide, support, and assist individuals on their healing journeys. Reciprocity can be perceived as a motivational component within the helping relationship while promoting positive change through reciprocal relationships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1695837211207{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #364257 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Responsibility: As an Indigenous practitioner, I am responsible for ensuring that individuals feel safe while providing a non-judgemental environment. I also hold the responsibility of ensuring confidentiality and privacy within my practice approaches to care, which is paramount for building and ensuing trusting helping relationships.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1695837259846{padding-top: 24px !important;padding-right: 24px !important;padding-bottom: 24px !important;padding-left: 24px !important;background-color: #e0e0e0 !important;border-radius: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Relationship: The origins of strong relationships are built and deeply rooted and nestled on mutual respect. Relationships are meaningful, reciprocal, and help us to identify who we are in terms of our identity. Relationships are contingent on relational accountability and our responsibility to ourselves, to others, our ancestors, and the land. Relationship building is cyclical and relational, which one does not exist without the other. Positive helping relationships assist individuals with achieving beneficial outcomes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” bg_image=”18″ parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^18|url^http://relationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AdobeStock_288862744.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Psychologist having session with her patient|description^null”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”86px”][grve_quote el_class=”quotetxt”]“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life…….”
― Akshay Dubey
[/grve_quote][vc_empty_space height=”86px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][grve_title title=”Meet Anne”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide” section_id=”meetAnne”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Anne has 15 years of frontline experience in the social work sector. Anne brings her expertise, knowledge, lived experiences, and personal insight along with compassion and empathy to direct, guide, and channel her work as a clinical social worker to help others on their path to healing. Anne is an experienced Indigenous researcher and a life-long learner. Her research work entails child welfare, Indigenous housing and homelessness, Indigenous education, and reconciliation in terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Report and the redesign and reform of First Nations Child and Family Services program.

Anne’s professional experience and education provides her with the background and knowledge to offer quality, professional, and skilled counselling services. Anne also has a proven ability to integrate Indigenous and Western approaches to care while providing culturally sensitive and appropriate modalities within therapy.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][grve_single_image image_mode=”medium” image=”68″][grve_title title=”Anne Iserhoff, M.Ed, MSW, BSW, RSW” heading_tag=”h5″ heading=”h5″ align=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row desktop_visibility=”hide” tablet_visibility=”hide” section_id=”meetAnne”][vc_column][grve_single_image image_mode=”medium” image=”68″][grve_title title=”Anne Iserhoff, M.Ed, MSW, BSW, RSW” heading_tag=”h5″ heading=”h5″ align=”center”][vc_column_text]Anne has 15 years of frontline experience in the social work sector. Anne brings her expertise, knowledge, lived experiences, and personal insight along with compassion and empathy to direct, guide, and channel her work as a clinical social worker to help others on their path to healing. Anne is an experienced Indigenous researcher and a life-long learner. Her research work entails child welfare, Indigenous housing and homelessness, Indigenous education, and reconciliation in terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Report and the redesign and reform of First Nations Child and Family Services program.

Anne’s professional experience and education provides her with the background and knowledge to offer quality, professional, and skilled counselling services. Anne also has a proven ability to integrate Indigenous and Western approaches to care while providing culturally sensitive and appropriate modalities within therapy.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][grve_button align=”center” button_text=”BOOK SESSION” button_hover_color=”primary-1″ button_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Frelationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca%2Fbooking-calendar%2F|title:Booking%20Calendar”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” bg_image=”85″ parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^85|url^http://relationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AdobeStock_291813270.jpeg|caption^Psychologist consulting concept. Doctor consult in psychotherapy session or counsel diagnosis mental health of female patient, toned|alt^null|title^Psychologist consulting concept. Doctor consult in psychotherapy session or counsel diagnosis mental health of female patient|description^null”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”86px”][grve_quote el_class=”quotetxt”]NIHB Approved
Private Insurance also accepted.
[/grve_quote][vc_empty_space height=”86px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][grve_title title=”Services Offered”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide” section_id=”services”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Relational Counselling and Therapy Services will offer both Western and Indigenous approaches to care while meeting individuals where they are at in their lives offering:

Individual counselling
Youth and family counselling

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Relational Counselling and Therapy Services will focus on the following mental health areas:

Stress and Anxiety
Depression and Mood Disorders
Self-esteem
Dysfunctional Relationships
Trauma and Grief

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][grve_single_image image_mode=”large” image=”76″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row desktop_visibility=”hide” tablet_visibility=”hide” section_id=”services”][vc_column][grve_single_image image_mode=”large” image=”76″][vc_column_text]Relational Counselling and Therapy Services will offer both Western and Indigenous approaches to care while meeting individuals where they are at in their lives offering:

Individual counselling
Youth and family counselling

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Relational Counselling and Therapy Services will focus on the following mental health areas:

Stress and Anxiety
Depression and Mood Disorders
Self-esteem
Dysfunctional Relationships
Trauma and Grief

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][grve_button align=”center” button_text=”BOOK SESSION” button_hover_color=”primary-1″ button_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Frelationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca%2Fbooking-calendar%2F|title:Booking%20Calendar”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][grve_title title=”Contact”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide” section_id=”contact”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Counselling services are offered at 97 Pine Street South in a private, safe, and comfortable office setting. The office is situated in the heart of downtown Timmins and close to the transit station and other amenities. There is also access to parking while ensuring services are wheelchair accessible for those individuals requiring supports, as the office is at ground level.

Hours of operation are Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Flexibility based on identified needs of the community will be offered.[/vc_column_text][grve_button align=”center” button_text=”BOOK SESSION” button_hover_color=”primary-1″ button_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Frelationalcounsellingandtherapy.ca%2Fbooking-calendar%2F|title:Booking%20Calendar”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][contact-form-7 id=”6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row desktop_visibility=”hide” tablet_visibility=”hide” section_id=”contact”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Counselling services are offered at 97 Pine Street South in a private, safe, and comfortable office setting. The office is situated in the heart of downtown Timmins and close to the transit station and other amenities. There is also access to parking while ensuring services are wheelchair accessible for those individuals requiring supports, as the office is at ground level.