Mental Health Counselling

We offer two types of mental health counselling, group therapy with our peer led HOPE groups, and individual counselling with counselling students.

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Our counselling/psychotherapy services are ideal for:

parents looking for mental health support
mothers looking for someone to talk to
mothers who may be experiencing changes in mood post-partum
maternal mental health support
postpartum stress & anxiety concerns
baby blues
transitioning new parent concerns
individual counselling (stress, anxiety, depression)
Ontario residents

Exclusions:

no severe PMAD support
no major trauma
no children sessions. Must be over the age of 18 to receive support.

Life With A Baby is happy to have a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), completing her practicum with our organization and offering counselling support to those Life with A Baby Members and their families in need.

This service is open to everyone who is a LWAB member.

Cost

Our counselling services are FREE of charge to all families in need
We are offering a "pay what you can" / honour system for those who are able and/or wish to make a small donation or payment towards the services being offered via our Canada Helps page at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/healthy-start-healthy-future-inc/events/pay-what-you-can-counselling-services-for-families/.
Those members with private healthcare plans and coverage for psychotherapy services can be issued a receipt for the services. Please ask if you require a receipt and we are happy to provide one.
No sessions will cost more then $65/session on our sliding scale system.

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Services are being offered mostly ONLINE via Connie's secure Jane App
Some satellite in person days for in person counselling support will be offered, based on interest. Satellite locations and dates TBC in Newmarket, East Gwillimbury, Aurora, Georgina & Thornhill. Please indicate if you prefer in person sessions and we will arrange. Thank you to our community partners for assisting with facility space.
Connie will also be running our HOPE groups regularly for mothers with mild/moderate PPD. Please indicate if you are interested in a 6 week new mom support group for mothers experiencing mild/moderate PPD, postpartum stress and/or anxiety.

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To complete an intake and/or book your first counselling session, visit:
https://lifewithababy.janeapp.com/

Our Student Therapist, Rastin Rouhani

Rastin Rouhani is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) Reg# 14498. She is currently finishing her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. Rastin is offering counselling appointments supporting mothers with mild to moderate perinatal mood disorders, under the supervision of Kristen Drozda of Pace Counselling ( Reg# 007705).

As a mother of two sons and someone who experienced prenatal mood disorder, Rastin can feel and understand new parents experiencing such a problem. In addition, as an educational assistant in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Rastin has 17 years of experience supporting students who struggle with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from kindergarten to grade 10. She supported such students both academically and behaviourally. This valuable experience helped Rastin to understand and support families experiencing such issues based on their unique needs. These experiences allow Rastin to support individuals and families both collaboratively and empathetically.

Rastin can serve clients with various approaches aligned with their cultures, such as CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interview, and ACT.

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