Services

Individual Counselling – Face to Face and Virtual

Individual counselling services are provided both face to face in the Terrace office, virtually using a secure video platform (Jane), or by telephone. Devin accepts referrals for children and youth as young as 10 years old. Devin also travels twice per month to the Nass Valley and sees patients in all four communities (please contact Nisgaa Valley Health Authority for mental health referrals by calling 250-633-2611. If you are Status First Nations covered under First Nations Health Authority Health Benefits, please be sure to indicate that and provide your status number when calling to book. For those insured under other plans, please check with your plan provider about coverage. Most plans provide some coverage, but it depends on your specific plan. Additionally, services provided by Registered Social Workers are a tax deduction.

Individual Counselling Fee: $150 per session. Session are typically 50 minutes.

Note: All fees for First Nations Health Authority/Pacific Blue Cross and Medavie (Veterans Affairs and RCMP are directed billed to the plan.

Couples/Relationship Counselling

Couples Therapy Consists of Five Parts:

Assessment (Relationship Check-up Assessment)
Treatment
Phase-Out of Therapy
Termination
Outcome Evaluation

Couples First Session: The initial meeting with your counsellor will be both of you together for a 1.5 hour couple’s session. You will discuss your current situation and your history as a couple.

Questionnaire: In the week that follows, you will each complete a series of questions (online at home) that help the counsellor understand your relationship satisfaction. The Enhanced Gottman Relationship Checkup will be sent to you via an email from the Gottman Connect website where you will create an account. Provide answers to all of the items in the questionnaire as best you can. It is important that each person completes the questions independently; you will not review one another’s responses. Some of the questions provide a space for adding notes to the answers. The counsellor will read all of your notes, so make use of this feature when appropriate.

Individual Sessions: You will each have a 1-hour one on one session individually with your counsellor.

Couples Feedback Session: After you have both completed your questionnaire, and generally a week after the final individual session you will come in together for second couples session. This completes the assessment portion of your counselling. All of the information you have shared is brought together in a 10-page report that you get to keep that will help bring a new understanding about the relationship and help set the goals for the therapy. This evaluation is helpful in understanding your relationship and charting the way forward for an improved future.

Fees for Couples/Relationship Counselling:

All couples sessions have an hourly rate of $165.00

Couples’ sessions are 1.5 hours ($247.50) and an individual session is 1 hour ($165.00).

Fees are charged per session and you do not need to pay in advance, or commit to any number of sessions, though we hope you will at least complete the assessment process, as we find this is very beneficial for clients.

The fee for the Relationship Check-Up Assessment is $75 per couple

View of the Child Assessment/Report

Devin is a trained provider of Views of the Child Assessment/Report for family law disputes, having also received supervision under a Registered Psychologist. Devin does not provide children needs assessments, which are complex assessments that should only be provided by either a developmental Psychologist or a Pediatrician.

What is a View of the Child Report?

A Views of the Child Report is prepared by a family justice counsellor, social worker, psychologist, or other mental health professional who meets with the child. The mental health professional hears the child's views and can also assess the child's needs or views, but not the parents. Also called "Hear the Child Reports", Views of the Child Reports are supported by sections 37, 202 and 224(1)(b) of the BC Family Law Act. Section 37 of the Act directs that, in making decisions about parenting arrangements or contact with a child, a decision-maker must consider only the best interests of the child. This section states that a child’s views must be considered unless inappropriate to do so. Hear the Child reports may be ordered under 202(b) of the Family Law Act, or under s. 224(1)(b), as a specified service. If a Hear the Child report has already been prepared, it can be admitted to the court under s. 202(a) of the Family Law Act.

Views of the Child Assessment/Report Fee: $2500 (one child). $500 for each additional child. Fees must be paid in full prior to any interviews. Additional fees apply if the provider must travel.

Views of the Child Report Timeline: Dependent upon provider availability and booking of interviews. Expect a minimum 3-week turnaround time for completed reports post interviews.

Included in the Views of the Child:

Initial Screening and information/intake package for caregivers and their legal counsel.
Telephone Interview with each parent.
Face to Face interview with each parent.
1-2 interviews with each child.
Full written report (typically 20-30 pages) to be provided to legal counsel.

Workshops

60 Min Team Wellness Planning-Virtual Only (Max group size is 8).
1 Day – Team Wellness Planning.
1 Day – Professional Quality of Life – Healthcare.
1 Day – Burnout Prevention for Corporate/Team Leads.
4 Day – Professional Quality of Life and Burnout Prevention.
Academic Research Presentation – Workplace Cultural Dissonance and Burnout.

Research Projects

Support with data collection methods and data analysis for a range of organizational needs, including community needs assessments, program evaluations, and data analysis. Call for more information.

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