Coming together is a beginning, Keeping together is progress, Working together is a success. Henry Ford We have a solid beginning. We have made great progress. We continue to work well together…and that feels completely successful. We have operated for a week in our new office…found a few kinks we’re working on, and now have …
This Mess was Blessed
Bergen and Associates Counselling will open tomorrow morning at 1483 Pembina Highway, ready for clients to work with therapists to remove the barriers that interfere with them making the sorts of connections in their lives that they really desire. We are excited to be working out of the new space, and are thrilled with how …
Full Steam Ahead with the Move
Walls washed? Check Walls painted? Check Wall built? Check Insulation installed? Check Door installed? Tomorrow Alarm figured out? Hopeless…and trust me, anybody who may be thinking about breaking in…don’t try it. The alarm works consistently and without fail when not disarmed properly, and can create physical pain to all those who trigger it for whatever …
TDC–Still Going Strong
Time are achangin’ in all sorts of ways around here at Bergen and Associates Counselling. We’ve got therapists moving on to exciting n ew opportunities, other therapists that will begin shortly after we get settled into the new place. We are sending out address changes, and sorting through various cupboards that have somehow spontaneously collected …
Change in the Air
There are puddles on the ground and a warmth in the breeze around here…winter is gone and spring has a firm hold on our world. The grass may have some snow on it yet…but the grass that is already exposed has a green tinge to it…it is ALIVE!! Have you guessed that my favoritest season, …
Intimate Partner Violence-TDC
We’ve started a new program at Bergen and Associates Counselling: Intimate Partner Violence–Transforming Destructive into Constructive. For some now, we’ve been offering an Anger Management program called Transfroming Destructive into Constructive. It’s an effective class that participants really enjoy experiencing…and a person always learns more when having a good time. However, although it was never …
Empowering from the Inside Out
It’s official! The only anger management group designed specifically for women by women that I am aware of in Winnipeg will be offered February 9-March 9th, 2011. Linda Churchill, our advanced intern, who has been leading groups for years will be facilitating “Empowering from the Inside Out”. We are thrilled to be doing this. This …
Today we Celebrate!
In this world of violence, intrusiveness, woundedness and pain, there is also much to revel, enjoy and celebrate. Rebecca, the woman in our office on Wednesdays announced today that she is engaged to the man of her dreams and he “popped the question” on a walk in their favorite place to wander this weekend. They …
Mutual benefits
I love “win win” situations. I work towards those with clients and in my own life. We’ve had a great “win win” around here, and are enjoying every minute of it: Rebecca Salzmann has her BA in social sciences and is preparing to begin her education to become a therapist…but she wants to take some …
A Fortunate Turn of Events
Sometimes something seems too good to be true…except that it is! Linda Churchill started her internship with us today. She in an advanced intern…we weren’t quite sure what to call her. Our position has always been that we only hire therapists that have Master’s level of counselling/therapy training to be counsellors at Bergen and Associates …