Our Smith Street location once again has openings available for new clients. Nadia Sawaya has begun seeing clients at both of our locations, on Pembina Highway as well as the downtown location at Smith and York Streets. Nadia is warm and engaging, and has an enthusiasm for her craft that makes her great to work …
In da press…
Today’s edition of the Winnipeg Free Press has the announcement that Jennifer Lockhart and Stephanie Albiani are beginning to provide services at Bergen and Associates Counselling. Jennifer Lockhart began just a few weeks ago. It has been great to have her gentle and professional presence around. She pays attention to detail …
Keeping us hopping
Grass generally doesn’t have a chance to grow under our feet around here. We run a high positive energy office around this place. It’s a fun happenin’ place to be. The pace just went up this week though! Fatima is a graduating student from Coll ge universitaire de Saint-Boniface in business. She is working with …
With Gratitude
I tell my students at the University, that when you really want to know about what a patient is up to in the hospital, the Occupational Therapists need to ask housekeeping staff. The housekeeping staff know if the patient is really able to get up out of bed, how much they are talking, and if …
Our Latest Addition!
I apologize for my lack of recent blog postings…I had some sort of viral bug last week. Anything that absolutely didn’t need to get done…didn’t. I’m back on the mend now…or at least I’ve decided that is going to be my approach this week. Here is a picture of an orientation session that Melanie is …
Celebrating 10 years!
Bergen & Associates Counselling is 10 years old today! Brian, Lynn and Gary surprised us with cake to celebrate. A day with a Jeanne’s cake is a good day! What a fun way to acknowledge the day! Of course, it looked a lot different 10 years ago than it does today. September 29, 1999, …
Beginnings and Boundaries
I can almost smell the fresh wood shavings (off of newly sharpened Laurentian pencial crayons) this time of year as school starts as I remember the years of loving those brand new tall pencil crayons waiting for projects to color. The smell of fresh plastic with the carboflourocarbons (or whatever they are called) wafting …
Our Shingle is Up!
Our official sign was posted on our Smith Street location. It looks great, and we look like we officially belong. Rod is working downtown and the new location is working out fabulous. Our neighbors are fun and easy to get along with. The room is relaxing and conducive to important therapeutic conversations. We are thrilled …
The Counselling Couch is Ready
I’m excited to let the world know that the couch has arrived. And no, for the jokesters out there, it is not a chaise lounger that clients lie down on and ramble on aimlessly and endlessly about their mothers. It’s a beautiful coordinating loveseat that completes the room, making it a pleasant and cozy feeling …
Changes
Change comes in many packages and sizes. Many of us despise change. Much of the work that is done with clients is discovering the part of them that will resist the very change they seek help for. -A client who asks for help with procrastinating on homework, and on further investigation, really doesn’t like the …