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Lindsey MacDonald, C.C.C., LCT, M.Ed., RCC
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Clinical Counsellor
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
9:00 am
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6:00 pm
Monday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Tuesday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Friday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Description
Hello, my name is Lindsey MacDonald. I have been working with youth, adolescents, and families for almost 20 years in various roles within the education system such as a Student Support (Learning Centre) Teacher, Transition Support Teacher, and currently as a School Counsellor. believe in the power of hope, self advocacy, the human spirit, and our desire to positively connect with others. I work with all age groups in a variety of areas; however, my specialized area of focus is working with individuals/families with neurodiversities/disabilities through various life transitions.
Conditions
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adjustment disorder
- Adoption
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Codependency
- Communication
- Compulsive gambling
- Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Conversion disorder
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating disorders
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- HIV/AIDS
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obesity
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Panic disorder
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Personality Disorders
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Spirituality
- Stopping Smoking
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Thinking Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- LGBTQ2+
- Pediatrics
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Canadian Certified Counsellor (C.C.C.)
- Guidance cousellor
- Licensed Counselling Therapist (LCT)
- Master of Counselling Psychology (M.Ed.)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Education
- Masters of Education in Counselling
- Masters of Education in Leadership and Administration (with a focus on mental health)
- Masters of Education in Curriculum Studies: Supporting Learners with Diverse Needs and Exceptionalities
- Bachelor of Education (Secondary Methods)
- Bachelor of Science (double major in Biology and Psychology)
Professional associations
- Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists - RCT-C
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association - CCC
Facility Information
Lindsey MacDonald
Summary
Hello, my name is Lindsey MacDonald. I am originally from Cape Breton Island and have lived in Halifax for a little over two decades. I have been working with youth, adolescents, and families for almost 20 years in various roles within the education system such as a Student Support (Learning Centre) Teacher, Transition Support Teacher, and currently as a School Counsellor. I hold a Masters Degree in Education in Counselling, a Masters Degree in Education in Leadership & Administration (focusing on mental health), and a Masters Degree in Education in Curriculum Studies (Supporting Learners with
Business hours
Sunday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Monday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Tuesday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Friday
4:00 pm
-
9:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Career counseling
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
