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Brian MacAulay, BSW, PhD SW, MSW, RSW
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Social Worker
- Man
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Description
With 20 years of counselling experience, Brian’s approach is relaxed and direct, as he helps his clients to target their inner strengths, while establishing and working toward tangible goals and healing. Brian believes it is vital to closely support clients in digging deep to examine past mental and emotional issues, which may be impacting their day-to-day lives. Brian’s professional experience included working within the fields of child welfare, the criminal justice system, nova scotia health authority in both the mental health/OTP and physical rehabilitation programs.
Conditions
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adjustment disorder
- Adoption
- Aging
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Codependency
- Communication
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse or Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating disorders
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Emotion Regulation
- Emotional Abuse
- Excoriation disorder
- Family planning
- Fears / Phobias
- Gambling Addiction
- Geriatric Counselling
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Histrionic personality disorder
- HIV/AIDS
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility or Adoption
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Medical Detox
- Men's Issues
- Mental Disorders
- Mood disorders
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Personality Disorders
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychosis
- Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
- Racial Identity
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Sex, sexuality, intimacy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep Disorder
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Spirituality
- Stopping Smoking
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Video Game Addiction
- Workplace stress
Services
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family 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
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Doctor of Social Work (DSW)
- Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Education
- Bachelor of General Studies (University of Calgary)
- Bachelor of Social Work (University of Calgary)
- Masters of Social Work (Dalhousie University)
- Former Manager of Counselling for Saint Mary’s University
- Former Provincial Clinical Lead, Case Management and Social Work for Department of Justice, Correctional Services
- Mental Health Team Lead for the North American Indigenous Games (Summer 2023)
- Executive Directors Award for Innovation 2019 (Department of Justice)
- Presenter at the National Conference on Correctional Health Care (2019)
- Presenter at the Canadian
Professional associations
- Bachelor of General Studies (University of Calgary)
- Bachelor of Social Work (University of Calgary)
- Masters of Social Work (Dalhousie University)
- Former Manager of Counselling for Saint Mary’s University
- Former Provincial Clinical Lead, Case Management and Social Work for Department of Justice, Correctional Services
- Mental Health Team Lead for the North American Indigenous Games (Summer 2023)
- Executive Directors Award for Innovation 2019 (Department of Justice)
- Presenter at the National Conference on Correctional Health Care (2019)
- Presenter at the Canadian
Facility Information
Brightside Integrated Health
Summary
Counselling is a long-established form of mental health treatment that involves talking with a trained professional – like a trusted member of the team at Brightside Health – to address psychological and emotional issues, improve relationships, and promote personal growth and development. Therapy can take on many different forms. The goal of therapy is to help overcome challenges, gain insight into thoughts and behaviors, and develop coping strategies to manage stress and difficult emotions.
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Tuesday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Wednesday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Thursday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Friday
8:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Botanical medicine
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Group counselling
- Homeopathic medicine
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Naturopathic remedies
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Wheelchair accessible
250 Baker Drive, Suite 222, Dartmouth, NS B2W 6L4