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Helen Yack, BSW, RSW
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Social Worker
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Description
Helen specializes in high-conflict separation and divorce, supporting clients through the journey of separation and divorce. This is one either in effective co-parenting, reunification therapy, and talking to children about divorce. Helen engages families with respect, empathy and the intimate knowledge of navigating the various systems clients may find themselves in. The fundamental scope of everything Helen does is to ensure that parents maintain a solid, healthy and nourishing relationship with their children.
Conditions
- Communication
- Divorce
- Parenting
Services
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Family counselling
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Families
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Education
- New Ways for Families Counsellor
- Voice of the Child Reports
- Collaboratively trained as a neutral family professional
- Bachelor of Social Work Degree from Ryerson Polytechnic University
Professional associations
- Ontario Collage of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
- Membership with Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Membership with International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Facility Information
Rise Up Counselling
Summary
I specialize in high-conflict separation and divorce, supporting you with effective co-parenting, reunification therapy, and talking to children about divorce. I am certified as a New Ways for Families Counsellor, have completed Voice of the Child Reports training, and am collaboratively trained as a neutral family professional. I engage families with respect, empathy and the intimate knowledge of navigating the various systems you may find yourself in. The fundamental scope of everything I do is to ensure that parents maintain a solid, healthy and nourishing relationship with their children.
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed
Services & supplies
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Family counselling
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
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66 Centre Street, Thornhill, ON L4J 1E9