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Jolien Benjamin, RSW

Offers In-person and virtual appointments
  • Social Worker
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars. 22 rating(s).
Accepting new patients

Provider's hours

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Description

Jolien has been a social worker for 20 years and has worked in settings such as mental health and general hospitals, elementary schools, violence against women organizations, settlement and child protection agencies. She has experience working with adults around topics such as intimate partner violence, relationship challenges, settlement, grief, trauma, loss and PTSD, anxiety, depression, identity issues, perinatal health & wellbeing, and parenting issues. She offers a client-centered and integrative approach to her work, drawing on various modalities to meet the needs of her clients.

Conditions

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Aging
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
  • Body Image
  • Communication
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Family planning
  • Grief, loss, bereavement
  • Infertility or Adoption
  • Loneliness
  • Men's Issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Panic disorder
  • Parenting
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
  • Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Racial Identity
  • Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
  • Relationship Issues
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-harming or suicidal behavior
  • Sex, sexuality, intimacy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Isolation
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Women's Issues

Services

  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Integrative therapy
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Strength-based therapy

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • Couples​
  • Families​
  • LGBTQ2+
  • Teens (13-17)​

Languages spoken

  • Dutch
  • English

Professional designations

  • Registered Social Worker (RSW)

Professional associations

  • OCSWSSW
  • OASW
Facility Information

Summary

Our clinical focus is to promote healing and growth for individuals, couples and families. 

We have earned our Master of Social Work degree at the University of Toronto, and have combined specialties in supporting young people, couples families, and have additional training and specialties including Emotion/Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Restorative Circles, Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness. 

Our social work and psychotherapy practice is informed by experience working with individuals, couples, and families with diverse backgrounds.

Business hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Services & supplies

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Christian counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Expressive arts therapy
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Forgiveness therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Schema therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Amenities

  • Close to public transit
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510-720 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 2T9

Provider's hours

Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
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Saturday
By appointment only

Business hours

Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
By appointment only