Embracing Empowerment

About Us

Vision

Embracing Empowerment Counselling Services is a highly accessible Mental Health Service.

Mission

To provide quality mental health services to individuals, families, communities and organizations.

Values

We provide services with utmost respect, integrity, honesty, without prejudice and judgment.

Why Therapy With Us?

We opened our doors in 2016 with a simple idea : embracing our  flawed self that guides us  with tools to become a better version of ourselves.

 

The moment we unravel our pain and hurt in a safe space, is the moment we learn that we are human. With our falls, it teaches us that vulnerability is truly our form of strength.  Once we own it, we embrace the lessons from our pain and empower ourselves to become more resilient. 

 

We opened our doors to empower individuals across Ontario as they reach out, we reach in by  lending a hand, a listening ear and a compassionate heart through, in person, by phone and by virtual connection. 

 

This is us. 

PARUL SHAH, MSP, RSW

Founder And Psychotherapist

I believe that there is no time limit to healing, and therefore therapy goes around the client’s situation and needs. There is no wait time to seek help! I am a click away to your first session.

Internship at Embracing Empowerment Counselling Services

In the therapeutic world, internships are similar to residencies in the medical industry, where Graduate students have completed their courses and are ready to share their learning through practical training as they build their hours to fulfill their potential regulatory requirements. 


Practicum Interns gain knowledge of the therapeutic process and will have the opportunity to engage with clients.  Clients will benefit from the internship experience as it provides them with  reduced cost session fees, while receiving therapy from our interns. 


Internships are given specific limitations on whom they can provide therapy for, and therefore the importance of our Clinical Mental Health consultation will be required prior to any sessions with our interns. 


We continue to invite Graduate Students who are interested in internship/practicum at Embracing Empowerment Counselling Services, to email us directly for more information.


Introducing EECS Interns

Rachel Boersma

EECS Intern

I am so excited to be joining Embracing Empowerment Counselling Services as an intern for the next 8 months! I am currently a Graduate student finishing my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. I am passionate about wellbeing and optimizing mental health, and look forward to helping others do so through therapy.

 

Throughout my time at EECS, I will be offering counselling services at a reduced rate to clients aged 10 and older. I use an integrative and strength-based approach to therapy, combining CBT interventions, humanistic theories and others. Therapy is not one-size-fits-all, and therefore, I will work collaboratively with you to incorporate therapeutic approaches that best serve your individual needs. I aspire to provide a non-judgmental, warm and safe environment, meeting you where you are at and working alongside you to carve a pathway forward to where you want to be. Whether it is anxiety, stress, depression, self-esteem issues, relationship issues or something else, I look forward to working together.

Julia Gillespie

EECS Intern

I am looking forward to joining Embracing Empowerment Counselling Services as an intern for
the next 4 months. I am currently a Graduate student doing my Master of Social Work at
Carleton University. I believe that all people should have access to mental care, and I am
passionate about helping others.
At EECS, I will be offering counselling at a reduced rate to those aged 18 and older. I use a
person-centred approach that integrates attachment theory and other humanistic approaches.
However, I am therapeutically eclectic and I will work collaboratively with you in order to find
approaches that will help to meet your needs and help you feel heard. I believe in the phrase
“empathy is therapy” and will work to create an environment that is non-judgemental, safe and
open where you feel heard and understood. I look forward to supporting you with anxiety and
stress, in order to help you find a path forward.

We Are always Ready To Guide You

I believe that there is no time limit to healing, and therefore therapy goes around the client’s situation and needs. There is no wait time to seek help! I am a click away to your first session.

Virtual Clinical Mental Health Consultation

We Offer 60 Minute Virtual Clinical Mental Health Consultation.