Return to Work Planning – includes assessments to determine if a client is ready to begin vocational rehabilitation efforts, the steps to move them forward in their vocational rehabilitation plan, return to work programs, worksite assessments, and employer meetings.

Activities of Daily Living Assessments and Programs – to improve functioning so that vocational rehabilitation efforts can begin.

Discharge Planning and Personal/Home Care Assessments

Gradual Desensitization Programs – for issues relating to anxiety or post-traumatic stress

Prevention/Wellness Programs – to reduce risk factors for illness/injury, preventing future disability

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Counseling – topics of counselling include:

  • Pacing
  • Sleep hygiene
  • Problem Solving Techniques/Goal Setting
  • Negative Thought Processes (and their effects)
  • Stress management
  • General Coping
  • Self-Care Strategies
  • Boundary Setting
  • Pain Management
  • Relaxation
  • Weight Loss Management
  • Relapse prevention

Specific to Depression, we complete 6 – 8 week programs with weekly intervention (using the Self-Care Depression Program: Patient Guide from the University of British Columbia, Department of Psychiatry), covering the following information:

  • What is Depression
  • How is Depression Treated
  • What Causes Depression
  • Three Ways to Get Control of Depression
    1. Reactivating Your Life
    2. Challenging Negative Thinking Habits
    3. Solving Problems Effectively
  • The Role of Medication
  • Reducing the Risk of Relapse
  • Diet, Physical Activity, Sleep, Caffeine, Thought Monitoring

We include our clients as active participants in their recovery and work to empower them to use new tools/strategies so that they can independently manage. Many of our services may include rehabilitation coordinating as well as specialist consultations. We have a keen awareness of community/rehabilitation/medical resources. We specialize in home assessments. We complete Individualized Written Rehabilitation Plans.

Services for career counselling/job search are referred to long-standing colleagues with highly recognized reputations in the vocational rehabilitation field.

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