Anne Massar

Experience

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  CHANGING SEASONS COUNSELLING SERVICES

  Jan 1992 - now

  Clinical Counsellor

  in Private Practice www.changingseasonscounselling.com •Individual, Couple & Family Counselling•Provide Contract Counselling Services for Worksafe BC, Solareh, Compsych, First Nations Health Authority & Victim Services

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  WOMEN & CHILDREN’S SHELTER

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  Crisis Counsellor

  Crisis counselling services at a residence for women & children fleeing abusive relationships

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  SWEETBRIAR LODGE NURSING HOME & SARA VISTA LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Life Enrichment Coordinator & Resident/Family Counsellor

  Provided emotional support and leisure services for frail, older adults residing in a nursing home•Supportive counselling services for frail, older adults and their families living in a rural long-term care facility

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  Mental Health Counsellor

  Jun 1998 - Jun 1999

  Canadian Mental Health Association

  Provided counselling services for patients of Family physicians referred for counselling by their family physician. Counselling related primarily to mood disorders

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  CATHOLIC FAMILY LIFE CENTRE

  Oct 1998 - Jun 2008

  Counsellor

  Individual, Couple & Family counselling •Counselling for Adolescents & Children•Group facilitation (Anger Management & Separation & Divorce groups)•Critical Incident Stress Debriefing services•Senior Peer Counselling Program Development & Training

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  BEAUFORT DELTA HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

  Community Counsellor

  Provided individual, couple, family & group counselling services in a remote, fly-in only Arctic community•Emphasis upon issues related to addictions, suicide prevention/aftermath, domestic violence & Residential School survivor traumaCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION-Family Health Team – Barrie, ON June 2008 – June 2009

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  Family Services of Greater Vancouver

  Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

  Employee Assistance Program Counsellor

  • Provided short-term counselling services for employees and families of member organizations•Critical Incident Debriefing services• Onsite, monthly counselling services for Haida Gwaii, BC school board employees• Psychoeducational workshops

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  ALPINE ANXIETY & STRESS RELIEF CLINIC

  Feb 2013 - now

  Registered Clinical Counsellor

  Provide Clinical Counselling Services for individuals, couples & families, specializing in treatment of anxiety•Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Brief Solution-Focused Therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), Systems Approach, Separation & Divorce Group•Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Relationship Counselling, PTSD •Critical Incident Stress Debriefing services

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  Homewood Employee Health Inc

  Oct 2015 - now

  Employee Assistance Program Counsellor

  •Provide short-term counselling services for employees & families of member organizations