A healthier, happier you is within reach.
Trellis' diverse team of counsellors and therapists are here to support you in overcoming life’s obstacles and flourishing.
We offer therapy for everyone in the community over 4 years of age in individual, romantic partner, and family sessions.
The Right Fit
We work with you to ensure the right therapist is supporting you.
Customized Experience
Our diverse therapy team practices a range of therapeutic modalities. This allows us to tailor our approach based on your needs and goals. Types of evidence-based therapy include EMDR, ACT, CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, Play Therapy, Systems Therapy, ART, Solution-Focused, arts-based, and more.
Investment
Cost varies depending on the type of session, therapist designation, and personal life factors. Connect with us today to determine your session cost.
Our therapy team has designations recognized by insurance companies including Registered Psychologists, Provisional Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Canadian Certified Counsellors, and clinical students. Insurance receipts provided.
We have a limited number of appointments available on a sliding scale. Revenue is reinvested back into offering low-cost or free therapy sessions for those in our community without the financial resources.
Ready to Grow with Trellis?
From the Clinical Team:
Clinical Practicum Placements
If you’re looking to gain hands-on practicum experience and make a difference in the lives of people each day, Team Trellis could be the place for you! Our therapists work with children, youth and families across their life span starting as young as age four. We offer high quality, accessible counselling that uses a whole person relationship-centered approach.
Clinical practicums at Trellis will be available in the following semesters:
May 2024: closed
September 2024: on hold for applications until mid-May, 2024
January 2025: open for pre-screens
To apply for a clinical practicum placement with Trellis, please send your resume and cover letter to:
CJackson@growwithtrellis.ca
Frequently Asked Questions
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• Vulnerability, openness to learn and play, comfortable working with a large spectrum of “problems” including substance use, complex trauma, suicidal ideation.
• Comfortable working under the lenses of anti-racism, harm reduction, and gender/sexuality affirming.
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BURNOUT! We completely understand the financial restraints that come with being a student. However, between working, self-care, school demands, learning how to become a counsellor, and supporting your clients as a counsellor it’s a lot to take. We’ve seen how this impacts our students as well as our clients and this is our way of mitigating that risk.
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Biweekly group supervision with various therapists on the team (psychologists, counsellors, social workers). This is a time to consult and learn from everyone!
1:1 supervision with your approved supervisor. This is a time to consult, do case reviews, reflect, brainstorm, get and give feedback.
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When you are ready your case load will be populated from our waitlist. We try our best to accommodate with fit and availability.
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We do our best to meet people where they are at. We can see clients virtually, a phone call, in the community (ie. their school, the library, etc.), or at one of our Trellis offices across the city.
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Yes, we require our students to be able to drive to different locations and unfortunately do not pay mileage. We expect our students to balance having boundaries around the amount they are driving with client need.
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The majority of your hours will be during the typical work week, Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm, we do allow students to see SOME clients in the evenings and weekends. We limit these hours as our paid staff do not work weekends and fewer evenings.
If you have any further questions, please reach contact our Clinical Student Supervisor Candace Jackson cjackson@growwithtrellis.ca