Counselling Services
As counselling therapists, both Lurline Raposo and Carol Daw have successfully treated individuals, couples and families struggling with:
Relationships |
Life Event |
Emotional Suffering |
| • separation and divorce issues | • trauma experiences | • low self-esteem |
| • parenting problems | • job loss | • anger issues |
| • communication patterns | • family of origin concerns | • anxiety |
| • marital difficulties | • grief and loss | • depression |
Bow Valley Counselling and Mediation welcomes and has experience supporting ethnically, sexually and spiritually diverse people.
Mediation Services
Mediation is a type of conflict resolution where a neutral third person assists the parties in reaching a mutually agreeable solution to their issues. It can be particularly useful for adult family members or parent-teen disputes as well as an effective option for separating and divorcing couples. Carol Daw is a licensed Family Mediator and she is well-experienced working with high conflict parties to help them to reach a settlement to their disputes.
Each person has an idea of the problems and issues that need resolving. The Mediator helps you both identify the issues where there is agreement and on those issues where there is disagreement, she works with you both to find the best solution. The Mediator is meant to be the neutral third party. In divorce and separation, there are many details that need to be settled such as: How to divide possessions? Who will children live with? What happens to debts? How do decisions get made for the children? etc. Research shows that it is best for children when parents can cooperate after a separation. When the parents' are in conflict the children's needs are not given adequate attention. Mediation can help you do this. More Info
Therapeutic Models
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)ACT is a third wave cognitive-behavioural therapy that focuses on: • how to cope with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. ACT has strong evidence-based research to support its effectiveness. More Info |
CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)• CBT is based on the idea that thoughts influence our feelings and behaviour and gives clients strategies for working with thoughts, behaviours and feelings in such a way as to reduce struggles. • CBT has strong evidence to support its effectiveness with psychological difficulties and is well recognized. • CBT includes several therapies such as Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. More Info |
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing)• EMDR is used to resolve symptoms resulting from disturbing and unresolved life experiences. • EMDR a well-researched method for reducing symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). More Info |
PLAY THERAPY• Play therapy uses a variety of play and creative arts strategies to alleviate emotional difficulties in children. • Play is the natural language of children who do not have the language and cognitive development to process difficulties. • Play therapy is especially effective for younger children where play is a more natural way of adjusting to their world and troubling life events. More Info |
TIR (Traumatic Incident Reduction)
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GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY• Combines the knowledge and wisdom of decades of research and clinical practice. • Interventions and exercises help couples break through barriers to achieving greater understanding, connection and intimacy in their relationships. • Interventions are designed to increase respect, affection, and closeness; break through and resolve conflict when stuck; keep conflict discussions calm; create greater understanding between partners. More Info |
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