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Type of Service: Counselling
Fee Structure: $95 per hour
List of Services: Individual, couple and family therapy (ages 14 and up)
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Names of Staff and their Qualifications:
Val Foster:
Education/Certification:
- M.Div. (counselling), Tyndale College & Theological Seminary
- Member of American Association of Christian Counsellors
- Clinical Member of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Experiences: Private practice since May 2000.
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Mission Statement:
- Systems Theory
- Cognitive/Behavioural Theory
- Couples - Brief therapy with Integrative Model
As a Christian therapist I know that God desires to enter into the problems and lives of my clients and He alone can heal, He alone can stimulate their souls to change. I have the privilege of forming a therapeutic relationship with my clients and become a "transitional object of grace". I use my theoretical knowledge and approaches to understand and assist clients to "change their thinking and change their problematic behaviour". For unsaved/unbelieving clients I can pray silently for God to enter into their lives and heal their problems. For Christian clients, I ask them to tell me in what way I can be of the most benefit to them and I will do it (ie pray in session, etc.). One thing I do caution them is that there is no magic prayer that fixes everything. Prayer brings God into our lives for change and we then have to be obedient to the truth we understand and do the work of change.
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