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  • Meet Charmaine

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    Charmaine McIntosh, Psy.D., R.P.

    Registered Psychotherapist | Psychometrist | Certified Health and Life Coach

    Charmaine is the Owner and Director at Sojourn Wellness. She provides coaching, psychotherapy and assessments to people from diverse and multicultural backgrounds. Charmaine works with children, adolescents and adult for individual, couples, and family therapy with issues such as anxiety, depression, parenting, relationship challenges, stress, trauma. She conduct psychological, psychoeducational and career assessments. Charmaine has also done crisis intervention, trauma debriefings – critical incident stress management (CISM), co-facilitated psycho-educational groups (teen mothers, children impacted by domestic violence, men who have abused their partners) and supervision of mental health counsellors. Charmaine has a holistic approach incorporating all aspects of the individual (psychological, social, emotional, physical and spiritual).

    Education

    Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
    Masters of Arts (Counselling Psychology
    Bachelors of Science (Psychology)

    Memberships

    American Psychological Association (APA)
    Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
    Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA)
    International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF)
    International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP)
    North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP)

    Training

    Trauma Psychotherapy Certificate
    Certified Health and Life Coach
    Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
    TelePsychology Best Practices
    Art in Counselling Certificate
    CBT Bootcamp: Building Core Clinical Competencies
    Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship
    DBT for Concurrent Mental Health and Substance Use Issues
    Overcoming Low Self Esteem: A Transdiagnostic CBT Approach
    Critical Incident Stress Management Certificates

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    Philosophy - Mission - Vision

    Philosophy

    We believe that each individual is unique and socially embedded in society with a desire to
    feel a sense of belonging, equal, valued and
    contribute to their communities.

    Mission

    Sojourn Wellness is dedicated to providing individuals with a holistic coaching, mental health and wellness services that empower people to have the courage to be imperfect, transform and create a life with meaning and purpose.

    Vision

    To create a sojourn (a temporary safe space)
    where people can engage in coaching or
    psychotherapy based on encouragement,
    compassion, mutual trust and respect so that
    they can change and grow on their journey of life.