Leanne

Leanne is a Registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers. She has worked in Social Work field for over 30 years. She has lived in Grande Prairie for more than    20 years. Having worked in many different areas she has gained a mass of knowledge and skills to share with people.

Leanne has been a contracted service provider for 20 years for various organizations. Facilitating, educating, and supporting people in the following sectors:

• Agriculture – mental health awareness (depression, anxiety, OCD, suicide ideology)

• Schools – suicide prevention, FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder), career guidance, sexual education (consent, birth control, your body/your decision)

• Seniors – Elder Abuse, guardianship, homecare/nursing home decisions

• Addictions – Various addictions, Alberta Impaired Driving Program

• Workplace Stress – Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, career and employment guidance

• Women’s Shelters – trauma awareness, family dynamics, domestic abuse, self-esteem, self-worth

• Disability – FASD, Caregiver Support groups, ADHD, grief and loss

Leanne is currently accepting the following:

• Individual Sessions
• Youth Sessions
• Couples/Relationship Sessions
• Co-Parenting Sessions
• Family Sessions

Leanne uses a person-centered approach when counselling others. The therapy techniques used are Mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Solution Focused and Narrative therapy. These strategies help her to help people instill or rebuild hope, pride and purpose in one’s life. Personally, Leanne is consistently non-judgmental, trustworthy and has a wicked sense of humor.

Using her hands doing wood work, leather tooling, gardening or baking makes her happy. She has two adult children. Her grandsons call her Moe Moe Lee Lee, and loves to get down and play with them as much as possible.Leanne’s motto for mental wellness:
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Peter Senga