Nith River Counselling Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Paris

Counselling Services

Whether you are struggling with your own or a loved one's substance use, experiencing symptoms related to trauma, or are experiencing some other form of turmoil in your day to day life, I am prepared to assist you in finding constructive solutions. I have over 25 years of counselling experience to support your recovery journey. ~ Patricia McIntyre, Registered Social Worker

~ Evening appointments are available ~

Substance Use Disorder

Do you have a love/hate relationship with your substance of choice?

Do you use substances for self-soothing?

Trauma

Do you experience symptoms that manifest into self-blame, indecisiveness, depression, anxiety, insomnia, feelings of insecurity, physical pain, low self-worth, lack of trust, poor memory and relationship issues?

A past traumatic event may be the cause.

Family Turmoil

When one member of the family unit makes poor choices, all family members are affected. It's a domino effect.

We help individuals lower their distress levels while encouraging their loved one of concern to seek help.

"While Patricia's years of experience have been helpful, what we also admire is her desire to maintain best practices through ongoing training and self-directed research. This learning very quickly translates to best practices and her clients always benefit."

Don Shilton,
President (2007-2018)
St. Mary's General Hospital
Kitchener, Ontario

September 13, 2018

What Should We Do?

Distraught woman on phone The phone rings and it’s a call from an upset parent of a substance abuser. “I don’t know what to do, we have tried everything and nothing is working”. My experience in working with parents of substance abusers has been that the most common mistake is repeating the same approach with the child even though the approach is ineffective.

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