Robert Grant

I have had the privilege of supporting children, youth and families for over 15 years. I began my professional journey as an elementary school teacher, when I had a powerful realization that the curriculum I was teaching was missing something vital – connection. Hopefully, we can all remember that one teacher, coach or trusted adult who encouraged us, who helped us, who saw us. That one person who took the time to make a connection with us. Connection is what I aimed to achieve with my students as a classroom teacher with the motto ‘reach the youth before you teach the youth’; however, I soon had another realization: when people connect with you, they trust you. And when they trust you, they tend to tell you things they don’t share with others. Things that can make preparing for a math lesson of secondary importance, and this little person telling you their ‘big secret’ your only concern. 

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It was moments like these that made me question my occupation and ultimately decide that therapeutic counselling was a more appropriate choice. Since completing my Masters, I have supported youth of all ages and families with diverse social-emotional questions and needs. My focus is on using a client-centered approach to supporting and being present with clients while integrating therapeutic practices and philosophies that include play-therapy, logotherapy, family systems theory, attachment theory and much more.

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*Able to provide counselling in English