Therapy for Healthcare Professionals: For the people who take care of everyone else
Therapy for nurses, physicians, paramedics, personal support workers, and others in caring roles, in Brockville and virtually across Ontario.
Therapy for Healthcare Workers in Brockville, ON
Healthcare asks a lot of people. Long shifts, hard decisions, moments you can’t unsee, and the steady expectation that you’ll hold it together for everyone else. Many healthcare professionals are very good at caring for others and much less practised at being cared for.
We work with people across healthcare who are tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix, who carry what happened at work home with them, or who have started to wonder how much longer they can keep going. Several of our clinicians have worked in hospitals and healthcare settings themselves, and they know this world from the inside.
Understanding the Weight
We make room for what the work has asked of you, including the cumulative effect of years of other people’s worst days.
Privacy and Flexibility
In a small community, privacy matters. Virtual sessions are available across Ontario, and evening and Saturday appointments fit around shift work.
What Healthcare Workers Often Bring
- Exhaustion that doesn’t lift on days off
- Difficult calls, losses, or patient outcomes that stay with you
- Feeling numb or detached at work
- Guilt about needing a break, or about leaving
- Strain on relationships at home
- Drinking or other habits that help you come down after a shift
What We Work With
Healthcare Professionals FAQs
Q. Will anyone at my workplace know I’m coming?
No. What you share in therapy is confidential, within the limits we’ll explain at your first session. Virtual sessions are also available if you’d rather not be seen coming into an office in town.
Q. Can I book around shift work?
Yes. We offer evening and Saturday appointments, and online booking is available anytime.
Q. Is this only for doctors and nurses?
Not at all. We work with anyone in a caring role, including paramedics, personal support workers, pharmacists, social workers, and administrative staff.
Meet the Clinicians
Each of these clinicians works with this area. If you’re not sure who to choose, we’re happy to help you find a good match.
Meredith Armstrong, MSW, RSW
Owner, Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Meredith Armstrong is a Registered Social Worker and the owner of St. Lawrence Psychotherapy and Wellness. She has been doing this work since 2001, and it has never once felt like just a job to her.
Jim Page, MS, RSW
Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Jim is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Science in Human Services from Capella University, MN. He has more than 20 years of experience providing individual, couple and family therapy in private practice as well as community agency and hospital outpatient settings.
Genevieve Fincher, MSW, RSW
Social Worker
Genevieve Fincher is a classically trained clinical social worker who graduated from the University of South Carolina and has over 20 years of experience working in adult and children’s mental health.
Charlotte (Charlie) MacDonald, RP (Qualifying)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Charlotte, also known as Charlie, is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) who recently graduated from Yorkville University and has joined the St. Lawrence Psychotherapy and Wellness Team.
Mandy LeBlanc, MSW, RSW
Social Worker
Mandy is a Registered Social Worker with more than 22 years of experience in the mental health and addictions field, working across both community and institutional settings. Since beginning her Social Work education in 2002, she has completed her Master of Social Work degree along with a variety of additional courses and professional certifications to further support her clinical practice.
Other Areas of Support
Most people come in with more than one thing on their mind.
Burnout and Stress
For people who have been carrying too much, for too long, at work and at home.
Trauma
Some experiences stay with us long after they end. We work at a pace that feels safe, with care for how the past still shows up today.
Addiction and Substance Use
Drinking, using, or any habit that got hard to put down usually started as a way to cope. We’re curious about what it has been doing for you.
You spend your days looking after others.
This can be a place where someone looks after you.