Sean Couch-Lacey, BSW, RSW
scouch-lacey@ignitecounselling.ca
He/Him/His
* Sean is a practicum student that will be with Ignite from September 2022 - May 2023 *
I am a Registered Social Worker with a background in generalist social work practice in rural Northern contexts. I have received an award of excellence as part of a team for my work in developing, creating, and using innovative therapeutic programming initiatives. I have received special recognition from the Courts for my work with marginalized persons. I orient myself to a person-centered, strengths-based perspective, while aiming to enhance an understanding of the individual as self in context, to assist individuals in understanding themselves from their own perspective and to maximize their potentials for self determination; I believe that one’s ability to self-determine in accordance with one’s own values and principles is an essential element of the whole being.
I am currently a student of Counselling Psychology however I also have a background in Neuroscience and Mental Health. I have been well trained in biopsychosocial-spiritual, systems theory, and cognitive approaches to consider the whole person. I tend to employ cognitive strategies and perspectives in my work with others. However, I am aware that there is no one size fits all approach to the human endeavour and that ‘our’ work together is about your best interests as you determine them. There are multiple pathways to pursue these and there is always another way. You will always have full control of the therapeutic process and I am ethically engaged.
I am a student member of the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), and a registered professional member of the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW) as well as the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
I have considerable experience in working with issues around mental health, trauma, complex-trauma, substance use, and behavioural addictions with children and adults ages 13 +. I engage in reflective practice, clinical supervision, and self-care counselling to work on the safe effective use of self. My favourite self-care strategy is to be in or on the water fishing, standing waist deep in the flowing waters watching the fish jump, seals swim upriver in chase of salmon, mother bear teaching her cubs to fish, while mother duck collects her gaggle of little ones as the eagles screech their presence overhead. Sometimes it is about being on or in the water with my dogs. This is a feeling of deep connection, a deep-rooted and powerful connection to the world around me.
I have worked as a counselor in the criminal justice system, I have worked therapeutically in remote Northern communities, I have collaborated with persons with diverse cultural backgrounds providing safe spaces for individuals to process their thoughts, feelings, emotions, while learning new ways and discovering the inner strengths to build self agency. I have experience working with individuals and groups on concerns ranging from substance use, anger, depression, anxiety, trauma, criminal justice, violence (intimate partner violence/sexual), sex and sexuality.
I am a Registered Social Worker with a background in generalist social work practice in rural Northern contexts. I have received an award of excellence as part of a team for my work in developing, creating, and using innovative therapeutic programming initiatives. I have received special recognition from the Courts for my work with marginalized persons. I orient myself to a person-centered, strengths-based perspective, while aiming to enhance an understanding of the individual as self in context, to assist individuals in understanding themselves from their own perspective and to maximize their potentials for self determination; I believe that one’s ability to self-determine in accordance with one’s own values and principles is an essential element of the whole being.
I am currently a student of Counselling Psychology however I also have a background in Neuroscience and Mental Health. I have been well trained in biopsychosocial-spiritual, systems theory, and cognitive approaches to consider the whole person. I tend to employ cognitive strategies and perspectives in my work with others. However, I am aware that there is no one size fits all approach to the human endeavour and that ‘our’ work together is about your best interests as you determine them. There are multiple pathways to pursue these and there is always another way. You will always have full control of the therapeutic process and I am ethically engaged.
I am a student member of the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), and a registered professional member of the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW) as well as the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
I have considerable experience in working with issues around mental health, trauma, complex-trauma, substance use, and behavioural addictions with children and adults ages 13 +. I engage in reflective practice, clinical supervision, and self-care counselling to work on the safe effective use of self. My favourite self-care strategy is to be in or on the water fishing, standing waist deep in the flowing waters watching the fish jump, seals swim upriver in chase of salmon, mother bear teaching her cubs to fish, while mother duck collects her gaggle of little ones as the eagles screech their presence overhead. Sometimes it is about being on or in the water with my dogs. This is a feeling of deep connection, a deep-rooted and powerful connection to the world around me.
I have worked as a counselor in the criminal justice system, I have worked therapeutically in remote Northern communities, I have collaborated with persons with diverse cultural backgrounds providing safe spaces for individuals to process their thoughts, feelings, emotions, while learning new ways and discovering the inner strengths to build self agency. I have experience working with individuals and groups on concerns ranging from substance use, anger, depression, anxiety, trauma, criminal justice, violence (intimate partner violence/sexual), sex and sexuality.
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