Certified Canadian Counsellor

JAMIE MCCRUM

Jamie takes a person centered, strength-based approach to her work with children, youth, and families. She believes that everyone can learn to use their strengths and diversities in different ways to help them achieve their goals. 

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Jamie has worked supporting individuals with neurodiversity, developmental, and physical challenges for over 20 years in various capacities through community support, sport, and counselling.  For the past five years Jamie has been working with at-risk youth and their families. 

Jamie uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and acceptance-based practices to help clients develop understanding, self compassion, and individualized behavioural strategies to address challenges associated with FASD, ADHD, Autism, OCD, anxiety, and depression.  Jamie also has experience supporting youth, parents and families who are affected by substance use as well as challenges with grief and loss. 

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Jamie believes that children and families have the strength they need to make changes and she takes an active role in helping facilitate said change.

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Specialized Trainings:

• Smart but Scattered: Strengthening Executive Skills Difficulties with Children and Adolescents 2013

• The importance of play in the early development of self-regulation. Dr. Whitebread UVIc 2013

• OCD Seminar hosted by Royal Jubilee 2013

• ADHD Parent Information Day: Neurological Lens: Occupational therapy Lens: Family Support Strategies 2013

• Working with Angry and Resistant Children and Youth: Dr. Brooks, 2013

• Counselling clients with chronic medical conditions 2019

• FASD Supporting Success – Open Future Learning 2019

• Impact of Disability: for directly supporting individuals. 2019

• Brain injury and Mental health: Start the conversation lecture series. 2019

• Autism and sensory processing: for directly supporting individuals: Open future learning. 2019

• Communication without words: Open future learning. 2019

• Counselling Clients with Disabilities: Introduction to the Issues 2021

• Anxiety how it affects our behaviors and mental health 2021

• ASSIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training 2023

• Ross Green 2 day online training 2023.

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training 2023

• Best Practices CBT for Depression and Suicide

• ​SIVA Supporting individuals through valued attachments