MIREILLE FORTIER, Social Work Liaison

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Mireille Fortier is a trained Counsellor and has many years of practice in individual, marital and group counseling. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Ottawa, a Certificate in Theology in and her Master’s Degree in Marital Counselling from St-Paul’s University. She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers since 2003. Currently, Mireille is providing therapy for clients who have sustained a brain injury and/or who have sustained severe impairments from their involvement in a personal injury or motor vehicle accident. She specializes in pain and anxiety management through various techniques such as relaxation and hypnosis, amongst others. She is also Social Worker for Adoption O.N.E. Mireille also has experience in management, teaching, networking, planning, and research.

Mireille is an Adoption Competent Counsellor. Having experienced adoption personally, Mireille quickly recognized the need for private adoption services in Northern Ontario. Through birth-parent counselling and with Adoption O.N.E, she helps offer more options to parents who chose adoption for their children and their family.

Mireille offers personalized services to parents across Ontario as they prepare for the most important decision in their lives. Through adoption counselling, she can assist families with attachment and all issues from adopting and being adopted. Adoptee counselling, she can assist adoptees with their struggles and questions that arise from being adopted.