Services

Counselling

Meet our Local Counsellors

Lorna Demedeiros

Registered Social Worker

Specialties: Babies, Toddlers, Young Children, Teenagers, New Parents, Parents, Couples, Families
Website: https://www.ldcounselling.com
Phone Number: 672-880-0747
Contact Email: [email protected]
Location: Alberta, BC, and Ontario via Telehealth

Practice Details

  • Are you in private practice? Yes
  • Do you participate in any insurance plans?: Yes
    It is the responsibility of the client to check with the human resources department of their employer to see if they have insurance coverage.
  • Do you offer sliding scale/reduced fee counselling? Yes
  • Telephone/Video counselling: Yes
  • Language/s Spoken: English


What kind of clients do you work with?

Babies, Toddlers, Young Children
Teenagers
(New) Parents, Couples
Families


Bio

Hello! I'm Lorna, a newly registered social worker. I completed my two graduate degrees while having babies, and I finished my MSW and registration during the pandemic, so I know how to adapt and be flexible while getting the work done. My children are 6, 4, and 3 years old. I live in Maple Ridge and attend St. Patrick's parish where I sing for Sunday Mass and in the Chamber Choir for Christmas and Easter services. I also have given mental wellness presentations at the elementary school for parents. I attended Immaculate Conception Elementary in Delta, and Little Flower Academy for high school. I was a parish youth coordinator in Terrace, B.C. (Sacred Heart). I am looking for ways to marry my faith-based lens with the secular training and expertise I have received.


Credentials, Training, Qualifications

  • DC:0-5, ZERO TO THREE
  • Working Well Together, FamilySmart
  • Brain Story Certification, Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
  • Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk, American Association of Suicidology
  • Connect Parent Group Facilitator
  • Infant Emotional & Mental Health Practice (IEMHP), Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto
  • Registered Social Worker, #15160
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Graduate Degree in Complex Trauma & Child Sexual Abuse, JIBC
  • Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Simon Fraser University
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EDMR)


Expertise

  • Assessing Young Children
  • Family Systems
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Mind-Body Connection


Counselling Methods Used

  • Somatic Therapy
  • Polyvagal Theory
  • Attachment Theory
  • Play Therapy
  • CBT
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Radically Open DBT