Clinical Counselling Services
Strawberry Medicine Counselling Inc. is a mental health counselling service dedicated to improving the wellbeing of Indigenous people and their communities. We provide culturally sensitive and trauma-informed counselling and support to those who need it. We are committed to creating a safe and nurturing environment for our clients, and to providing them with the tools and resources to help them heal and rebuild their mental health. Our experienced counsellors draw from a variety of Indigenous traditions to offer holistic and compassionate support.
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Our services include:
Two Eyed Seeing Counselling Services
Two-Eyed Seeing is taking the best of global knowledge systems with the best of Indigenous knowledge systems and bringing them together to best serve All Our Relations. It is through bridging these knowledge systems that we find answers to issues faced in an evolving cultural space.
Our Registered Clinical Counsellors facilitate counselling as ceremony and hold space for your healing of Spirit, Mind, and Body.
We work from an Indigenous perspective and have studied many knowledge systems of wellness. We have combed through and bundled together these knowledge systems of Spirit, Mind, and Body and braided them together to offer this medicine bundle to All Our Relations seeking balance and connection.
First Nation Service Agreement Contracts
First Nations members of the below Bands/Nations or organization can access priority counselling services.
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Nezul Be Hunuyeh Child & Family Services
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Indigenous Climate Action Network
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Nisga'a Valley Health Authority
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BigStone Health Authority
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Uze De'yah Youth Diversion Program
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Lax Kw'alaams First Nation
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Doig River First Nation
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Binche Whuten​
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Tl'azt'en Nation
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Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour
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Extended Health Benefits
Many extended health plans cover Registered Clinical Counsellors and Canadian Certified Counsellors (RCC/CCC). Check with your insurance provider what your yearly claimable limit is and if there is a cap on each individual session.
On request, we can provide an itemized receipt that you may send to your insurance provider for reimbursement. By default, clients receive an automated credit card receipt which may or may not be accepted by insurance providers.
The following plans are known to cover some or all of counselling provided by RCCs and CCCs:
If you find that RCC or CCC visits are not covered under your plan, you may contact your employer, Human Resources Department, or insurance company to request a small change to the plans coverage.
To help, we have provided a document with the information you will need to put into your letter when making this request.
Telus E-Claims
All Indigenous Mental Health Clinicians are able to direct bill to the following extended health insurance companies for our clincials counselling services.
Discover the participating insurers.
Many insurers are already part of the eClaims service. Stay tuned as new insurers join the service.
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Alberta Blue Cross
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Beneva
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BPA
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Canadian Construction Workers Union (C.C.W.U.)
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Chambers of Commerce (Johnston Group)
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CINUP (Johnston Group)
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ClaimSecure
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Coughlin & Associates Ltd.
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Cowan (Express Scripts Canada)
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D.A. Townley
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Equitable
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First Canadian (Johnston Group)
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GMS Carriers 49 and 50 (Express Scripts Canada)
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Industrial Alliance
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Johnston Group
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LiUNA Local 183
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LiUNA Local 506
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Manulife Financial
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Maximum Benefit (Johnston Group)
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MDM Insurance Services
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People Corporation
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Simply Benefits
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TELUS AdjudiCare
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Union Benefits
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UV Insurance