If you are experiencing crisis or are in need of immediate support, please call 9-1-1. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. CMHA 24/7 Crisis Phone Line Local: 705-728-5044 or Toll-Free: 1-888-893-8333.
If you are experiencing crisis or are in need of immediate support, please call 9-1-1. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. CMHA 24/7 Crisis Phone Line Local: 705-728-5044 or Toll-Free: 1-888-893-8333.
At Words of Hope, we are dedicated to matching you with the therapist best suited to your needs. When you reach out to book an appointment, we carefully take the time to find the right fit. You can expect a warm, welcoming atmosphere, with qualities of friendliness, acceptance, and sensitivity in every interaction.
We provide a wide range of evidence-based therapeutic counselling approaches to support and meet the particular needs of our clients.
Meet Tanis
As a Registered Social Worker, Tanis has spent over 24 years dedicated to her craft through self-study and ongoing professional development. Her focus is primarily on working with adults, though she has experience with clients of various ages. Tanis lives in Barrie, where she enjoys the outdoors with her four children. In her free time, she loves gardening, dancing, horseback riding, and walking for exercise. She treasures time spent with close friends and family.
With over 20 years of experience, Tanis has extensive expertise working with both individuals and couples, helping them lead more fulfilling and meaningful lives. She is trained in various therapeutic approaches, including the Gottman Method, one of the most empirically validated forms of couples therapy.
Many of Tanis’s clients appreciate her non-judgmental, honest, and caring approach. She takes the time to truly understand each client’s unique challenges and provides therapy that is respectful, empathetic, and personalized.
The mission of Words of Hope is to be a leading counselling facility intended to encourage interpersonal growth through holistic integration of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual development.
To inspire hope and alleviate suffering, in all capacities, so that we can live more honorable, rewarding, joyful and productive lives.
All clients at Words of Hope will be respected and honoured, regardless of gender, race, faith orientation, ethnicity, sexual orientation or age.
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