INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING

Individual Counselling provides a safe space for confidential discussions regarding concerns or problems that cannot be addressed without the guidance and support of an experienced therapist.

MARITIAL COUNSELLING

Marital counselling can be preventive to ensure relationship remain strong and solution focussed when marriages are experiencing stress and conflict.

FAMILY THERAPY

Family Therapy is an effective way to help all family members understand problems and make positive changes in their lives as individuals and members of the family unit.

PARENTING COUNSELLING

Parenting children and teens can be stressful and challenging but also immensely rewarding. Mahesh has helped many parents develop health communication and parenting strategies to build and improve their relationships with their children.

CHILD COUNSELLING

Mahesh provides a child-friendly, safe space for children to engage in confidential discussions regarding concerns or difficulties that they are experiencing.

ANGER MANAGEMENT

In these sessions, participants learn to reclaim control over anger and emotions

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

This service is appropriate for individuals who have behaved abusively in a relationship. It is important for men and women who abuse their partners to take responsibility for their behaviour and work towards creating relationships free of emotionally and physically violence. Special consideration and attention is given to the impact to children who witness violence.

COURT-ORDERED COUNSELLING

Mahesh provides court-ordered counselling to individuals who are facing criminal charges and convictions. This service aims to rehabilitate the client and reduce the risk of reoffending.

CONSULTATION

Child Welfare cases and the involvement of a child welfare organization with your family can be challenging and stressful to manage and understand. Mahesh can provide consultation and information about the purpose of involvement, your options and choices, how best to engage with social workers, what you should expect and how to work with child welfare on a long-term basis and how to create safety within your family to have your case closed.

DOCUMENT REVIEW

Child Welfare processes include the creation of numerous documents including case notes, assessments, clinical summaries and court documents and affidavits. Mahesh can provide a review of all documents that clients have received to ensure service is being provided and documented fairly and appropriately for persons involved.

LEGAL MATTERS

When there are child protection issues at hand, child protection agencies get involved and can commence legal proceedings. This happens where there are concerns for a child’s safety that cannot be resolved through cooperation and agreement on case direction.

It can be extremely stressful, and times feel defeating to be involved in legal proceedings with the potential to lose control of parenting to the child welfare system. There needs to be a delicate balance between advocating passionately and understanding the role, purpose and authority CAS has and their influence with the Court System.

This process can become overwhelming and complicated. It is important to involve an ally that has experience in dealing with child welfare as a system.  A strong advocate on your side can help ensure that your children remain safe in your care or are returned to you without supervision, as quickly as possible. Being a strong advocate includes helping to mediate, understanding the importance of cooperation and the limits to such cooperation, along with providing dignified solutions for the parent.

CHILD APPREHENSION

Having your child removed from your care and placed in the care of a child welfare organization is unimaginable and can create extreme emotions ranging from anger to defeat and depression.

It is the responsibility of all child welfare organizations to ensure that all other safety options have been considered and exhausted before a child is removed. This includes creating comprehensive safety plans with the family and considering family and community care options before a child is removed. Again, having a strong advocate to ensure all decisions are made in the best interest of your children is critical in ensuring your children are safe, well cared for and returned home in a timely manner.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Mahesh has Leadership designations from both Rotmans School of Management and Schulich School of Business. He has helped develop the careers of many senior level professionals including Directors, Senior Managers and Executive Leaders.

If you are looking to take your leadership career to the next level Mahesh can help develop a clear plan and strategy to ensure your leadership success.

CAREER PLANNING

If you are feeling uncertain about your career path or are feeling stuck and are concerned that you are not progressing and moving forward and a pace that your happy with, mentoring focussed on career planning can help.

Career success often depends on the right strategy, personal development, relationship building and confidence. Mahesh can help you focus your thinking and planning to maximize your potential for growth, change and promotions.

JOB INTERVIEW PREPERATION

It is a real skill to be job interview ready. Mahesh has helped many professionals including senior leaders prepare for interviews to maximize their potential for success. This includes help with CV’s, presentation skills, confidence, answers questions with clarity and purpose and understanding what potential employers and interviewers are really looking for.

If you are heading into a critical job interview in which you are passionate about being successful. Mahesh can help you prepare and present as your very best to help ensure your success.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Having the skill to manage conflict in a professional environment is critical to the success of any leader. Understanding the source of conflict and developing effect conflict resolution strategies can help leaders be more effective, improve relationships and help with team building.

If you are in a high conflict environment and wish to discuss specific strategies on how to manage and minimize conflict, coaching related to conflict resolution may be helpful.

COUNSELLING

The counselling journey can help people develop the skills to deal with everyday life challenges and provide the opportunity for self-exploration and self-discovery.

Counselling provides support and validation, assists in change of self-defeating behaviors/habits, helps with the enhancement of self-esteem and greater self-acceptance, helps find guidance and purpose, helps people to learn better expression and management of emotions, provides a safe outlet to vent about difficult issues, learn effective skills for life and most importantly, fosters hope, motivation, and encouragement.

Mahesh’s approach to counselling is relationship based through forming strong trusting and open relationships and focussing and strengths and the human potential.

Mahesh has counselled numerous children, youth, families, and couples on a wide arrange of issues including:
• parenting and parent/child and parent/teen conflict counselling
• child/adolescent behaviour, adolescent mental health, depression and suicide
• marriage/separation/divorce and pre-marital counselling
• abuse/domestic violence (physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, psychological - past or present, child or adult, survivor or witness)
• mental health challenges including depression and anxiety disorders
• adjustment to change, adults, and adolescents
• alcohol/drug abuse 
• counselling for children experiencing stress from separated parents
• re-unification therapy
• anger management