Gary’s Services…
Please note the following:
About personal email requests for advice.
Counseling services provided by a Registered Social Worker (RSW) can be claimed as a medical expense for tax purposes in Canada.
If you are in crisis and need immediate support, please contact your family doctor or go to your nearest emergency room.
Statement on Domestic Violence and Power Imbalances
Counseling:
- Counseling: Individual, Marital, Family, Parental, Child/Adolescent, Separation/Divorce… and more…
- parenting
- child/adolescent behaviour
- academic performance (ADD/ADHD, LD)
- marriage/separation/divorce
- communication
- pre-marital counselling
- relationships – common-law, family, stepfamily
- abuse/domestic violence (physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, psychological – past or present, child or adult, survivor or witness)
- separation/divorce and children – custody and access issues – parenting plan development
- depression, anxiety, mood
- young offender
- adjustment to change
- alcohol/drug abuse
- aging / managing aging kin
- for counselling of children experiencing distress between separated parents specifically, click here
- Counselling: Specifically regarding children of separated parents
- Distance Counseling: If you are beyond commuting distance we can still meet via video…
- Mediation: Resolving on-going parenting after separation or divorce
- Assessment Critiques: When you think the assessment doesn’t measure up…
- Collaborative Family Practice: Support to facilitate the separation/divorce process…
- Telephone or On-Line Consultation: Perhaps a few minutes on the phone may help….
- Coaching for Mediation, Assessment or Court
- Coaching for Parental Alienation and/or Narcisistic Ex
- Mom or Dad Class: To address concerns that a parent may need to improve some skills or knowledge
- Step-family Troubles
- Dating After Divorce
- Workshops / Public speaking: – Listen to Gary’s workshops and view his PowerPoint presentations! Review feedback scores and view lists of presentations. Then call as your next Key Note speaker or workshop presenter.
- Consultation for the Family Lawyer
- Content Development – Building your website or blog….
- Professional Complaints Support
- Not sure? Please call to chat: 905 628-4847
Contact Information:
Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
Interaction Consultants
27 Sina St., Keswick, Ontario L4P 3E9
Tel: (905) 628-4847
Email: gary@yoursocialworker.com
Please note, people regularly come great distances to see me. If you are considering driving more than two or three hours, please let me know so I can set an appointment to accommodate your drive.
Gary Direnfeld 
Yes – please feel free to do so.
Do you have a book to help parents working with Autistic children? I loose my patients for no matter how much I bargain she still says no. There has to be a better way. Our lives are nothing but chaos.
Hi Janet, I don’t have a book, but hopefully others reading these comments may help you. Here is a short video that may be of service: https://youtu.be/GHZncpsbV_c
Hi, I do not seem to find your sliding fee schedule on your website. Could you please point where it might be? Thank you.
Go to http://www.yoursocialworker.com
Click on the link that says “Services”.
View the list of services and click on the service of interest.
There as you read about the service and continue to scroll down, you will find the sliding fee schedule for that service.