Yasmine Sikender
Yasmine is a bilingual social worker and therapist with a Master’s degree in Social Work from McGill University. She has many years’ experience practicing mental health counselling with adults experiencing personal and workplace stress, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, and life transitions.
She’s been interviewed on CTV news, and she’s been a guest speaker twice on iHeartRadio’s show, “Life Unrehearsed.”
Yasmine integrates empathy with a solution-oriented and holistic approach. Her interventions are tailored to be culturally sensitive.
She offers a quiet and safe place for you to share your story with her. She’ll explore the best tools to help you manage your symptoms, adapt to your environment, and improve your overall well-being. You’ll learn how to build on your strengths, manage your difficulties and find solutions. You’ll be able to use these skills again in the future as needed.
Yasmine also creates and delivers webinars on various topics in mental health and well-being to companies in the private and public sectors.
FOCUSES
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Anxiety
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Caregiver Burnout
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Burnout related to work.
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Depression
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Divorce
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Family Conflict
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Grief
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Indigenous Populations
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Life Transitions
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Peer Relationships
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Relationship Issues
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School Issues
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Self Esteem
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Spirituality
Education
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Master of Social Work, McGill University (2013)
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Bachelor of Arts, Applied Social Sciences, Concordia University (1996)
Certifications and Trainings
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Exploration of Spiritual skills in Clinical and Psychosocial Practice (2023)
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Understanding Childhood Grief (2021)
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Bereavement (2021)
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Toxic Relationships with Parents (2021)
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program (2019)
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Alzheimer’s Disease (Alzheimer Society, 2016)
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Personality disorders (2015)
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CLSC St-Laurent (SAPA, 2014)
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Aboriginal Field Studies (McGill, 2013)
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CLSC Metro Internship (psychosocial services, 2012)
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Royal Victoria Hospital Internship (2011)
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Disability Case Management (2000)