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Workplace Accessibility Counselling & Planning
Jennifer is an experienced mental health, accessibility and workplace inclusion counsellor. She provides one-to-one on-line counselling sessions for individuals who live with a mental or physical health condition affecting their workplace health and wellbeing.
Jennifer uses a strengths-based, solution focussed approach grounded in intersectionality, decolonization, and critcal disability theory. She believes that that people experience their health and well being in different ways depending on their values, culture and upbringing. Sessions are usually short-term and incude therapy, needs asessment, accommodations strategies, and an individualized success plan.
If you are trying to navigate tricky workplace accessibility processes you may feel:
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Overwhelmed
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Unsupported
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Stigmatized
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Worried about disclosing
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Unsure of what accommodations you need
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Misunderstood
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Unsure of your rights
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Confused about next steps
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Triggered through out the process
Book an appointment to explore:
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How your diagnosis affects the way you work and learn
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How to disclose a disability or mental health concern
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What information should be included on your medical form/documentation
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Ways to advocate for yourself and/or pick your battles
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Self-evaluate workplace accommodations or adaptations
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Prepare and/or de-escalate from multiple disclosures/storytelling
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Manage off-work guilt & anxiety
