Southwest Counselling Services’ Matt Barnes Becomes a Certified Mental Performance Consultant

July 26, 2023
We are thrilled to announce that our own Matt Barnes has successfully achieved the esteemed title of Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)....

Failure to Launch: Working with Teens & Parents with Deborah Epstein

November 20, 2020
On Episode 18 of the Social Work Me Podcast, Matt speaks with guest Deborah Epstein who is a former teacher, guidance counsellor and now a psychotherapist in private practice in...

Equity & Anti-Oppressive Practices in Social Work and Child Welfare with Michelle Young

November 6, 2020
On Episode 17 of the Social Work Me Podcast, Matt interviews Michelle Young from London, Ontario. Michelle is the first and only Black/person of colour, Director of Service with the...

Working with Shame & the Inner Critic using Compassion Focused Therapy with Greg Samuelson

October 16, 2020
On Episode 16 of the Social Work Me Podcast, Matt interviews Greg Samuelson who is a Registered Nurse and Registered Psychotherapist from Toronto. Greg is one of the founding members...

Peak Performance: Working with Elite Athletes and Teams with Brenley Shapiro

October 1, 2020
On Episode 15 of the Social Work Me Podcast, Matt sits down with Social Worker and Sport Psychology and Performance Consultant- Brenley Shapiro about working with elite athletes and teams....

The Best of Both Worlds: EMDR & Yoga

September 18, 2020
We are back after a summer break with our guest- Michele McPherson for episode 14. Michele is a Clinical Social Worker, EMDR Therapist and certified Yoga Instructor. On this episode...

Tips & Tools for Running an Efficient and Successful Private Practice with Andrew Sloss

June 26, 2020
On Episode 13 we take a step back from the clinical aspects of social work and psychotherapy and talk about the back end of running a private practice and a...

Men’s Therapy: Sex Addiction, Shame, Anger, Healthy Masculinity & Patriarchy with Eric Pierni

June 12, 2020
Episode 12 on the Social Work Me Podcast is all about working with men in therapy with our guest Eric Pierni from Men’s Therapy Toronto. Eric discusses his path to...

The Impacts of Nutrition, Genetics & Microbiome on our Mental Health with Lisa Matlovich

May 29, 2020
On Episode 11, Matt geeks out with Lisa Matlovich from Sarnia, Ontario about all things nutrition, genetics and microbiome. Lisa is an Orthomolecular and Nutritional Consultant with over 20 years...

Building Empowerment & Hope during Covid-19 with Solution Focused Therapy with Lauren Markos

May 15, 2020
Episode 10 is all about Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) with our guest Lauren Markos. Lauren is currently in her last semester of the MSW program at the University of Buffalo...