As a collective of mental health professionals, we are committed to the following principles in the delivery of our services:
- An empathic, warm, accepting, non-judgmental, and confidential therapeutic relationship supports development of the self and a greater capacity for building relationships.
- Respect for a client’s experience and uniqueness is essential in meeting a client’s specific need in therapy. Clients are the authority and experts of their own experience; we value this wisdom as a vital contribution to the therapy process.
- Mobilization of a client’s resilience, authenticity, wholeness and healthy interdependency in relationships is important in the healing process.
- Psychotherapy practice is most effective when guided by scientifically-based knowledge. CFIR therapists provide leading-edge psychotherapy treatment based on current scientific knowledge and are committed to keeping abreast of emerging scientific knowledge in our respective areas of expertise.
- Professional ethics specified by our respective professional bodies as psychologists, social workers, and counsellors set the parameters of our psychotherapy practices. We are respectful of your personal boundaries, as well as of your privacy and confidentiality, within the parameters of the rules and regulations set by our regulatory bodies and provincial or federal law.